My 'under the radar' blog featuring my baseball card collecting endeavors and hopefully some of my autographs collected in-person / through-the-mail.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
2014 Topps Update blaster recap
#WSP-RF Rollie Fingers - manufactured 1974 World Series patch; I can't complain about these cards when they are pretty sharp.
Pack one
#US-296 Tyler Moore
#US-46 Jake Marisnick
#US-84 Brandon Maurer - Red Hot Foil parallel
#US-64 LaTroy Hawkins - Target Red parallel
#US-231 Brendan Ryan - Target Red parallel
#US-7 David Price
#US-24 Tony Sanchez
#US-150 Jon Singleton
Pack two
#US-83 Brandon Hicks
#US-85 Daniel Descalso
#US-164 Joe Kelly
#FF-OV Omar Vizquel - Fond Farewells insert / do I really need a flipping Omar Vizquel card in a 2014 product?
#US-20 Gregory Polanco - Target Red parallel
#US-100 Jose Abreu - Target Red parallel
#US-252 Adrian Nieto
#US-95 Vidal Nuno
Pack three
#US-244 Daisuke Matsuzaka
#US-73 Francisco Cervelli
#US-86 Cesar Ramos
#TM-PF Prince Fielder - 1989 Topps Die-Cut minis insert
#US-266 Drew Smyly - Target Red parallel
#US-221 Gregory Polanco - Target Red parallel #US-49 Willie Bloomquist
#US-11 Robbie Ross Jr.
Pack four
#US-70 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
#US-93 Troy Patton
#FN-MW1 Michael Wacha - The Future is Now insert
#US-293 Troy Patton - Target Red parallel
#US-272 Mark Ellis - Target Red parallel
#US-206 Chris Perez
#US-103 Starlin Castro
#US-283 Tyson Ross
Pack five #US-218 David Carpenter #US-194 Hector Santiago
#US-237 Jorge Polanco - Gold parallel serial #'d 1781/2014
#PPA-JB Jose Bautista - Power Players insert
#US-13 Andrew Heaney - Target Red parallel
#US-14 Justin Grimm - Target Red parallel
#US-250 Yu Darvish #US-153 Kurt Suzuki
Pack six
#US-248 Brayan Pena
#US-34 Gavin Floyd
#US-107 Josh Collmenter
#WSH-SC Steve Carlton - World Series Heroes insert
#US-7 David Price - Target Red parallel
#US-325 Jose Abreu - Target Red parallel / I pull two Abreu cards and neither one is the actual rookie card, even though both have a MLB rookie card logo [his actual rookie card appeared in Topps Series II, btw]; why does he need two different debut cards?
#US-57 Jacob DeGrom
#US-191 Yoenis Cespedes
Pack seven
#US-302 Tom Gorzelanny
#US-165 Justin Morneau
#US-78 Reid Brignac
#US-206 Chris Perez - Target Red parallel
#US-49 Willie Bloomquist - Target Red parallel
#US-94 Tuffy Gosewisch
#US-177 Dee Gordon
#US-55 Jon Lester
Pack eight
#US-3 Tom Wilhelmsen
#US-134 Tony Cruz
#US-323 Chase Headley
#FN-MB1 Mookie Betts - The Future is Now insert
#US-57 Jacob DeGrom - Target Red parallel
#US-250 Yu Darvish - Target Red parallel #US-54 Mike Trout
#US-288 Aroldis Chapman
Pack nine #US-127 David Phelps
#US-251 Ike Davis
#US-138 Asdrubal Cabrera
#US-326 Joaquin Benoit - Red Hot Foil parallel
#US-212 Randy Choate - Target Red parallel
#US-94 Tuffy Gosewisch - Target Red parallel
#US-212 Randy Choate
#US-48 Scott Hairston
Pack 10
#US-319 Ricky Nolasco
#US-117 Bryan Holaday
#FF-RH Roy Halladay - Fond Farewell insert
#US-300 Miguel Cabrera - Target Red parallel
#US-169 Chone Figgins - Target Red parallel #US-169 Chone Figgins - looks like there are some Dodgers lurking as bonus babies but they are too blurry to make out / I assume the guy on the dugout railing is manager Don Mattingly.
#US-276 Rougned Odor
#US-284 Robbie Ray
Thursday, May 05, 2011
More Topps Diamond - 1979 Topps Dennis Martinez and 1978 Topps Rollie Fingers
I relented to enter the rest of the Topps Diamond Giveaway code cards I got from my 2011 Topps Value Box breaks - a 1979 Topps Dennis Martinez is a common, but I do remember him superficially as an older veteran who had reinvented himself as the ace of the Montreal Expos pitching staff from the late 1980s through the early 1990s.
1978 Topps Rollie Fingers - the first thing to notice is probably Fingers' trademark handlebar mustache and the second thing is the San Diego Padres' mustard-and-brown uniform / caps of the 1970s were really gaudy.
Even though Fingers is a Hall of Famer unlike Martinez - I'm probably looking to getsome sort of package deal of cards for this one or maybe one unique card i.e. a pre-1973 Topps common card of some vintage. I've seen my share of Fingers cards [mostly retro or late career] over the years and have gotten his autograph on various cards / items through the mid 2000s.