A jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Series 2:

1. #612 Detroit Tigers (Team Card)
2. #573 Nyjer Morgan
3. #376 Clayton Richard
4. #380 Jose Reyes
5. #531 Juan Rivera
6. #534 Bud Norris
7. #434 Mark DeRosa
8. #477 Franklin Gutierrez
9. #460 Cole Hamels
10. #645 Adam Wainwright
11. #566 Jordan Zimmermann
12. #590 Tim Lincecum
13. #407 Jonathan Broxton
14. #356 Alfonso Soriano
15. #499 J.A. Happ
16. #442 Brad Bergesen
17. #596 Anibal Sanchez
18. #396 Adam Jones
19. Kimball Champions #KC-76 Lou Brock
20. Diamond Stars #DS-21 Carl Crawford
21. Gold #360 Ivan Rodriguez (Serial#1357/2011)
22. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-99 Larry Walker
23. 60 #T60-75 CC Sabathia
24. Diamond Duos Series 2 #DD-14 Ryan Zimmerman/Jayson Werth
25. Diamond Anniversary #376 Clayton Richard
26. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-16 Buster Posey
27. Topps Town Series 2 #TT2-19 Victor Martinez
28. #427 Brad Emaus (Rookie Card)
29. #600 Neftali Feliz (Topps All-Star Rookie)
30. #580 Chris Young
31. #346 Jose Bautista (Checklist)
32. #479 Justin Duchscherer
33. #635 Jason Heyward (Topps All-Star Rookie)
34. #618 Josh Lueke (Rookie Card)
35. #606 Juan Miranda
36. #545 Jose Tabata
37. #417 Miguel Cairo
38. #627 Kyle Blanks
39. #538 Jason Motte
40. #514 Kelly SHoppach
41. #625 Ruben Tejada
42. #459 Frank Francisco
43. #428 Brett Myers
44. #636 Chris Tillman
45. #658 Mitch Maier
46. #406 John Lackey
47. #390 Danny Valencia
48. #622 Matt Thornton
49. #349 Drew Stubbs
50. #395 Tyler Flowers

I sent in my 10 jumbo wrappers from 2011 Topps Series 1 and got a nice shiny pack of cards in the mail.  Here’s what I got:

1. #31 Felix Hernandez
2. #19 Mat Latos
3. #24 Dan Uggla
4. #5 Justin Upton
5. #16 Tim Lincecum

Five hobby packs of 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights:

PACK 1

1. #UH6 Yamid Haad
2. #UH310 Kyle Lohse
3. #UH61 Randy Wolf
4. #UH202 Josh Hamilton (Home Run Derby)
5. #UH118 Justin Morneau/David Ortiz (Classic Combos)
6. #UH274 Albert Pujols (All-Star)
7. #UH237 Manny Ramirez
8. #UH84 Julian Tavarez
9. Gold Border #UH271 Brad Thompson (Serial#1300/2008)
10. Gold Foil #UH58 Scott Kazmir (All-Star)

PACK 2

1. #UH326 Kevin Mench
2. #UH120 Angel Berroa
3. #UH140 Dana Eveland
4. #UH119 Ken Griffey Jr. (Season Highlights)
5. #UH88 Dan Haren/Russ Martin (Classic Combos)
6. #UH299 Jolbert Cabrera
7. #UH209 Carlos Guillen (All-Star)
8. #UH46 Kevin Youkilis (All-Star)
9. World Baseball Classic Preview #WBC11 Adrian Gonzalez
10. Gold Foil #UH226 Brian McCann (All-Star)

PACK 3

1. #UH40 Jon Rauch
2. #UH8 Jeff Mathis
3. #UH142 Adrian Gonzalez/Matt Holliday (Classic Combos)
4. #UH143 Chipper Jones (Season Highlights)
5. #UH304 Brad Lidge (All-Star)
6. #UH203 Joe Crede (All-Star)
7. #UH52 Derek Jeter (All-Star)
8. #UH269 Robert Andino
9. World Baseball Classic Preview #WBC24 Chin-Lung Hu
10. Mickey Mantle Story #MMS67 Mickey Mantle

