2011 Topps Jumbo Box

As much as I'm not into the 2011 Topps regular base set, I went ahead and bought a jumbo hobby box anyway, and of course got the complete set of series one base cards, and a bunch of inserts. The big hits were...

2011 Topps Tyler Colvin Jersey




2011 Topps Josh Johnson Manucraptured Leather Nameplate




2011 Topps Brent Morel Diamond Sparkle SP




2011 Topps Andrew McCutchen auto




2011 Topps Derrek Lee Silk #3/50

Redemptions

Got several pieces of mail today, including about fifteen 2010 bowman chrome wrapper redemption packs. I now have two complete sets (110) of the base redemption cards, but the jewel out of the latest packs was this Matt Barnes black refractor auto #17/25.




Also, finally got a couple of my Nick Markakis 2010 Topps Tribute auto redemptions...

2011 Topps Diamond David Letterman 1/1

Anybody else catch last nights episode of Late Show with David Letterman? Hank Aaron gave David Letterman a 1/1 David Letterman card with the diamond in it!

You can see the mlb story about it here...

Weekend Pickups

Another weekend, another box of 2010 Topps Sterling and a box of 2010 Bowman Platinum. Finally finished the base set for Bowman Platinum, now just going to decide whether to go for all the autos as well... Anyway, here's the hits...

2010 Topps Sterling Justin Upton #86/250


2010 Topps Sterling Starlin Castro #177/250


2010 Topps Sterling Cal Ripken Jr #26/50


2010 Bowman Platinum Kyle Winkler patch auto #87/199


2010 Bowman Platinum Jonathan Singleton auto


2010 Bowman Platinum Nate Tenebrink auto


2010 Topps Sterling Stephen Strasburg #119/250


2010 Topps Sterling Stephen Strasburg 6pc jersey #13/25


2010 Topps Sterling Jason Heyward 6 pc bat #7/10

Recent Pulls

Some of my recent pulls from the past weekend, as well as a couple of redemptions...

2010 Topps Sterling George Sisler #9/10 5pc relic


2010 Topps Sterling Andre Dawson #19/25 4pc relic


2010 Bowman Platinum Alex Dickerson patch auto #53/199


2010 Bowman Chrome Scott McGough auto #13/99 (wrapper redemption)


2010 Topps Sterling Luman Harris Cut Auto #1/1. Problem here is the card says Charlie Harris. However, Charlie Harris appears to be a player from 1899 that played in something like 30 games, whereas Luman Harris (Chalmer Luman Harris) is more likely the signature in the card. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lum_Harris) Needless to say Topps screwed up on this 1/1 cut auto.


And finally, my huge pull. I finally got my 2010 Bowman Chrome Stephen Strasburg refractor auto #311/500.

Visit to the Card Store

Picked up a box of 2010 Topps Sterling and 2010 Bowman Platinum today. I think I made out pretty well with my pulls...

2010 Bowman Platinum Justin Marks Auto


2010 Bowman Platinum Keyvius Sampson Auto


2010 Topps Sterling Ichiro 4pc relic #25/25


2010 Bowman Platinum George Springer Patch Auto #3/50


2010 Topps Sterling Chipper Jones 4pc Auto #10/10

2010 Bowman Chrome Case Break

Just opened a 12 box case of 2010 Bowman Chrome. Couldn't help but think that the lack of x-fractors in the hobby box is really annoying, I mean I'm getting all these refractors that I can hardly tell are refractors, but no x-fractors? It just makes for a boring break, no color, no excitement. Pretty bland... I'd venture to guess that my results of the break are sort of typical, one really good card, and lots of mediocre cards. The fact I need to buy an entire case to ensure at least one good hit is pretty much why I've started going the route of purchasing cases instead of individual boxes.

Anyway, here's a bunch of the better stuff I ended up with...

2010 Bowman Chrome Mark Buehrle Orange Refractor #13/25


2010 Bowman Chrome A.J. Vanegas Blue Refractor #147/150


2010 Bowman Chrome Ryan Doumit Blue Refractor #109/150


2010 Bowman Chrome Carlos Pena Blue Refractor #133/150


2010 Bowman Chrome Stephen Strasburg (got 3 of these)


2010 Bowman Chrome Eduardo Nunez Blue Refractor #14/150


2010 Bowman Chrome Topps 100 Jason Heyward #899/999


2010 Bowman Chrome Jose Lopez Gold Refractor #33/50


2010 Bowman Chrome Ryan Wiegand Gold Refractor #41/50


2010 Bowman Chrome Wilken Ramirez Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Scooter Gennett Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Corban Joseph Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Carlos Peguero Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Jason Heyward Refractor


2010 Bowman Chrome Ryan Wheeler Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Juan Urbina Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Eury Perez Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Kyle Gibson Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Max Kepler Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Henry Owens Auto


2010 Bowman Chrome Kyle Seager Refractor Auto #358/500


2010 Bowman Chrome Liam Hendricks Gold Refractor Auto #3/50


2010 Bowman Chrome CHristian Montgomery/John Simms Dual Auto #171/500


2010 Bowman Chrome Stephen Strasburg Refractor Auto Redemption