Jumbo Hits???

I always feel so good driving home after work on Friday!  The work week is over and I have a couple days to do whatever I want.  It is this good feeling that comes over me that makes me stop in at my local dealers and feed my fix.

This week I decided to go with one JUMBO 2010 Series 1 pack.  Hoping beyond hope to beat the odds: 1:19 and pull a Black short print.....  Well I did beat those odds, but here is what I did pull:

PP-21 Jimmie Foxx

TR39 Vladimir Guerrero

CMT-54  Ryan Howard / Cole Hammels

HOTG22 Ryan throws 7th no hitter

#163 Gold Josh Butler

TOG-20  The Jeter Flip

LL25  Tom Seaver and Roy Halladay

 I also pulled a few more RCs, base, a toppstown, and a Million Card Giveaway.  Here is what I got when I redeemed the Million Card Giveaway:

So after 4 redemptions I have 3 cards from the 70's and one from 2007.  Not too bad, still not enough to pay to have them shipped to me, but not bad.

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Back in Black!!!

2010 Black Franchise History 58/59

I picked up this sweet Rays card from ebay this week.  I love these black bordered beauties.  Still need a Crawford, Burrell, and Price!

Love the BIG AIR Aki is getting in this shot, I will miss watching him play for the Rays this season.  Pirates fans should be very happy they acquired this guy, he is as steady as they come and a really exciting player to watch.  I am sure he will become a fan favorite in Pittsburgh.

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My Random Card of the Night

2010 GOLD GRIFFEY

I was very glad to hear that Jr. was coming back for one more year.  Baseball will be better because this sweet swing will attend at least one more Spring Training!!!

There is a little more around the mid-section, but look at the extension!!!!

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Rays Pitchers Look Real Good in BLACK!

I have been putting in some work on Ebay the last week or so trying to win some of these elusive creatures. Prices on these Black Parallels are all over the board on my favorite auction site. So I try and try and bid and bid in hopes that someday I will get that special email notification that says you have won this item. Well last week I received that good news twice. Here are the two items I finally won:

JAMES SHIELDS 16/59

WADE DAVIS 37/59

If the Rays have any chance of being in the Playoffs this year, both of these guys need to have good to great seasons.  Now if I could just score a Crawford, Zobrist and the rest of the crew!

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2010 Rickey Henderson

So I received my first 2010 Rickey Henderson card in the mail yesterday via an Ebay auction win. Then, when I stopped by the local shop I picked up another '10 Henderson. I am not sure how many more I have to go, but I feel better knowing that I have a couple of them.


Cards your mom threw out. Original Back!!!!


Front and A's Franchise History

Nothing makes me happier then seeing my man Rickey in his Green and Gold!!!

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2nd of a Million

Ok so I pulled another One in a Million card today. Here is what I added to my collection....




Here are the two cards in my virtual online collection so far.....



I still think it is a great promo, and I still like reading about everyones redemptions. Keep them going. I read today that they are going to be putting contests together for your collection.... ie most catchers, most cards from a single year. When they start doing these all of us with blogs should combine our card power to become one unstoppable Million Card Giveaway juggernaut!!!!!

Who's with me????

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More 2010 Topps maddness!

Here are the results of 4 HOBBY packs that I bought at my local "brick and mortar" hobby store. They were selling them for $3 bucks a piece or 4 for $10. Ten cards per pack on the HOBBY side of things. How much are hobby packs going for in your local shop? They also had an empty box of Jumbo packs. 50 cards for $10. However it was an empty box...... On to the cards...



ADAM WAINWRIGHT
DREW STUBBS RC Mr. Stubbs sure looks happy here!
TED LILLY
MICHAEL DUNN RC Photo taken across the Bay in Tampa
PEDRO MARTINEZ Cards my mom tossed.
DERREK LEE Turkey red, is it just me or does this look like a retirement card?
MIKE HAMPTON warming up in the pen
BEN ZOBRIST all right, a Ray.... I hope Ben can repeat as Zorilla in 2010!
ADAM DUNN toppstown.com enough with these already!




