2004 Upper Deck SP Prospects box recap #2

#NH-CR Cesar Ramos - National Honors USA jersey

#DT Derek Tharpe - autograph serial #'d 067/400

#318 Jay Rainville - autograph serial #'d 087/485

#362 Grant Hansen - autograph serial #'d 420/600

#DD-LA Raymond Liotta / Brandon Allen - dual autograph serial #'d 160/175

#KK Koley Kolberg - autograph serial #'d 211/400

#NH-BH Brett Hayes - National Honors USA jersey

2004 Upper Deck SP Prospects box recap #1

#MR Mark Roberts - autograph serial #'d 06/10

I picked up a couple of boxes for $29.95 each, hoping to pull a hidden gem [like a Dustin Pedroia autograph rookie or maybe a dual / triple autograph featuring a draft pick and an established MLB player and/or Hall of Famer] - however, I get what I pay for and these breaks turned out be dead junk wax breaks from the oughts.

#328 Brian Bixler - autograph serial #'d 463/600

#359 Garrett Mock - autograph serial #'d 452/600

#GB Gary Bakker - autograph serial #'d 078/400

Dud autographs - I was hoping to get someone relatively decent but the deep autograph checklist obviously made it so the fillers are the most common pulls.

#DD-EM Eric Hurley / Michael Nickeas - dual autograph serial #'d 022/175

#NH-JL Jed Lowrie - National Honors USA jersey

#NH-DB Daniel Bard - National Honors USA jersey

Each box contained two Team USA jersey cards, both featuring one-time Boston Red Sox players - Lowrie has been a decent MLB player when healthy and Bard was great out of the Red Sox bullpen until the Steve Blass disease derailed his promising career.

For what it's worth, when it came to busting the 11-year old packs, there were condition issues with the rainbow foil board cards - the glossy cards were stuck to each other at times and when separated, bits of pieces of one card end up on the other.

It's almost a good thing, it was mostly base cards of guys who didn't have much or any MLB impact - if I'd pulled better cards and they ended up messed up, then I'd be really kicking myself for wanting to bust these boxes.

2014 Topps Stadium Club mini box recap #3

I paid about $80 for this box of cards and I'm still trying to make sense of my lackluster pulls - it looks like prices have dropped bit by bit and even as I felt like this break could have been much better, I'm wondering if it is worth trying another full box at $55-$60 [if prices fall that far].

Pack one
#17 Michael Cuddyer
#22 Matt Adams

#BT-6 Troy Tulowitzki - Beam Team insert
#107 Zack Greinke
#176 Jeff Samardzija

Pack two
#105 Troy Tulowitzki
#95 Mark McGwire
#LDC-2 Greg Maddux - Legends insert
#153 Bryce Harper
#158 Hyun-Jin Ryu

Pack three
#161 Tony Gwynn
#194 Tom Seaver
#30 Andrew McCutchen
#77 Al Kaline - Rainbow parallel
#166 Mat Latos

Pack four
#11 Max Scherzer
#SCA-JSA Jarrod Saltalamacchia - auto
#91 Miguel Cabrera
#13 Stan Musial
#89 Yordano Ventura

Pack five
#130 Starlin Castro
#129 Hanley Ramirez
#59 Jonathan Schoop
#FA-5 Willie Mays - Field Access insert
#192 Brett Lawrie

Pack six
#85 Kolten Wong

#41 Shin-Soo Choo - Gold parallel
#24 Anthony Rizzo
#57 Jayson Werth
#2 Matt Holliday

2014 Topps Stadium Club mini box recap #2

Pack one
#28 Giancarlo Stanton
#155 Michael Wacha
T10C George Springer - Luminous insert
#69 Freddie Freeman
#160 Joe Mauer

Pack two
#87 Joey Votto
#26 Taijuan Walker
#52 Manny Machado
#16 Nolan Arenado
#148 Salvador Perez

Pack three
#25 Juan Encarnacion
#147 Bo Jackson

#50 Mike Trout - Rainbow parallel
#31 Todd Helton
#131 Dustin Pedroia

Pack four
#23 John Smoltz
#179 Felix Hernandez
#SCA-TC Tony Cingrani - auto
#122 Craig Kimbrel
#103 Adam Eaton

