Tuesday, March 30, 2010

March 29, 2010 - 2009 Bowman Draft and 2008 Masterpieces

2009 Bowman Draft

BDP45 Wiklin Castillo - chrome rookie
BDPW28 Shawn Bowman - chrome WBC
BDPP41 Jonathan Meyer - prospect
BDPP4 Virgil Hill - prospect
BDP41 Casey McGehee - rookie
BDP8 Rusty Ryal - rookie
BDPP29 James Jones - gold bordered parallel

2008 Masterpieces

62 Alex Rodriguez
27 Victor Martinez
40 Alex Gordon
54 David Wright

2009 UD Series 1 hits

Here are the three hits I pulled from the blog-posted 2009 UD Series 1 box, my second box out of three to open.

Monday, March 29, 2010

March 28, 2010 - 2009 Bowman Draft and 2008 Masterpieces

2009 Bowman Draft

BDP11 J.D. Martin - chrome rookie
BDPW2 Yu Darvish - chrome WBC
BDPP73 Mark Fleury - prospect
BDP53 Vin Mazzaro - rookie
BDPP8 Jobduan Morales - prospect
BDP17 Neftali Feliz - blue border parallel rookie - #'ed 229/399
BDPP21 Kent Matthes - gold bordered parallel prospect

2008 Masterpieces

1 Chipper Jones
74 Luke Hochevar
12 Wade Boggs
52 Ken Griffey Jr.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

March 27, 2010 - 2009 Bowman Draft and 2008 Masterpieces

2009 Bowman Draft

BDP17 Neftali Feliz - chrome rookie
BDPW11 Munenori Kawasaki - chrome WBC
BDPW27 Magglio Ordonez - WBC
BDP17 Neftali Feliz - rookie
BDPW17 Elmer Dessens- WBC
BDPW19 Luca Panerati - WBC blue-bordered parallel - #'ed 59/399
BDPP23 Matthew Davidson - prospect gold bordered parallel

2008 Masterpieces

111 Steve Carlton
11 Carl Yastrzemski
25 Joe Morgan
5 Max Scherzer

Saturday, March 27, 2010

March 26, 2010 - 2009 Bowman Draft and 2008 UD Masterpieces

2009 Bowman Draft

BDP36 Jose Lobaton - chrome rookie
BDPW29 Robbie Cordemans - chrome WBC
BDPP60 Brad Stillings - prospect
BDPP72 Brian Moran - prospect
BDP47 Sean West - rookie
BDP32 Dusty Brown - rookie
BDPP67 Dustin Dickerson - gold border parallel prospect


2008 Masterpieces

44 James Loney
58 Ian Kennedy
71 Freddy Sanchez
10 Nick Markakis

Friday, March 26, 2010

March 24, 2010 - 2009 Bowman Draft and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2009 Bowman Draft

BDPW33 Ubaldo Jimenez - WBC chrome
BDP2 Jeff Manship - rookie chrome
BDP2 Jeff Manship - rookie
BDP25 Luis Valdez - rookie
BDPW26 Miguel Cabrera - WBC
BDPW14 Pedro Lazo - WBC
BDPP12 Kyle Rose - prospect gold border parallel

2009 American Heritage Heroes

31 Benjamin Franklin - fireman
117 Battle of Midway
64 Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail - medicine
56 USO - heroic group
52 NAACP - heroic group
135 Abraham Lincoln - Barack Obama shortprint
HSFR-SSA7 - Space Shuttle Atlantis thermal blanet relic

This is the last pack of this box and I am pretty stoked with this box. I pulled a payload bay liner card and a payload bay blanket card. The only card left that I really want is a Spacelab wiring card and I have one more box left to try to pull it before I have to go win one at auction.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

March 24, 2010 - 2009 Bowman Draft and 2009 Heritage American Heroes

2010 Bowman Draft

BDP14 Brandon Allen - chrome rookie
BCW24 Aroldis Chapman - chrome WBC
BDP1 Tommy Hanson - rookie
BDP10 Jorge Padilla - rookie
BDPP27 D.J. LeMahieu - prospect
BDPP15 Matthew Weaver - prospect
BDPP49 Buddy Baumann - gold-border prospect parallel


