I don't think there would be any reason not to think this was from 2008 - it just gets confusing 10-15 years later when all the cards jumble together, where at least for rookies I have to pay attention sometimes to see if I have the real deal in hand.
2011 Topps Mark Trumbo #57
2011 Topps Platinum Diamond parallel Mark Trumbo #57
2011 Topps Hank Conger #285
2011 Topps Kyle Drabek #70
2011 Topps Platinum Diamond parallel Kyle Drabek #70
2010 Topps I blaster box [$19.99 each at Target] - I don't usually pay attention to Topps blaster boxes once they've been out on the retail shelves and see them as decaying stock.
However, I picked up a blaster box when I spotted one or two last weekend among the two Targets I usually go to - I've read in a forum thread that these blasters with the two Target exclusive Topps retro variation packs might not really be easy to find since they've been out on shelves since February of 2010. Whoever is going snatch all these up has already done so, long ago.
I was really hoping to pull a Topps retro variation Buster Posey RC - though it seems like pulling any particular card out of only two Topps retro packs is really a tough deal.
Topps also made it a little more frustrating when two out of the eight cards in each pack - are the typical inserts you'd pull out of the regular packs .
Historical Commemorative Patch Card
#MCP-23 Frank Robinson - I still don't like the plain, cardboard background and the small unreadable writing on the patches of many of these cards; sadly this probably my best pull.
Pack one
#149 Jose Guillen
#270 Michael Brantley
#300 Chase Utley
#302 Beantown Backhand
#HOTG 9 Lou Gehrig - History of the Game
#TMC-10 Topps Million - I dreaded picking up a 2010 Topps blaster knowing The Million Card Giveaway was already over and now I'm just waiting for the cards I claimed to be shipped to me.
#TTT 23 C.C. Sabathia - ToppsTown
#11 Ty Wigginton
Pack nine - Throwback pack #1
#35 Rick Porcello
#128 Garrett Mock
#277 Jarrod Washburn
#237 Brew Crew Knockout
#306 Milton Bradley
#LL-4 Lou Gehrig / Mark Teixeira - Legendary Lineage
#TTT-12 Miguel Tejada - ToppsTown
#218 Fernando Martinez
Pack 10 - Throwback pack #2
#81 Ryan Theriot
#176 Yovani Gallardo
#267 Cito Gaston
#196 Ian Desmond
#268 Juan Pierre
#TR-14 Kevin Youkilis - Turkey Red
#TTT5 Evan Longoria - ToppsTown
#165 Brandon Phillips
2010 Bowman Draft J.P. Arencibia #BDP 103 - from the crease of his pants, it looks like his fly is down, like the old-school Claude Raymond Topps cards from 1966 and 1967.
2011 Topps Heritage J.P. Arencibia #368 - the image is the same one used on his 2010 Bowman Draft card, except we don't get a crotch shot since the crop is much tighter.
I'm pretty sure recycling images on baseball cards isn't all that unique - it probably doesn't take a lot of time or effort to use the same image for two or three different brands of baseball cards from the same company.
2010 Bowman Draft Mike McCoy #BDP 107
2010 Topps Series II Mike McCoy #482
The highlight of my $4 / 20 card splurge at a random card show booth last Saturday was finding a 2010 Topps Ryne Sandberg Cards Your Mom Threw Out insert #CMT32 - original back.
Pack nine - Throwback pack #1
#215 Max Scherzer
#295 Kevin Youkilis
#20 Tommy Hanson
#171 AL Wins Leaders - Hernandez, Verlander, Sabathia
#CMT 56 Dustin Pedroia - The Cards Your Mom Threw Out insert; 2007 Topps.
#WTWY RM Russell Martin - When They Were Young insert; damaged.
#TTT 18 Vladimir Guerrero - Topps Town insert
#117 David DeJesus
Topps Attax code card
Pack 10 - Throwback pack #2
#121 Brett Anderson
#21 Cristian Guzman
#39 Jeff Baker
#120 Jorge Posada
#CMT 46 Pedro Martinez - The Cards Your Mom Threw Out insert; 1997 Topps.