Pack five
#150 Clayton Kershaw
#163 Masahiro Tanaka
#FA-23 Jose Fernandez - Field Access insert
#44 Hank Aaron
#120 Jose Bautista

Pack six
#78 Josh Hamilton

#166 Mat Latos - Foil Board parallel serial #'d 1 of 25
#66 Matt Cain
#38 Robinson Cano
#64 Tim Lincecum

2014 Topps Stadium Club mini box recap #1

Pack one
#164 Ryan Braun
#136 Jason Kipnis
#177 Eddie Murray
#84 Aroldis Chapman
#184 Cliff Lee

Pack two 
#152 Nelson Cruz
#43 Pedro Martinez

#FA-7 David Wright - Field Access insert serial #'d 91/99
#188 George Brett
#27 Lou Gehrig

Pack three
#80 Roger Clemens
#81 Anibal Sanchez
#14 Travis d'Arnaud
#110 Xander Bogaerts - Rainbow parallel
#56 Nick Castellanos

Pack four
#45 Gregory Polanco
#SCA-LH Livan Hernandez - auto
#170 Ryan Howard
#126 Torii Hunter
#167 Domonic Brown

Pack five
#108 Pedro Alvarez
#117 Don Mattingly
#77 Al Kaline
#FA-14 Miguel Cabrera - Field Access insert
#182 David Ortiz

Pack six
#110 Xander Bogaerts
#55 Andrew Heaney
#FS-8 Jose Abreu - Future Stars insert
#68 Adrian Beltre
#121 Carlos Gonzalez

250 card Fairfield baseball cube

By picking this up instead of two of those 100 card hanger repacks - I got 50 more loose cards along with two random [junk] packs as well as a plastic box I can reuse.

The cube wasn't sealed by a clear plastic sticker / tape - like previous cubes, just shrink wrapped.

2012 Topps Gypsy Queen
#64 Jason Kipnis
#169 Melvin Upton
#88 Erick Aybar
#SS-EA Elvis Andrus - Sliding Stars insert
#200 Felix Hernandez - mini
#GS-DV Endy Chavez - Glove Stories insert

2013 Topps Update Series
#US 256 Luke Scott
#US 95 Eric Chavez
#US 158 Erasmo Ramirez
#US 127 David Phelps
#US 205 Prince Fielder
#US 33 Garrett Richards
#TM-45Stephen Strasburg - 1971 Topps Minis insert
#US-125 J.J. Hardy
#US-226 Michael Cuddyer
#US-56 Kyuji Fujikawa
#US-255 Alex Wood
#US-16 Alex Gordon

2011 Topps Gregory Infante #223
2007 Upper Deck Kevin Cameron #513
2011 Bowman Draft Chrome D.J. Lemahieu #56
1990 Fleer Pat Sheridan #71
1988 Donruss Roger McDowell #651
1986 Topps Alfredo Griffin #566
2004 Topps Jeff Kent #140
1992 Fleer Ultra Todd Hundley #233
1992 Fleer Dante Bichette #173
1990 Upper Deck Jeff King #557
1980 Topps Jack Morris #371
1990 Score Charles Nagy #611
1991 Topps Greg Brock #663
1992 Donruss Scott Livingstone #675
1986 O-Pee-Chee Larry McWilliams #204
1983 Donruss Bruce Bochte #127
1989 Donruss Brian Meyer #640
1989 Donruss Bill Schroeder #644
1993 Topps Jose Uribe #201
2007 Topps Jermaine Dye #FF-11 - Flashback Fridays
1982 Topps Joe Pettini #568
1987 Topps Jim Leyland #93
1988 Score Kevin Romine #644
1990 Score Rookie/Traded Jeff Reardon #17T
1982 Topps Kent Tekulve #485
1993 Donruss Anthony Telford #789
1990 Topps Mike Jackson #761
1987 Topps Jim Pankovitz #249
1991 Topps Matt Sinatro #709
1989 Fleer Update Ken Hill #U-119
1986 Donruss Zane Smith #565
1989 Upper Deck Julio Franco #186
1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Derek Lilliquist #175
1994 Topps Greg Harris #738
1992 Donruss Joe Slusarski #626
1989 Topps John Tudor #35
1987 Topps Jeff Dedmon #373
1988 Fleer Dave Meads #453
1989 Topps Jose Lind #273
1990 Topps Henry Cotto #31
1988 Topps Wally Backman #333
1990 Fleer Danny Darwin #227
1989 Donruss MVP Darryl Strawberry #BC-6
1990 Leaf John Candelaria #492
1983 Fleer Paul Householder #592
1991 Leaf Gary Varsho #500
1989 Donruss MVP Andy Van Slyke #BC-10
1986 Fleer Famous Feats Red Rolfe #18 of 22 - the card doubles as a team logo sticker, but that was peeled off...
1990 Score Tom Foley #32
1985 Topps Tony Fernandez #48
1978 Topps Tim Blackwell #449