2009 American Heritage Heroes

75 Helen Keller - humanitarian
82 George Marshall - diplomat
105 "I only regret that I have but one life to give my country"
117 Battle of Midway
89 John Quincy Adams - diplomat
17 Charles Weltner - political hero
Medal of Freedom - Frank Robinson
Heroes of Sport - Ty Cobb

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

March 23, 2010 - 2009 Bowman Draft and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

Yesterday's 2010 Topps pack was the final one of that box, so I'm starting a box of 2009 Bowman Draft Picks today. This is the first box of BDP that I've ever opened, historically opting to purchase complete hand-collated sets rather than build the set from packs. It should be intersting to see if I like opening this box and might build future sets from boxes or just go back to buying sets.

2009 Bowman Draft

BDPP45 Mycal Jones - prospect
BDPP1 Tanner Bushue - prospect
BDPW32 Frederich Cepeda - WBC chrome
BDPW9 David Ortiz - WBC chrome
BDP14 Brandon Allen - rookie
BDP34 Drew Sutton - rookie
BDPP35 Jordan Henry - gold bordered parallel prospect


2009 American Heritage Heroes

70 Paul Zoll - medicine
53 National Audubon Society - heroic group
112 Battle of Gettysburg
28 Emma Willard - activist
37 John Finn - fireman
90 Dean Acheson - diplomat
Heroes of Sport - Larry Bird
Medal of Freedom David Brinkley

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

March 22, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

74 Casey Blake
185 Hideki Matsui
284 Ross Ohlendorf
79 Francisco Cordero
160 Miguel Tejada
18 Tim Stauffer
7 Mickey Mantle
Cards Your Mom Threw Out - 2008 Topps Tim Lincecum
When They Were Young - Charlie Morton
ToppsTown Todd Helton


2009 American Heritage Heroes

3 John McCain - military hero
13 George Mason - political hero
84 John Adams - diplomat
123 First American Spaceflight
58 VFW - heroic group
67 Charles Mayo - medicine
C17 chrome Charles Weltner - political hero - #'ed 752/1776
Medal of Honor J. Franklin Bell

Monday, March 22, 2010

March 21, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

206 NL Home Run Leaders - Pujols, Fielder, Howard
261 Matt Carson
168 Brad Kilby
108 Erick Aybar
283 Adam Kennedy
61 Skip Schumaker
96 Jon Garland
Cards Your Mom Threw Away - 1958 Topps Orlando Cepeda
Turkey Red TR36 Matt Holliday
ToppsTown Ryan Howard

2009 American Heritage Heroes

120 Battle of the Bulge
2 Molly Pitcher - military hero
19 Ronald Reagan - political hero
23 Sojourner Truth - activist
9 Bud Day - military hero
5 Ulysses S. Grant - military hero
Heroes of Sport - Bill Russell
Medal of Freedom - Mother Teresa

March 20, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

154 Pedro Feliz
54 John Lackey
57 CC Sabathia
127 Hank Blalock
289 Lyle Overbay
164 Carlos Carrasco
240 Ricky Romero
Legendary Lineage Lou Gehrig and Mark Teixeira
Tales of the Game Mickey Mantle - homers off Yankee Stadium facade
ToppsTown Joe Mauer

2009 American Heritage Heroes

122 Jackie Robinson Breaks Color Barrier
85 John Hay - diplomat
10 Jimmy Stewart - military hero
55 American Women's Suffrage Movement - heroic movement
7 George McClellan - military hero
78 Jane Addams - humanitarian
Heroes of Spaceflight - Gemini 11 - printed patch, not manufactured patch card
Medal of Honor John C. Black

Saturday, March 20, 2010

March 19, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

33 Adam Moore
236 Andrew Bailey - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
163 Josh Butler
25 Adam Jones
192 Andruw Jones
26 Zach Duke
146 Yunel Escobar
History of the Game - Baseball invented in 1839
TR1 Turkey Red - Ryan Howard
ToppsTown Adrian Gonzalez