JOE BLANTON curse you Joe I am still not over the '08 World Series
DARIN ERSTAD a lot of red on this card, but a good action shot
MARK DEROSA even more red here
GARY SHEFFIELD Future Star indeed 500 home runs later.....
JONATHAN PAPELBON JERSEY! too bad it is a Red Sox UP FOR TRADE
VLADIMIR GUERRERO toppstown.com really
KELLY SHOPPACH a new Ray in an old uni
TOPPS ATTAX really
This pack only had 9 cards in it due to the jersey, but did one of them have to be a topps attax?????



NEFTALI FELIZ good looking baseball card!
ADAM LAROCHE another good looking card!
JASON KENDALL two for three isn't bad.....
MICKEY MANTLE TotG 500-734ft.? wish we would have had hr tracker!
MIGUEL CABRERA gold toppstown.com c'mon
AKINORI IWAMURA former Ray in a new airbrushed uni... nicely done!
VLADIMIR GUERRERO I love watching this guy swing
JERRY HAIRSTON sweet photo, nice card!



BRANDON ALLEN RC could he be the next Ryan Howard???
JULIO LUGO Julio oh Julio what happened to your skills?
LUIS DURANGO RC cool card!
CHASE UTLEY curse you Chase Utley......
ZACK GREINKE toppstown.com again...
JOE MAUER why use a shot you cannot see his face in?
HOWIE KENDRICK sweet card
SKIP SCHUMAKER very nice shot



SAN DIEGO PADRES pointless
TONY GWYNN AND JOE MAUER two sweet swings!!!
PHOTO DAY FUN all I can say is wow... could be the worst of 2010...
YANKEES FRANCHISE HISTORY pointless
MARLINS FRANCHISE HISTORY even more pointless
TOPPS MILLION CARD GIVEAWAY!!!!! I will let you know what I got on the next post!


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My One of a Million Card

I know everyone is doing this exact same post today, and I am not ashamed. Not only am I not ashamed, but I am just warning you now, I will be posting one of these every time I redeem a code. I actually think this is a pretty cool marketing idea. So on the back of my MIKE SCHMIDT Million Card Giveaway I found this code:d7&59qkK$ What did I get for entering this code?


1. A former player of my favorite team. Recently picked up by the METS.



2. A Topps Rookie of said player.



3. A card less then three years old.



4. A card that I have at least 5 of already.



5. A card that features a terrible posed picture.



6. A card that has a terrible faux autograph.





Thats right folks I scored a 2007 Shawn Riggans!!!!!

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A random 2010 Topps pack

Here are the results of a random 2010 Topps Baseball pack. Nothing special. I am pretty sure I have every worthless Babe Ruth card from Series 1 now, and I have to be closing in on every Youkilis as well, which are also worthless to a Rays fan like myself. Here we go, let the fun begin!!!


MAX SCHERZER-great photo, according to the back Max is unlucky!
KEVIN YOUKILIS- look how excited the Red Sox nation is in the background.
ANTHONY SWARZAK-hard to beat a bull pen warm up shot!


NICK JOHNSON-looks like it was taken between innings
ZACK GREINKE-AL CY YOUNG...Joe Mauer hit .400 off him though
BABE RUTH-Merry Christmas Yankee Fans... The deal was sealed on Dec. 26th


CHARLIE MORTON-What little league has the Blue Jays?????
JOSH HAMILTON-toppstown makes me frown!!!
ROBINSON DIAZ-nice photo


HOMER BAILEY-his eyes tell me this pitch may have been a little high?
NEIL WALKER-nice ball in glove shot of the ROOK.
KENDRY MORALES-home run or towering pop out, we may never know.

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Matt Carson or Mark McGwire???

Thanks for the comments on the last post. Here is a side by side comparison of some McGwire cards and the 2010 Matt Carson. You are absolutely correct very similar!


The Carson card says he is 28 years old with no Major League experience... However he did hit 25 home runs last year for Sacramento. He also did a little pitching. He has a lot of home runs to hit if he wants to catch McGwire, who by age 28 had already hit 220 big league round trippers! I hope he has a few bottles of ANDRO laying around...