1999 Skybox Autographics Damion Easley - autographed insert
2011 Topps Ruben Tejada #625
2011 Topps Ryan Sweeney #493
2011 Topps Fernando Rodney #581
2011 Topps John Buck #296
2011 Topps Evan Meek #125
2011 Topps Jason Motte #538
2011 Topps Gaby Sanchez #312
2011 Topps Chris Volstad #127
2011 Topps Seattle Mariners team card feat. Felix and Ichiro #589
2011 Topps Matt Lindstrom #222
1994 Score Rod Correia #594
1991 Score Greg Swindell #110
2010 Upper Deck Gold Reserve Paul Konerko #111
1992 Donruss Bill Sampen #571
1997 Circa97 Trevor Hoffman #287
1989 Donruss Traded Chris Brown #T-9
1999 Topps Tim Wakefield #333
1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Julian Tavarez #274
1987 Topps Dave Smith #50
1999 Skybox Metal Universe Chuck Knoblauch #76
1999 Upper Deck MVP Scott Brosius #142
1992 Leaf Harold Reynolds #38
1997 New Pinnacle Reggie Sanders #22
1986 Sportsflics Bert Blyleven / Jerry Koosman / John Denny #64 - Tri-Stars subset
1993 Donruss Jay Buhner #111
1987 Topps Ed Olwine #159
1985 Topps Bruce Kison #544
1996 Score Chris Gomez #142
1993 Leaf Pat Borders #157
1992 Pinnacle Carlton Fisk #361
1993 Donruss Frank Tanana #599
1998 Pinnacle Paramount Bobby Estalella #211
1986 Topps Tony Pena #260
1990 Score Glenallen Hill #601
1988 Topps Jay Aldrich #616
1991 Fleer Ultra Brent Mayne #150
1992 Classic Four Sport Michael Tucker #232
1990 Score Maurice Vaughn #675
1993 Donruss Andy Ashby #743
1995 Upper Deck Greg Vaughn #300
1987 Topps Randy Bush #364
1988 Topps Jim Acker #678
1989 Fleer Nelson Liriano #239
1993 Leaf Bill Krueger #348
1989 Score Gary Pettis #26
1994 Fleer Ultra Eric Young #190
1990 Score Albert Belle #508
1991 Fleer Mackey Sasser #160
1990 Fleer Ramon Martinez #402
1982 Donruss Ron Reed #399
2008 Upper Deck SP Authentic Dontrelle Willis #77
1991 Upper Deck Don Carman #288
1988 Score Zane Smith #410
1992 Fleer Ultra Dan Plesac #388
1988 Donruss Cal Ripken Jr. #26
1988 Topps Jose Lind #767
1992 Topps Ryne Sandberg #387
2006 Topps Bobby Madritsch #113
1988 Topps Mike Marshall #249
1989 Donruss Tim Crews #486
1988 Donruss Dale Murphy #78
1980 Topps Larry Christensen #161
1989 Donruss Jose Lind #290
1990 Topps Phil Stephenson #584
1991 Topps Jeff Huson #756
1989 Donruss Orel Hershiser #197
1992 Donruss Randy Johnson #207
2007 Upper Deck Jose Garcia #517
1987 Topps Bryn Smith #505
1996 Score Jason Bere #409
1994 Donruss Troy Neel #520
1988 Donruss Will Clark #21 - x2
1991 Upper Deck Cecil Fielder #83
1999 Topps Ryan Minor #293
1988 Score Marc Sullivan #271
1987 Topps Paul Zuvella #102
1989 Donruss MVP Will Clark #BC-22
1989 Topps Jeff Pico #262
1991 Leaf Mike LaValliere #15
1988 Topps UK Joe Carter #12 - maybe a repack staple, cards aren't bad looking, but they are odd.
1986 Topps Leaders Bert Blyleven #23
1988 Topps UK Mike Dunne #21
1988 Topps UK Nolan Ryan #62
1988 Topps UK Eddie Murray #53
1988 Topps UK Dave Winfield #85 - x2
1988 Topps UK Will Clark #14