2009 American Heritage Heroes

111 Seneca Falls Convention
74 Jimmy Carter - humanitarian
25 Lucy Stone - activist
27 Mary McLeod Bethune - activist
54 Navajo Code Talkers - heroic group
95 John Steinbeck - author
C51 chrome Civil Rights Movement - heroic movement - #'ed 227/1776
Medal of Honor Allen Thompson

Friday, March 19, 2010

March 17, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

253 Bengie Molina
115 Gordon Beckham
182 Coco Crisp
287 Jhonny Peralta
296 Braves team card
212 Magglio Ordonez
151 Mat Gamel
Legendary Lineage - Nolan Ryan and Zack Greinke
Cards Your Mom Threw Away - 1973 Topps Johnny Bench
ToppsTown Kevin Youkilis

2009 American Heritage Heroes

56 USO - heroic group
94 Nellie Bly - author
64 Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail - medicine
123 First American spaceflight
98 Rachel Carson - author
31 Benjamin Franklin - fireman
C35 chrome Dennis Smith - fireman - #'ed 623/1776
Medal of Honor David Dixon Porter

Thursday, March 18, 2010

2009 Topps Ticket To Stardom box hits

I found a few images that I haven't yet posted to the blog of some of the various hits from boxes I've opened in the past, so I'll start posting them with the 2009 Topps Ticket To Stardom box hits.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

March 16, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

243 Asdrubal Cabrera
176 Yovani Gallardo
81 Ryan Theriot
13 Melvin Mora
77 Kenshin Kawakami
123 Jeff Samardzija
225 David Price
Cards Your Mom Threw Away - 1957 Topps 335 Frank Robinson
Peak Performance Mickey Mantle
ToppsTown Adam Jones


2009 American Heritage Heroes

11 Thomas Jefferson - political hero
50 Justin Garner - police hero
121 Battle of Iwo Jima
49 David Lim - police hero
61 Jonas Salk - medicine
128 Abraham Lincoln - Barack Obama shortprint
Space Shuttle Endeavour payload bay liner relic card

March 15, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

174 Mike Gonzalez
266 Humberto Quintero
131 Dustin Richardson
11 Orlando Cabrera
250 Mark Teixeira
170 Jason Bay
213 Ricky Nolasco
History of the Game - First Night Game played in 1935
When They Were Young - Alex Rodriguez
ToppsTown Ichiro

2009 American Heritage Heroes

3 John McCain - military hero
103 Battles of Lexington and Concord
58 VFW - heroic group
67 Charles Mayo - medicine
87 Silas Deane - diplomat
52 NAACP - heroic group
147 Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama shortprint
A Hero's Journey - Lincoln frees slaves

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

March 14, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

186 Andrew Bailey
91 Erik Bedard
62 Kevin Millwood
106 2009 NL ERA Leaders - Carpenter, Lincecum, Jurrjens
34 Michael Dunn
292 Tommy Manzella
12 Doug Davis
ToppsTown Justin Upton
Peak Performance Tim Lincecum
Million Card Giveaway - Roy Campanella

2009 American Heritage Heroes

15 Horace Mann - political hero
1 George Washington - military hero
109 Siege of Yorktown
36 Alexander Shaler - fireman
35 Dennis Smith - fireman
60 ACLU - heroic group
C50 chrome Justin Garner - police - #'ed 311/1776
Medal of Honor Theodore Roosevelt

Monday, March 15, 2010

March 13, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

73 2009 NL Wins Leaders - Wainright, Carpenter, DeLaRosa
172 Joe Mauer - AL MVP winner
65 Nick Swisher
195 James Shields
116 Carlos Gomez
44 Howie Kendrick
254 Edwin Jackson
Tales of the Game - Topps dumps 1952 cards into river
Peak Performance-Cy Young
ToppsTown Andrew McCutchen


