Pack 32 brought some crummy inserts: Topps 60 Nick Markakis, History of Topps, and ToppsTown Dan Haren. The base cards were a little better: Erick Aybar, Adrian Beltre, Felix Pie, Buster Posey, Arizona Diamondbacks, Roy Oswalt, and Ubaldo Jimenez. Between both packs, I received some decent pitchers and a few good inserts.
I will take a break from my box break to show off my latest eBay purchase. I was unsure if this card was a Black card or a Walmart card due to a subpar picture. It turns out that it is a Walmart card. That’s OK because I only paid 17 cents shipped for this card. It is a 2011 Topps Walmart card #137 of Xavier Nady. I’m not a Nady collector so I’ll just add the card to the general collection and move on. Oddly enough, I pulled a Nady Gold Card from my Topps Box.
Pack 30 contained a Kimball Champions card of Jose Bautista, Johnny Cueto 60 Years of Topps, and Miguel Cabrera ToppsTown card. I don’t think of Johnny Cueto when I think of great baseball cards of the past 60 years but I digress. The base cards included Matt Joyce, Gio Gonalez, Derek Jeter (Score!), Jeremy Jeffress (Who?), Red Sox Team Card, Chipper Jones, and James Loney. I think that Pack 30 was the better only by virtue of the Bautista and Jeter cards. 
Pack 28 was even more lackluster. The base cards included A.J. Pierzynski, Yorvit Torrealba, John Buck, Scott Cousins, Jake McGee, Ryan Kalish, and Jair Jurrjens. The inserts brought a Kershaw/Latos Diamond Duos, Mickey Mantle reprint, and Evan Longoria ToppsTown card. Somebody needs to explain why Latos and Kershaw are on the same card. 
Pack 25 of my 2011 Topps Box yielded a few interesting inserts. I received a 60 Years of Topps Tommy Hanson, Gold Freddy Garcia, and ToppsTown Vladimir Guerrero. The Garcia card shows him as a member of the White Sox, but he has been decent this season for the Yankees. The base cards included Miguel Montero, Derrek Lee, Pedro Alvarez, Ozzie Martinez, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Brandon Inge, and David Price.
Pack 26 brings a Diamond Duos card of Brett Wallace and Lance Berkman. Meh. The ToppsTown card was Carlos Santana. The base cards are Lucas Duda, Brian Fuentes, Jon Lester, Hanley Ramirez, Freddie Freeman, Ryan Dempster, Carlos Silva, and Adam Dunn. But wait!! That’s no ordinary Ramirez card. Look at the helmet. That is a sparkle variation card. I almost missed that. This pack just got interesting.
Pack 23 of my 2011 Topps Box was a really good pack. The inserts included an ARod 60 Years of Topps, my second Andrew McCutchen Kimball Champions, and a ToppsTown Buster Posey card. The base cards were decent too.
Seth Smith
R.A. Dickey
Josh Johnson
Wins Leaders
Kevin Correia
Alexei Ramirez
Hank Conger
Pack 24 was an equally good pack. In fact, I think it was better. I got a Diamond Giveaway card, a Neil Walker Diamond card, and Dustin Pedroia ToppsTown card.
The base cards were:
Andrew Cashner
Gregor Blanco
Rickie Weeks
Pedro Ciriaco
Brett Gardner (Yankee!)
Jeremy Bonderman
Nelson Cruz
I don’t think I have any doubles of base cards yet. That’s pretty impressive. Overall, these were a really good pair of packs. The base cards were decent but the inserts were terrific.
Pack 22 wasn’t that great either. The base cards were Ian Desmond, Barry Zito, Mike Stanton, Aaron Harang, James Shields, Milton Bradley, and San Diego Padres. The photograph on the Bradley card is pretty interesting. The background is a Majestic billboard which looks really cool. The Desmond card also has a cool Turkey Hill ad in the background. The inserts were a Lou Gerhig Vintage Repro, Gary Carter 60 Years of Topps, and ToppsTown David Wright. 
My latest TTM autograph return came from White Sox Spring Training in Arizona. Gordon Beckham signed my 2010 Allen & Ginter in 41 days. The signature is in black Sharpie and it looks great. There are no smudges or blemishes. The signature itself looks like what it’s supposed to look like. The “G” and “B” are definitely present. Beckham is actually off to a pretty hot start with the White Sox. I still hope to get a few more ST returns throughout the year.
Pack 19 of my 2011 Topps Box yielded the following cards:
Andrew McCutchen
Mariano Rivera – 60 Years of Topps
Starlin Castro
RBI Leaders – Cabrera, ARod, Bautista
Gaby Sanchez – Diamond
Brian Bogusevic
Gaby Sanchez
C.C. Sabathia
Brett Anderson
Matt Garza – ToppsTown
This was a great pack for the Yankee fan as it yielded a Rivera, ARod, and Sabathia card. This was also a good pack for the Gaby Sanchez collector. But look closely. The two Sanchez cards have different photos and alas different card numbers.
Let’s see what came in Pack 20.
Clayton Kershaw – Kimball Champions
Paul Konerko
Cristian Guzman
Jose Ceda
Omar Vizquel
Paul Molitor – 60 Years of Topps
Chris Narveson
Melvin Mora
Jon Niese
Carlos Gonzalez – ToppsTown
OK, so this pack was a little less impressive. The inserts were decent, but the base cards were so-so. But it was a decent haul between both packs.
Pack 17 of my 2011 Topps Box contained base cards of Brad Lidge, Daniel Hudson, Chase Headley, Matt Lindstrom, John Danks, Pablo Sandoval, and Felix Hernandez. I might send the Hudson card off to get autographed TTM. The inserts were pretty decent. I got a Mark Teixeira 60 Years of Topps, Robinson Cano ToppsTown, and Michael Brantley Diamond card.
Pack 18 contained a Ryan Howard ToppsTown, History of Topps card, and a nifty Diamond Duos card of Jeter and Cano. That History of Topps card is the biggest waste of cardboard I’ve ever seen. I’ll trade that for 3 magic beans. The base cards included David Aardsma, Andres Torres, Tom Gorzelanny, Tim Hudson, Hunter Pence, Max Scherzer, and Michael Brantley. The Gorzelanny and Scherzer cards may be destined for a TTM auto. BTW, Scherzer really stunk it up today but so did Phil Hughes. Also, how did I wind up with 2 different Michael Brantley cards? Also, who is Michael Brantley?
I think that Pack 16 may have been even better. I’ll start off with a Kimball Champions card of Pujols. Then, I’ll add in a Diamond Giveaway card. There are also base cards of Ichiro and Ryan Braun. The ToppsTown card was Jose Reyes. Other base cards included Russell Branyan, Luke Scott, Brewers Team Card, Ronny Cedeno, and Johnny Cueto. I may try to have the Luke Scott card autographed TTM.
Between both packs, this was a pretty good haul. I ended up with Pujols cards in back to back packs and scored a Diamond Giveaway card.