1988 Topps UK Dale Murphy #52
1988 Topps UK Pedro Guerrero #28
1986 Donruss Burt Hooton #300
1993 Upper Deck Luis Aquino #711
1993 Topps Guillermo Velasquez #724
1989 Topps Hipolito Pena #109
2013 Topps Update Series Brian Wilson #US 254
2008 Upper Deck Yankee Stadium Legacy box set Clete Boyer #40
2010 Topps New York Yankees Baseball 27 World Championships Red Rolfe #YC-8
2013 Topps AL Runs Batted in Leaders feat. Miguel Cabrera, Josh Hamilton and Edwin Encarnacion #194
2013 Topps Eric Hosmer #135 - Emerald Foil parallel
1989 Topps Cap'n Crunch Kirby Puckett #20
1991 Upper Deck "1917 Revisited" #617
1990 Upper Deck Bobby Rose #77
1991 Upper Deck D.J. Dozier #3
1993 Topps Traded Jim Converse #40T
1988 Donruss Dave Smith 3410
1992 Score Luis Mercedes #826
1993 Fleer Final Edition Rodney Bolton #F-193
1993 Fleer Final Edition John Cummings #F-268
1990 Donruss Eric Yelding #123
1991 Leaf Carmelo Martinez #160
1992 Fleer Mo Vaughn / Cecil Fielder #705
1993 Topps Larry Walker #95
1992 Upper Deck Doug Drabek / Craig Biggio / Jeff Bagwell #475
1991 Fleer Eric Yelding #520
1993 Topps Buck Showalter / Jim Fregosi #510
1990 Score Jose DeJesus #587
1993 Score Derek Bell #122
1986 Topps Cecil Fielder #386
1989 Donruss Eric King #535
1990 Score Pat Borders #288
1991 Topps John Olerud #168
1992 Fleer Ultra Jacob Brumfield #481
1990 Score Donald Harris #661
1991 Score Bobby Bonilla #315
1990 Score Gary Redus #14
1993 Topps Stadium Club Duane Ward #382
1988 Topps Mike Stanley #219
1988 Topps Bob Patterson #522
1992 Topps Ron Gant #391
1991 Topps Bill Swift #276
1992 Fleer Wilson Alvarez #74
2000 Topps Alex Gonzalez #201
1994 Pinnacle Bob Hamelin #404
1986 Donruss Mike Laga #578
1997 Bowman Chrome Fred McGriff #84
1997 Bowman Chrome Raul Mondesi #39
1997 Bowman Chrome Lance Johnson #80
2002 Topps Total Chad Fox #959
1988 Score Andy Hawkins #347
2008 Topps Updates and Highlights Dan Haren #298
1984 Topps Mike Proly #437
1990 Bowman Chuck Knoblauch #415
2000 Topps John Thomson #371
1987 Donruss B.J. Surhoff #28
1999 Upper Deck Greg Vaughn #347
1986 O-Pee-Chee Greg Harris #128
1997 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #79
1987 Topps Bill Almon #447
1994 Topps Stadium Club Chris Bosio #103
1992 Donruss Triple Play Bo Jackson #164
1994 Upper Deck Stan Javier #384
2001 Upper Deck Jesus Colome #298
1989 Topps Gary Carter #680
2008 Topps Braves Team Set Tom Glavine #ATL 1
1990 Topps Traded Ben McDonald #70T
1978 Topps Bobby Winkles #378
1992 Leaf Roger Mason #454
1993 Fleer Jack Morris #697
1993 Fleer Final Edition checklist #F-300
1989 Upper Deck Tim Burke #456
1993 Topps Stadium Club Alex Arias #741
1992 Upper Deck Chris Donnels #44
1992 Upper Deck Minors Joe Randa #325
1990 Upper Deck Jesse Barfield #476
1992 Upper Deck Roberto Alomar / Sandy Alomar Jr. #81
1995 Topps Mickey Morandini #2
1986 Topps Fernando Valenzuela #630
1990 Donruss MVP Mike Greenwell #BC-17