2009 American Heritage Heroes

18 Abraham Lincoln - political hero
13 George Mason - political hero
84 John Adams - diplomat
106 The Underground Railroad
26 Jackie Robinson - activist
83 James Monroe - diplomat
Heroes of Spaceflight - Apollo 15 - printed patch card, not manufactured patch card
Medal of Honor - Arthur MacArthur Jr.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

March 12, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

1 Prince Fielder
86 Gil Meche
286 Javier Vazquez
3 Derrek Lee
234 Rays Franchise History
89 J.A. Happ
290 Orlando Hudson
Legendary Lineage - Bob Gibson - Tim Lincecum
ToppsTown Roy Halladay
Topps Million Card Giveaway - Thurman Munson


2009 American Heritage Heroes

124 March to Montgomery
68 Elizabeth Blackwell - medicine
73 Clara Barton - humanitarian
72 Norman Borlaug - humanitarian
47 J. Edgar Hoover - police
14 Clairborne Pell - political hero
Medal of Freedom - Ronald Reagan
Heroes of Sport - Thurman Munson

Friday, March 12, 2010

March 10, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

51 Eric Young Jr.
134 Phillies team card
92 David Eckstein
68 Brandon Inge
111 Ty Wigginton
110 Andrew McCutchen
208 Tim Wakefield
Cards Your Mom Threw Away - 1970 Topps #220 Steve Carlton
Turkey Red Miguel Tejada
ToppsTown Manny Ramirez

2009 American Heritage Heroes

20 Barack Obama - political hero
86 Dwight Eisenhower - diplomat
101 Boston Tea Party
43 Det. Frank Serpico - police
93 August Wilson - author
77 Herbert Hoover - humanitarian
143 Abraham Lincoln - Barack Obama shortprint
HJ-14 A Hero's Journey - Abraham Lincoln - A Fateful Night at Ford's Theater

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

March 9, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

150 Joe Mauer
101 Scott Baker
23 Shane Victorino
317 Ryan Doumit
314 Angel Pagan
102 Twins team card
32 Reds team card
When They Were Kids - Aaron Poreda
290 Orlando Hudson - gold parallel - #'ed 1644/2010
ToppsTown Albert Pujols


2009 American Heritage Heroes

65 Joseph Goldberger - medicine
79 Erin Brockovich - humanitarian
107 Battle of Saratoga
119 D-Day
58 ASPCA - heroic group
57 American Red Cross - heroic group
Medal of Freedom Arnold Palmer
HS-19 Heroes of Sports - Jimmie Foxx

March 8, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

141 Chone Figgins
19 Felipe Lopez
326 Tyler Colvin
294 Adam Dunn
319 Ryan Franklin
17 Dexter Fowler
200 Roy Halladay
WTWY YM - When They Were Young - Yadier Molina
Cards Your Mom Threw Out - 2003 Topps #311 Kevin Youkilis
ToppsTown Josh Hamilton

2009 American Heritage Heroes

81 Harry S Truman - diplomat
97 William Lloyd Garrison - author
110 Lewis and Clark Expedition
118 Battle of Guadalcanal
80 Eleanor Roosevelt - humanitarian
69 Norman Shumway - medicine
C73 Chrome - Clara Barton - humanitarian - #'ed 66/1776
Medal of Honor - Albert Leopold Mills

Sunday, March 7, 2010

March 6, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

199 Mariners team card
327 Albert Pujols - 2009 NL MVP
309 Gerald Laird
103 Daniel Murphy
301 Jack Cust
156 Tony Gwynn Jr.
205 Chris Coghlan
Cards Your Mom Threw Away - 1988 Topps Nolan Ryan
Legendary Lineage - Gary Carter and David Wright
ToppsTown Hanley Ramirez

2009 American Heritage Heroes

125 Flight 93
91 Jacob Riis - author
33 Ed Pulaski - Fireman
75 Helen Keller - Humanitarian
63 Mary Edwards Walker - medicine
71 Henry Bergh - humanitarian
Heroes of Sport - Reggie Jackson
Medal of Freedom - Carol Burnett