PACK 4

1. #UH217 Willy Aybar
2. #UH7 Josh Anderson
3. #UH19 Johnny Estrada
4. #UH4 Brent Lillibridge (Rookie Card)
5. #UH172 Evan Longoria (Home Run Derby)
6. #UH125 John Smoltz (Highlights)
7. #UH300 CC Sabathia
8. #UH221 J.D. Drew (All-Star)
9. #UH270 Justin Duchscherer
10. Ring of Honor #RH-BS Bruce Sutter

PACK 5

1. #UH170 Greg Smith (Rookie Card)
2. #UH182 Sidney Ponson
3. #UH62 Matt Albers
4. #UH313 Tim Lincecum (All-Star)
5. #UH226 Brian McCann (All-Star)
6. #UH286 Aaron Cook (All-Star)
7. #UH76 Francisco Rodriguez (All-Star)
8. #UH58 Scott Kazmir (All-Star)
9. #UH23 Cristian Guzman (All-Star)
10. First Couples #FC-13 Millard Fillmore/Abigail Fillmore

Here we go, 5 hobby packs of the popular 2010 Topps Series 1:

PACK 1

1. #116 Carlos Gomez
2. #326 Tyler Colvin (Rookie Card)
3. #292 Tommy Manzella (Rookie Card)
4. #274 Stephen Drew
5. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-7 Roger Maris
6. Peak Performance #PP-35 Miguel Cabrera
7. Topps Town #TTT19 Justin Upton
8. #53 Craig Counsell
9. #144 Rich Harden
10. #208 Tim Wakefield

My Topps Million Card Giveaway card unlocked:

1966 Topps #40 Jim Grant

PACK 2

1. #195 James Shields
2. #34 Michael Dunn (Rookie Card)
3. #163 Josh Butler (Rookie Card)
4. #171 Felix Hernandez/CC Sabathia/Justin Verlander (League Leaders)
5. History of the Game #HOTG22 Nolan Ryan
6. Turkey Red #TR31 Mel Ott
7. Topps Town #TTT4 Adrian Gonzalez
8. #111 Ty Wigginton
9. #290 Orlando Hudson
10. #89 J.A. Happ (Topps All-Star Rookie)

PACK 3

1. #139 Frank Francisco
2. #189 Adrian Beltre
3. #97 Luis Durango (Rookie Card)
4. #207 Colby Rasmus
5. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT-31 Paul Molitor
6. When They Were Young #WTWY-RD Ryan Doumit
7. Topps Town #TTT6 Ichiro
8. #301 Jack Cust
9. #103 Daniel Murphy
10. #150 Joe Mauer

PACK 4

1. #248 Jason Kendall
2. #188 Joe Blanton
3. #87 Darin Erstad
4. #243 Asdrubal Cabrera
5. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT-48 Ivan Rodriguez
6. Peak Performance #PP-40 Alfonso Soriano
7. Topps Town #TTT1 Joe Mauer
8. #62 Kevin Millwood
9. #91 Erik Bedard
10. #186 Andrew Bailey

PACK 5

1. #283 Adam Kennedy
2. #108 Erick Aybar
3. #236 Andrew Bailey (Rookie of the Year)
4. #42 Prince Fielder/Ryan Howard/Albert Pujols (League Leaders)
5. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT-22 Johnny Bench
6. Legendary Lineage #LL24 Bob Gibson/Tim Lincecum
7. Topps Town #TTT1 Joe Mauer
8. #170 Jason Bay
9. #213 Ricky Nolasco
10. #250 Mark Teixeira

Ripping five hobby packs of 2009 Topps Series 1:

PACK 1

1. #106 Marlon Byrd
2. #60 Mariano Rivera
3. #128 Johnny Cueto
4. #230 Justin Upton
5. #132 Juan Pierre
6. Topps Town #TTT5 Evan Longoria
7. #299 Cole Hamels (Postseason Highlights)
8. #329 Gil Meche
9. #151 Carl Pavano
10. #72 David Dellucci

PACK 2

1. #41 Mike Mussina
2. #100 David Wright
3. #81 Ryan Howard/Adam Dunn/Carlos Delgado (League Leaders)
4. #43 Joe Mauer/Dustin Pedroia/Milton Bradley (League Leaders)
5. Ring of Honor #RH47 Roger Clemens
6. Topps Town #TTT20 Lance Berkman
7. #121 Greg Golson (Rookie Card)
8. #197 Ronnie Belliard
9. #185 Randy Johnson
10. #269 Hunter Pence