1991 Score Greg Harris #109
1992 Topps Leo Gomez #84
1991 Fleer Ellis Burks #89
1991 Upper Deck Ray Lankford #346
1988 Fleer Tony Gwynn / Vince Coleman #634 - x2
1987 Topps Traded Danny Tartabull #120T
1986 Topps Don Robinson #731
1993 Topps Traded Brent Gates #91T
1990 Bowman Travis Fryman #360
1987 Topps Marvell Wynne #37
1989 Upper Deck Les Straker #83
2013 Topps Update Series Torii Hunter #US 276
1992 Upper Deck Minors Marc Newfield #36
1992 Upper Deck Brian McRae #157
1993 Donruss Tim Costo #270
1999 Pacific Ricky Gutierrez #191
1992 Upper Deck Jose Canseco #649
1991 Score Ben McDonald #645
2013 Topps Update Series Corey Kluber #US 105
1993 Score Select Rookie/Traded Frank Tanana #127T
2010 Topps Allen and Ginter Mark Reynolds #213
2005 Topps Kazuo Matsui #225
2009 Topps Juan Castro #99
2009 Topps Nate McLouth #15
2009 Topps Brandon League #239
2010 Topps Update Series LaTroy Hawkins #US-246
2010 Upper Deck Matt Garza #492
2010 Upper Deck Ballparks Milwaukee #556
2010 Upper Deck Ryan Sweeney #356
2010 Topps 206 Koji Uehara #205
1990 Starline Long John Silver Tony Gwynn #29
1981 Topps 1980 Earned Run Avg Ldrs feat. Rudy May and Don Sutton #7
2004 Donruss Roberto Alomar #317
2010 Topps Joey Votto #48

