Pack Break: 2010 Topps National Chicle

As part of my anniversary present, my wife got me 3 packs of cards (2010 Topps National Chicle, 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter, and 2010 Topps Series 2). Here is the pack of 2010 Topps National Chicle. The Ruth is probably the best card in the pack, but I really like the Mel Ott.

Joe Mauer

Grady Sizemore

Jorge Posada

Babe Ruth

Carlos Zambrano - National Chicle Back

Mel Ott

34-49

How does someone that goes 34-49 get offered a two year contract? The Arizona Diamondbacks just announced that they signed interum manager Kirk Gibson to a 2-year deal, with a team option for 2013. How does an organization look at someone with a .409 success rate and say, "Yeah, that's the direction that we want to go." I just don't understand it. Why not take some time and see if they can find a better candidate for the job? I loved Gibson as a player, but he didn't get it done as a manager. Am I the only one that sees this? A.J. Hinch was 31-48 this year when he was fired by the Diamondbacks. That record is not much different than Gibson's record of 34-49. I'm a huge D-Backs fan, but sometimes I just don't think that they make smart baseball decisions. I hope they prove me wrong!

Contest at Can't Have Too Many Cards

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Card Show Purchases Part 4: Multiple Bats Collection

I came across this 1991 Line Drive Reggie Sanders Minor League card in the 5 for $1 box and picked it up to add to my Multiple Bats Collection. This card puts me at 48 cards on my way to my 2010 goal of 50 Multiple Bat cards. Only 2 more to go! That concludes my card show purchases. I got 25 cards and spent a total of $5.

Card Show Purchases Part 3: Brandon Webb Collection

I added 17 new Brandon Webb cards to my collection. I bought 2 others that turned out to be duplicates. Not too bad considering I didn't have a list or anything.

Card Show Purchases Part 2: Random Rookies

I picked up a few random rookie cards at the show as well. Again, these were all in the 5 for $1 boxes.

1992 Bowman Cliff Floyd - Just an awesome photo! I love everything about, from the purple shorts to the dunking of the baseball!

2005 Topps Chrome Carlos Gonzalez - Carlos is having such a great season that I saw this and just had to have it, especially for 20 cents!

1999 Bowman Chrome David Eckstein - I've always liked Eckstein so I decided to add this to my collection!

1990 Topps Frank Thomas - Not sure how I didn't already have this card, but I am happy to have it now. I have almost bought it a few times recently, but this time I pulled the trigger!

Card Show Purchases Part 1: Vintage

This past saturday I went to a card show. It's been a long time since I have been to an actual card show. About a year and a half ago I tried to go to one, but by the time I got there all the dealers were already packing up. About a year ago I was at a mall and there happened to be one going on, but I was with my wife and kids so I didn't really get the chance to look around like I would have liked to.

I didn't have much time at the show on Saturday, but I had enough time to find 25 cards from a dealer that had boxes and boxes of singles, all 5 for $1. I'll show those 25 cards over the next several posts. Now onto the cards, Alright, I know what you're thinking, vintage? 1982? Vintage? Well I had to have something to call this post, and this was the oldest card that I picked up, so I thought "vintage" sounded good.

1982 Topps Nolan Ryan

For 20 cents I couldn't pass on this 1982 Nolan Ryan card, which is fairly well centered and had sharp corners. Eventually I would like to have the Topps base card from all of Ryan's 27 years in the Majors.