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I ripped open a pack of 2009 Topps recently. I never bought a lot of this product, but I really like the design. This was a decent pack. The highlights of the pack include a Nolan Reimold rookie card (with corner ding), Ryan Langerhans Gold Card, and Mariano Rivera Toppstown card. It’s always a good pack when Mo makes an appearance.
I picked up a 2013 Topps Update card of Francisco Rodriguez in an Orioles uniform on eBay. He is now with the Brewers and more importantly my fantasy team. I actually picked him up as a free agent. Now he has 17 saves. I was actually offered David Price in trade for K-Rod. Because I’m a saves whore, I declined.
Here’s a pack of 2012 Topps Chrome. The pack only contains 4 cards. The score of the pack was the Ricky Romero Refractor. The base cards were pretty decent too. I got Paul Goldschmidt, Matt Cain, and a Tsuyoshi Wada rookie. I am still left with a feeling that I got ripped off. I get that feeling whenever I open a pack containing 3 or 4 cards.
Here’s a quick eBay purchase. The loot was a pair of 2013 Topps Series 2 cards featuring Emilio Bonifacio and Tommy Hanson. The cost was 12 cents. Oddly enough, neither player is still with their 2013 team. Hanson is now a Ranger, while Bonifacio is with the Cubs.
I had the urge to open up a leftover pack of 2013 Topps. This is the Series 2 product, which I don’t have much of. The highlight of the pack is the Henderson Alvarez Emerald Parallel. I also picked up the Joe Mauer WBC insert. Here is the entire haul.
571 Melky Cabrera
502 Patrick Corbin
579 Adam LaRoche
650 Nelson Cruz
520 Peter Bourjos
395 Alexei Ramirez
WBC13 Joe Mauer
358 Henderson Alvarez
474 Brian Omogrosso
378 Joe Kelly
554 RA Dickey
577 Matt Harvey
I picked up this nifty dual game-used jersey card on eBay for less than a buck. The card features Chad Billingsley and Bronson Arroyo. I’m not sure why these two were chosen to share the same card, but they were. The card is from 2009 UD Ballpark Collection. It is numbered 333/400. Finding a card with these two subjects was probably a bigger deal back in 2009. Arroyo pitches in Arizona these days, while Billingsley is trying to recover from Tommy John surgery.
This is the card I received signed from Ricky Nolasco. I sent it to him at Twins Spring Training in Fort Myers. It came back signed in blue Sharpie in just 21 days. The card is a 2010 Topps. I think the Twins will live to regret the Nolasco signing. And the Hughes signing. Just saying.
I picked up an old vintage card on Listia recently. I don’t really collect older stuff, but it was kind of an impulse purchase. The card is a 1968 Topps base card of Jackie Hernandez. Hernandez was mostly a utility player. He played for several teams over 9 seasons. The card is in decent shape. It has no creases, some soft corners, and is slightly off-center. It only cost me a little over 500 credits though which is not too bad.
I opened up a pack of 2012 Topps Update that was laying around from a repack. I did pretty good. I received three inserts and parallels. I was also happy to see the Dozier and Hefner cards. Here are the proceeds.
Scott Elbert
Chris Iannetta
Troy Patton
Jeremy Hefner
Christian Friedrich
Elian Herrera (Blue)
Brian Wilson (Gold) #1331/2012
Edgar Martinez (Golden Moments)
Brian Dozier
Tim Byrdak
Joe Wieland
Gio Gonzalez
I purchased a 2013 Topps Tier One Autograph Card of Kirk Nieuwenhuis of the Mets on Listia. I paid about 1,200 credits, but it was well worth it. The card is numbered 283/399. The autograph is in blue Sharpie with the number 9 at the end. Nieuwenhuis started the season at AAA Las Vegas. He will likely be in New York at some point this year.