A Fairfield repack cube with a repacked hit

I picked up another 250 card Fairfield baseball cube [$9.99] at Target - this time I was able to slice through the plastic seal cleanly with a nipper, where I had 'made a mess' with the two other Fairfield cubes I've opened.

The two packs of cards with each cube add to the total number of cards - but not much more.

2012 Topps Chrome
#95 Matt Garza
#51 Torii Hunter
#170 Jesus Montero
#39 Jacob Turner

2011 Topps Gypsy Queen 
#65 Babe Ruth
#183 Rafael Furcal
#264 Jeremy Hellickson
#294 Garrett Jones
#317 Justin Upton - mini
A nick thick white dummy card
#GO 31 Thurman Munson - The Great Ones insert

With the 250 assorted cards, it looks like I was SOL - I don't know what I expected but most were 1986-1992 junk wax, which I seem to have railed about ad nauseum.

1984 Donruss Eddie Murray #22
1992 Pacific Tom Terrific Tom Seaver #95
1999 Topps Rafael Palmeiro #315
2010 Topps Manny Ramirez #55
1989 Topps Bazooka Tony Gwynn #13 of 22
1982 Donruss Al Cowens #207
1992 Topps Stadium Club Steve Frey #572
1992 Topps Stadium Club Keith Mitchell #551
1994 Pacific 4 Sports Brian Stephenson #176
1991 Classic Draft Picks Bobby Jones #82
1988 Donruss Luis Quinones #365
1989 Donruss Jeffrey Leonard #457
1990 Bowman Larry Walker #117
1989 Donruss Ray Hayward #521
1989 Score Traded Mitch Williams #32 T
1992 Topps Stadium Club Wayne Rosenthal #658
1989 Score Jesse Barfield #160
1989 Score Marvell Wynne #203
1989 Score Steve Sax #69
1989 Score Traded Randy Ready #60T
1993 Topps Stadium Club Mike Gallego #126
1992 Topps Steve Finley #86
1987 Topps Jeff Reed #247
1989 Topps Rick Sutcliffe #520
1989 Topps Mike LaCoss #361
1989 Topps Whitey Herzog #654
1989 Topps Rick Mahler #621
1989 Topps Wally Backman #508
1989 Topps Brian Fisher #423
1989 Topps Tom Trebelhorn #344
1989 Topps Donn Pall #458
1989 Topps Luis Rivera #431
1989 Topps Jim Pankovitz #153
1987 Topps Rick Husmann #187
1990 Score Dale Mohorcic #450
1991 Fleer Larry Walker #250
1991 Fleer John Cerutti #172
1989 Topps Oswald Peraza #297
1985 Topps Eric Show #118
1985 Topps Howard Johnson #192
1985 Topps Von Hayes #68
1991 Fleer Ron Kittle #480
1991 Fleer Greg Litton #266
1989 Topps Wayne Tolleson #716
1989 Topps Wil Tejada #747
1989 Topps Dennis Rasmussen #32
1989 Topps Lou Whitaker #320
1989 Topps Jamie Moyer #549 - Chicago Cubs Leaders
1993 Score Select Tom Browning #249
1989 Upper Deck Jack McDowell #530
1989 Upper Deck Mike Diaz #606
1987 Donruss Bruce Benedict #448
1989 Upper Deck Jim Pankovitz #100
1992 Topps Cito Gaston #699
1992 Topps Rob Mallicoat #501
1988 Topps Gene Garber #597
1986 Topps Traded Rich Bordi #14T
1981 Topps Cincinnati Reds #677
1993 Donruss Studio Bip Roberts #135
1988 Donruss Dan Gladden #491
1992 Topps Kelly Gruber #298
1993 Upper Deck Dave Valle #100
1988 Topps Andy Allanson #728
1988 Topps Eddie Murray / Cal Ripken Jr. #51 - Baltimore Orioles Leaders
1987 Topps Mike Schmidt #597
1988 Donruss Jim Sundberg #488
2008 Topps Heritage Matt Chico / Jason Bergmann - Pitching Partners
1988 Topps Charlie Hough #680
1988 Donruss Dion James #190
1988 Donruss Tim Raines #345
1988 Donruss Rickey Henderson #277
1987 Topps John McNamara #368
1990 Score Ozzie Smith #285
1989 Topps Brad Moore #202
1989 Topps Fernando Valenzuela #150
1989 Topps Jeff Blauser #83
1989 Topps Mike Schmidt #100
1989 Topps Wes Gardner #526
2010 Topps Trevor Crowe #646
2010 Topps Hanley Ramirez #553 - Florida Marlins team card
2010 Topps Doug Fister #421
2010 Topps Ryan Doumit #317
2010 Topps Jon Niese #249
2010 Topps Gary Sheffield #299
2010 Topps Michael Saunders #451
2010 Topps Chris Getz #508
2010 Topps Ramon Hernandez #554
2010 Topps Nate Robertson #84
1989 Donruss Walt Terrell #296
1989 Donruss Garry Templeton #483
1989 Donruss Andre Dawson #BC-8
1989 Donruss Von Hayes #160
1989 Donruss Keith Miller #623
1988 Donruss Wes Gardner #634
1988 Donruss Jose Mesa #601
1986 Donruss Goose Gossage #185
1986 Donruss Rick Surhoff #42
1988 Donruss John Morris #480
1984 Topps Odell Jones #734
1987 Topps Steve Boros #143
1989 Score Don Robinson #440
1990 Donruss Goose Gossage #678
1988 Donruss Bill Buckner #456
1992 Upper Deck Darren Lewis #565
1987 Topps Jeff Calhoun #282
1988 Donruss Domingo Ramos #622
1987 Topps Bob Knepper #722
1990 Upper Deck Bill Wegman #629
1987 Topps Dan Schatzeder #789
1990 Upper Deck John Smoltz #535
1990 Upper Deck Bill Wegman #629
1989 Donruss Bill Robinson #308
1989 Donruss Rolando Roomes #577
2002 Upper Deck Homer Bush #85
2007 Topps Jon Garland #359
2012 Topps Raul Ibanez #554
2007 Topps New York Yankees factory team set Andy Pettitte #NYY 4
1990 Donruss Mickey Tettleton #169
1981 Fleer Wayne Nordhagen #348
2010 Topps Nick Punto #407
1993 Upper Deck Kelly Downs #636
2010 Topps Joey Votto #48
1981 Fleer Los Angeles Dodgers / Montreal Expos team checklists #643
2002 Bowman Draft Chrome Chris Gruler #BDP 167 - certified autograph / refractor