#LL 20 Frank Thomas/Prince Fielder - Legendary Lineage insert
#TTT 7 Josh Hamilton - Topps Town insert
#70 Cole Hamels
Pack five
#18 Tim Stauffer
#79 Francisco Cordero
#298 Baltimore Orioles team card
#294 Adam Dunn
#PP 41 David Wright - Peak Performance insert
#TT3 Hanley Ramirez - Topps Town insert
#262 Homer Bailey
#173 Kendry Morales
Pack six
#57 CC Sabathia
#9 Tim Lincecum
#302 Bean Town Backhand checklist
#WTWY BR Brian Roberts - When They Were Young insert
#TTT 24 Ryan Braun - Topps Town insert
#264 Arizona Diamondbacks Franchise History - featuring Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson
#85 Ken Griffey Jr.
#308 Robinzon Diaz
Topps Attax code card
Pack seven
#127 Hank Blalock
# 46 Chad Tracy
# 328 Chicago Cubs team card
# CMT 9 Carl Yastrzemski - The Cards Your Mom Threw Out insert; 1960 Topps.
# LL 23 Jackie Robinson/Matt Kemp - Legendary Lineage insert
# TT 11 Brian McCann - Topps Town insert
# 180 Jayson Nix
# 251 John Lannan
Pack eight
#160 Miguel Tejada
#98 Cesar Ramos
#227 Josh Thole
#HOTG 12 History of the Game - First Night Game
#TR 11 Cole Hamels - Turkey Red insert
#TTT 21 Adam Dunn - Topps Town insert
#132 Cliff Lee
#258 Edwin Encarnacion
2010 Topps Series 1 blaster box [eight packs plus two Throwback packs with an old-school Topps logo and non-color grey stock backs] - I like the fact there is at least one insert in each pack, though it is merely a small consolation prize, like something out of a Cracker Jack box.
Pack one
#278 Carlos Delgado
#255 Chris Davis
#54 John Lacknuts [Lackey]
#296 Braves team card
#CMT 53 Alfonso Soriano - The Cards Your Mom Threw Out insert; 2004 Topps.
#PP-15 Alex Rodriguez - Peak Performance insert
#FCTT3 Hanley Ramirez - Topps Town insert [gold]
#320 Brian McCann
Pack two
#52 Billy Butler
#122 Carlos Ruiz
#137 Oakland Athletics franchise history - featuring Rickey Henderson
#33 Adam Moore
#HOTG 14 History of the Game - First Hall of Fame Class Inducted
#TMC-3 Million Card Giveaway - I assume this is a redemption card and not just an information card, though I could be wrong.
Here is how I see this promotion - I redeem the card online to find a 1986 Topps Brett Saberhagen, 1988 Topps Mark Gubicza or a 1991 Topps Jerry Don Gleaton. It is not actually going to be in-hand, though for a fee, the actual card will be shipped to me.
#TT8 Zack Greinke - Topps Town insert
#239 Juan Uribe
Pack three
#330 Brandon Allen
#191 Mat Latos
#TOG-23 Manny Ramirez - Tales of the Game insert
#LL 13 Reggie Jackson/Adam Dunn - Legendary Lineage insert
#TT22 Andrew McCutchen - Topps Town insert
#229 Daniel McCutchen
#166 Eric Byrnes
#285 Kurt Suzuki
Pack four
#109 Justin Masterson
#220 Randy Johnson
#106 NL ERA Leaders - Carpenter, Lincecum, Jurrjens
#CMT 32 Ryne Sandberg - The Cards Your Mom Threw Out insert; 1983 Topps.
#TR 27 Edwin Jackson - Turkey Red insert
#TT14 Albert Pujols - Topps Town insert
#47 Brad Penny
#125 Ichiro
2010 Topps Series 1 blaster box [$19.99 each] - I needed to satisfy my 2010 baseball card fix and eagerly wanted to get to a local Target once I got back to the U.S., after I'd spent three weeks abroad in the island nation of Philippines for a sort of a homecoming / vacation.
Commemorative Patch Card
MCP 21 Orlando Cepeda - 1967 World Series Commemorative patch; two dinged corners, a pin-sized tear on the right hand side of the card. The card looks cheap because the area where the manufactured patch glued on is just grey stock cardboard.
A manufactured patch glued onto faux cloth material would look better than one left the way it is on these patch cards - the manufactured patch already looks shabby and now the rest of this year's cards looks homemade and produced to get a lot of the cards out into circulation.