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2010 Topps Wal-Mart Blaster

I know I shouldn't but I cannot help myself. Here is my first dose of 2010 goodness.


Here is a HISTORICAL COMMEMORATIVE PATCH CARD..... BABE RUTH 1923 World Series....... The patch looks terrible, is glued on twisted and off center, it is mounted to a grey piece of cardboard, what else could be wrong about this card??? How about the fact that the lower right hand corner is dinged a little??? C'mon man!

PACK NUMBER 1

DENARD SPAN
JOE MAUER
JOE MAUER Peak Performance
ADRIAN GONZALEZ toppstown
MICKEY MANTLE
CAL RIPKEN The cards your mom threw out.
REGGIE JACKSON The cards your mom threw out.
JOSE VALVERDE

Three Twins, two re-prints, a Topps Town, and the MICK. I don't know if I love or loath this pack! Only 4 base cards????


PACK NUMBER 2

KYLE BLANKS
NICK SWISHER
RUSSELL MARTIN When they were young
HIDEKI MATSUI
RICKEY ROMERO
JUSTIN UPTON toppstown
HISTORY OF THE GAME 1ST HALL OF FAME CLASS
CASEY BLAKE

2 Yankees, 2 Dodgers, 3 inserts.........JOY


PACK NUMBER 3

IVAN RODRIGUEZ
MATT CARSON
YANKEES checklist
VICTOR MARTINEZ
JONATHAN PAPELBON Turkey Red
JASON MARQUIS
JOE MAUER toppstown
JOHNNY CUETO



PACK NUMBER 4

BABE RUTH tales of the game
ANGEL PAGAN
CARLOS CARRASCO RC
CESAR IZTURIS
BRAD KILBY RC
JOSH HAMILTON toppstown
YAS AND YOUK legendary lineage
BREWERS FRANCHISE HISTORY

PACK NUMBER 5

KYLE PHILLIPS RC
TONY GWYNN JR.
RUSSELL BRANYAN
DWIGHT GOODEN The cards your mom threw out
RANDY WOLF
ADAM JONES toppstown
COLE HAMELS
SCHMIDT AND LONGORIA legendary lineage FIRST RAY OF 2010!!!!!


PACK NUMBER 6

OMAR VIZQUEL
ROD BARAJAS
ANDREW BAILEY ROY
NEFTALI FELIZ
JOSH THOLE RC
JONATHAN PAPELBON
JOHNNY BENCH Turkey Red
KEVIN YOUKILIS toppstown


PACK NUMBER 7

JOSH BUTLER RC
JERRY HAIRSTON JR
JOSH JOHNSON
BRIAN MCCANN
MATT HOLLIDAY
TODD HELTON toppstown
REGGIE JACKSON peak performance
ALEX GORDON the cards your mom threw out

I guess you could say 3 home runs in a World Series Championship is a PEAK PERFORMANCE!!!!!


PACK NUMBER 8

CARLOS GOMEZ
GERALD LAIRD
EVAN LONGORIA peak performance 2nd RAY of 2010!!!!
JOSH HAMILTON toppstown
MADISON BUMGARNER
NYGER MORGAN
JUAN RIVERA
JUSTIN UPTON

PACK NUMBER 9

JAMES SHIELDS
ADAM KENNEDY
ERICK AYBAR
ALBERT PUJOLS NL MVP why does this card say outfield on the back and 1b on the front?
JACKIE ROBINSON the cards your mom threw out
TIM LINCECUM turkey red
KEVIN YOUKILIS toppstown
ROCCO BALDELLI

PACK NUMBER 10

CLEVELAND INDIANS
RYAN DOUMIT
SHANE VICTORINO
SCOTT BAKER
MANNY RAMIREZ
RANGERS checklist
EDWIN JACKSON
RYAN HOWARD topps town

Last but most interesting.......


According to the back of this card, starting tomorrow, I should be able to type in this redemption code and get one of one million cards that Topps is giving away..... Lets hope for a 1987 JOHN KRUK!!!!

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