This first-year certified autograph card is nice, shiny and autographed, even if it features a never has been - who [according to the back of the card] Johnny Bench curiously compared to Tom Seaver after watching him at a workout.

1987 Topps Ernie Camacho #353
1989 Donruss Ozzie Guillen #BC-23
1992 Upper Deck Mark Carreon #739
1990 Leaf Lloyd Moseby #377
1992 Donruss Les Lancaster #296
1992 Pinnacle Rex Hudler / Roger Staubach #589
1992 Donruss Mark Portugal #188
1989 Fleer Ken Patterson #508
1986 Topps Dan Spillner #423
1989 Upper Deck Bruce Ruffin #319
1989 Score Marvell Wynne #203
1991 Upper Deck John Russell #191
1989 Upper Deck Bill Spiers #745
1989 Score Andres Thomas #406
1989 Score Glenn Davis #164
1989 Upper Deck Marvell Wynne #154
1989 Upper Deck Zane Smith #71
1992 Upper Deck Kirk McCaskill #722
1984 Donruss Dick Schofield #35
1991 Fleer Ultra Doug Drabek #3 of 10 - Ultra Team insert
1992 Skybox Pre-Rookie Casey Waller #239
1984 Donruss Pete Filson #194
2012 Topps Allen Craig #402
2010 Topps Nick Swisher #65
1989 Topps Glossy All-Stars Jose Canseco #6 of 22
1991 Topps Glossy All-Stars Juan Marichal #22 of 22
1989 Topps Cap'n Crunch Mike Schmidt #16 of 22
1987 Topps Craig Lefferts #501
1987 Topps Bob Stanley #175
1993 Pinnacle Wilson Alvarez #441
1993 Fleer Frank Seminara #146
1988 Donruss Jim Sundberg #488
1985 Topps Joel Youngblood #567
1993 Fleer Wes Chamberlain #99
1985 Topps Joe Niekro #295
1985 Topps Ozzie Smith #605
1989 Topps Marty Barrett #155
1989 Donruss Tim Burke #274
1989 Topps Doc Edward #534
1989 Donruss Lloyd McClendon #595
1989 Fleer Jeff Lahti #231
1989 Donruss Jeff Ballard #495
1989 Donruss Gary Redus #605
1989 Donruss Tracy Jones #574
1992 Donruss Jose Rijo #223
1992 Donruss Tim Wallach #34
1986 Fleer Doug DeCinces #153
2000 Pacific Invincible Doug Glanville #109
1983 Fleer Steve Garvey #206
1984 Topps Burt Hooton #15
1985 Topps Sparky Anderson #307
2011 Topps Jose Reyes #380
1988 Topps Bill Long #309
1988 Topps Al Pedrique #294
1988 Topps Bert Blyleven #295
1988 Topps Mark McLemore #162
1989 Topps Mike Scott #180
1989 Topps Craig Worthington #181
1990 Topps Dave Dravecky #124
1990 Topps Mike Fetters #14
1989 Topps Traded Len Dykstra #27 T
1990 Topps Bobby Valentine #729
1989 Donruss Lenny Dykstra #353
1987 Topps Bill Almon #447
1986 Topps Dave Engle #43
1987 Donruss Dickie Thon #261
1990 Topps Terry Pendleton #725
1987 Donruss Ken Schrom #403
1986 Topps Doyle Alexander #196
1987 Donruss Randy Asadoor #574
1990 Topps John Wathan #789
1990 Topps Pascual Perez #278
1987 Topps Chuck Cary #171
1988 Score Ken Williams #112
1990 Topps Ken Phelps #411
1990 Topps Curt Ford #39
1990 Topps Mike Jeffcoat #778
1990 Fleer Nick Esasky #273
1990 Topps Curt Young #328
1990 Fleer Alex Trevino #239
1986 Topps Gary Ward #105
1990 Fleer Scott Sanderson #41
1985 Topps Wally Backman #677
1985 Topps Rick Sutcliffe #720
1985 Topps Andy Van Slyke #551
1985 Topps Candy Maldonado #523
1990 Upper Deck Tony Armas #58
1992 Topps Scott Scudder #48
1990 Upper Deck Andre Dawson #73
1990 Upper Deck Pat Borders #113
1989 Topps Randy Kramer #522
1990 Upper Deck Kevin Bass #302
2009 Upper Deck Signature Stars Scott Kazmir #91
2009 Topps Brandon Moss #104
2004 Topps Vernon Wells #120
2004 Topps Desi Relaford #174
1988 Donruss Curt Young #97
1981 Donruss Joe Nolan #302
2004 Bowman Chrome Brian Schweiger #239
2007 Topps Johan Santana #80
2008 Topps Juan Uribe #639
2008 Topps Carlos Zambrano #155
1989 Score Steve Searcy #627
1991 Leaf Mike Gallego #78
1990 Upper Deck John Kruk #668 
1991 Fleer Rafael Ramirez #513
1987 Topps Dave Righetti #40
1992 Topps Jimmy Gonzalez #564
1986 Topps Steve Trout #384
1988 Topps Denny Walling #719
1990 Donruss Ellis Burks #23
2004 Topps Ben Broussard #539
1991 Upper Deck Terry Steinbach #153
1986 Topps Al Cowens #92
1983 Fleer Duane Walker #606
1991 Topps Dave Henderson #144
1987 Fleer Frank White #383
1989 Topps Mitch Webster #36
1987 Fleer Ernie Whitt #240
1987 Donruss Lou Whitaker #107
1991 Fleer Ultra Charlie Hayes #263
1981 Donruss Steve Macko #535
1998 Donruss Studio Sean Casey #128
1987 Topps Bill Caudill #733
1991 Topps Todd Stottlemyre #348
1988 Fleer Star Stickers Cory Snyder #21
1991 Topps Rick Sutcliffe #415
1987 Topps Gene Michael #43
1989 Fleer Tom Herr #115
1987 Topps Frank Williams #96
1988 Fleer Star Stickers Larry Parrish #68
1990 Topps Mike McFarlane #202