Saturday, March 6, 2010

March 5, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

207 Colby Rasmus
137 Athletics franchise history
210 Josh Beckett
169 Pirates franchise history
67 Matt LaPorta
78 Cesar Izturis
241 Rocco Baldelli
218 Fernando Martinez gold parallel - #'ed 1736/2010
ToppsTown Adrian Gonzalez
TR27 Turkey Red Edwin Jackson

2009 Topps American Heritage Heroes

104 Battle of Bunker Hill
6 Boyd "Buzz" Wagner - military hero
51 Civil Rights Movement - heroic group
99 Ralph Ellison - author
12 James Madision - political hero
32 Red Adair - fireman
C24 chrome Frank Robinson - activist - #'ed 483/1776
Medal of Honor Powhatan Beaty

March 4, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

302 Checklist- featuring Beantown Backhand
293 Brent Dlugach
21 Cristian Guzman
121 Brett Anderson
190 Pablo Sandoval
230 Jonathan Broxton
271 Jermaine Dye
Tales of the Game - Carlton Fisk - the Wave
ToppsTown Kevin Youkilis
Legendary Lineage - Whitey Ford and C.C. Sabathia

2009 American Heritage Heroes

96 Ida Tarbell - author
45 Joe Petrosino - Police
113 Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
100 Carl Sagan - author
39 Paul Revere - Fireman
76 Florence Kelley - Humanitarian
C65 Chrome - Joseph Goldberger - medicine - #'ed 422/1776
Medal of Honor - Jason Dunham

Friday, March 5, 2010

March 3, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

187 Will Venable
222 Curtis Granderson - Tigers version
228 Chris Pettit
59 Kevin Gregg
323 Jim Thome
144 Rich Harden
53 Craig Counsell
PP34 Peak Performance Ichiro
Tales of the Game - Yankees dig up David Ortiz jersey
ToppsTown Vladimir Guerrero

2009 Topps American Heriage Heroes

114 Wright Brothers First Flight
34 Edward Crocke - Fireman
4 Norman Schwarzkopf - Military Hero
46 Theodore Roosevelt - Police
16 Hiram Rhodes Revels - Political Hero
42 Wyatt Earp - Police
139 Abraham Lincoln - Barack Obama shortprint
A Heroes Journey - Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln learns rhetorical ropes

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

March 1, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 Topps American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

105 Madison Bumgarner
259 Daniel Hudson
191 Mat Latos
41 Dodgers franchise history card
310 Elvis Andrus
152 Nyjer Morgan
226 Juan Rivera
Cards Your Mom Threw Away - 1990 Topps Frank Thomas
ToppsTown Justin Upton
Peak Performance Evan Longoria

2009 Topps American Heritage Heroes

106 Washington Crosses the Delaware River
115 Battle of Belleau Wood
30 Samuel Gompers - activist
21 Elizabeth Cady Stanton - activist
41 Eliot Ness - policeman
29 Mother Jones - activist
40 Alexander Hamilton - fireman
144 Abraham Lincoln - Barack Obama shortprint

Monday, March 1, 2010

February 28, 2010 - 2010 Topps and 2009 Topps American Heritage Heroes

2010 Topps

265 Angels team card
204 Checklist 65-132 - features Texas Rangers' Elvis Andrus and Ian Kinsler
221 Russell Branyan
43 Marco Scutaro
90 Ian Kinsler
238 Ian Stewart
214 Matt Kemp
HOTG14 History of the Game - First Hall of Fame Induction
TR28 Turkey Red Mickey Mantle
ToppsTown Ryan Braun

2009 American Heritage Heroes

105 "I only Regret That I have but one life to give my country"
89 John Quincy Adams - Diplomat
17 Charles Weltner - political hero
82 George Marshall - diplomat
94 Nellie Bly- author
98 Rachel Carson - author
Medal of Honor - William Joyce Sewell
Heroes of Spaceflight HSF-28 - Apollo 17 - printed mission patch card, not manufactured patch card