PACK 3

1. #56 Edwin Encarnacion
2. #136 Tim Hudson
3. #28 Mike Lowell
4. #5 John Lackey
5. #324 Mark Reynolds
6. Topps Town #TTT12 Justin Morneau
7. #78 Tim Lincecum (Cy Young Award)
8. #2 Omar Vizquel
9. #57 Jo-Jo Reyes
10. #199 Ramon Castro

PACK 4

1. #8 Terry Francona (Manager)
2. #53 Jonathan Sanchez
3. #130 Vladimir Guerrero
4. #201 Jarrod Saltalamacchia/Josh Hamilton (Classic Combos)
5. #10b Rogers Hornsby (Short Print)
6. Topps Town #TTT3 Grady Sizemore
7. #271 Cliff Lee (Cy Young Award)
8. #172 Yadier Molina
9. #30 Ken Griffey Jr.
10. #183 Jason Michaels

PACK 5

1. #295 Derrek Lee
2. #205 Miguel Tejada
3. #92 Luis Castillo
4. #226 Neal Cotts
5. Ring of Honor #RH41 Andy Pettitte
6. Topps Town Gold #TTT22 Tim Lincecum
7. #293 Brian Bixler
8. #158 Ray Durham
9. #207 Joe Blanton
10. #40 Carl Crawford

“After less than a year in the Minors, Tim broke in as a Giants force in 2007.  The ’06 first-rounder fanned 10 or more twice before the 2007 All-Star Game, including a 12-strikeout, no-walk shutout of Arizona on July 1.  He yielded just three hits in that win.  ”He’s not in awe of anything,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy says of the poised right-hander.”

2007 Topps Updates & Highlights:

1. #UH158 Tim Lincecum (Rookie Card)
2. #UH79 Adam Wainwright
3. #UH139 Casey Kotchman
4. #UH66 Aaron Miles
5. #UH26 Kameron Loe
6. Red Back #UH247 Hideki Okajima (All-Star)
7. Red Back #UH1 Tony Armas Jr.
8. Gold #UH297 J.P. Howell (Serial#0714/2007)
9. #UH247 Hideki Okajima (All-Star)
10. #UH228 Carlos Beltran (All-Star)

2010 Topps Series 1:

1. #68 Brandon Inge
2. #234 Tampa Bay Rays (Franchise History)
3. #3 Derrek Lee
4. #327 Albert Pujols (MVP)
5. #106 Chris Carpenter/Tim Lincecum/Jair Jurrjens (League Leaders)
6. #33 Adam Moore (Rookie)
7. Gold #80 Tim Lincecum (Serial#1608/2010)
8. When They Were Young #WTWY-RN Ricky Nolasco
9. Topps Town #TTT20 Adam Jones
10. #152 Nyjer Morgan

““There’s something special about that kid,” catcher Bengie Molina acknowledges when discussing Tim.  Among his special things: the lowest ERA (2.55) and most SOs (526) in the Majors the past two seasons.”

That kid has one fewer “special thing” this season.  While he’s still the strikeout king with 199, his ERA is 3.69 ranking him at 25th place in the National League in that regard.

2010 Topps Series 1:

1. #216 Mike Cameron
2. #6 Chicago White Sox (Franchise History)
3. #98 Cesar Ramos (Rookie)
4. #145 Justin Upton
5. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-9 Mike Schmidt
6. Peak Performance #PP-2 Tim Lincecum
7. Topps Town #TTT18 Vladimir Guerrero
8. #271 Jermaine Dye
9. #319 Ryan Franklin
10. #200 Roy Halladay

“By whiffing his 10th Dodgers batter on September 28, 2008, Lincecum unlocked the golden gate into Giants lore.  He surpassed Jason Schmidt’s ’04 tally of 261 to become the single-season strikeout king of the team’s San Francisco era.  Tim would fan three more that day to finish at 265, including a whopping 130 in 97 1/3 innings after the MLB All-Star Game.”

4-0, 1.27 ERA, 11 SO/9… those are freakish pitching numbers for a freakish pitcher.

Then I used my Mike Schmidt Million Card Giveaway card to unlock…

Mike Schmidt!

This is 1987 Topps #597 Mike Schmidt (All-Star)