Last 2011 Topps Update Value Box recap

Bought one at Target for $14.99 and it was devoid of anything - since the Topps site was down, I had to enter my code cards on vacation and I ended up with 1987 Topps cards of Don Sutton and an Ozzie Smith All-Star subset card.

My Topps Million Card Giveaway redemption - a 1985 Topps Bob Forsch

I finally was able to redeem my lone Topps Million Card Giveaway redemption card and landed this beaut - I think the redeemed redemption card is worth more [TMC-3, picturing a 1963 Topps Bob Gibson], than the 'original' Topps card of Forsch.

I think it is going to be a tough decision, whether or not I'll actually want the card in hand - hah!

Featured dud: 2009 Topps T-206 Jonny Gomes #16

For baseball fans who grew of age in the mid 1990s, Gomes reminds me of Dante Bichette - both seem like righty mashing meatheads who kind of take a pose once they know they've connected.

It remains to be seen if Gomes will ever be given a full-time job in the Major Leagues, but he packs a ton of power in his swing - kind of fun watching him sit on a pitch and crank the ball far and deep, even though I might see on a highlight or a clip online, as opposed to in-person or a game broadcast somewhere.

Gomes' 2009 Topps T-206 is a dud, because seriously do most baseball card collectors care - 'Jonny was a high school classmate of Pixie, the former Fear Factor winner and shop manager in the TV series LA Ink.'

I claim ignorance as to knowing who this Pixie is - maybe if she was an politician, actress, model, athlete, maybe I would care about the little factoid on the back of Gomes' trading card.

Featured dud: 2009 Topps T-206 Fausto Carmona #280

My choice as the worst card of 2009 - the least he could do was keep his eyes open or at least a better image should have been chosen to manipulate.