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| 2012 Topps Update #US273 Yadier Molina #US301 Carlos Beltran |
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| 2012 Topps Update #US131 Mitchell Boggs |
The box had 3 current Cardinals, and if I'm going to get a duplicate, Yadi's a pretty good one to get.
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| 2012 Topps Update #US25 Joe Mather #US60 Edwin Jackson #US247 Ryan Ludwick #US254 Jason Marquis |
There were also 4 former Cardinals. In all, nearly 10% of the pack played for St. Louis at one time.
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| 2012 Topps Update - Gold Border #475 Chris Dickerson #1750/2012 #521 Ruben Tejada #0999/2012 #US80 Jered Weaver #1277/2012 |
I'm starting to like these Gold Border parallels. I fear I may be close to adding a 984-card section to my wantlist.
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| 2012 Topps Update - Target Red Border #US67 Jamey Carroll #US214 Jeremy Affeldt |
The red borders would grow on me too if not for orange teams like the Giants. Not that I find them repulsive, they're just not as awesome as they could be.
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| 2012 Topps Update Gold Sparkle #US177 Mike Napoli Blockbusters #BB-14 Yu Darvish |
Here I have 2 Rangers, although one has since changed teams, appropriately enough for an Update set post. And the Darvish deal was definitely a Blockbuster, no matter how his stats turn out.
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| 2012 Topps Update Golden Moments - #GM-U30 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1987 Topps Minis #TM-126 Jackie Robinson |
Finally, we have 2 Hall-of-Famers. A good friend of mine since Kindergarten moved to the Baltimore area for awhile, then moved back, and so has a secondary allegiance to the Orioles. Consequently, I give him trouble relentlessly about Cal Ripken, Jr. being inferior to Ozzie Smith as a shortstop, being an old man (since he was gray rather early), and setting the MLB record for perfect attendance. It's all in good fun, of course, and I'm happy to have this card. The Robinson mini is pretty nice too, with his MLB career stats on the back. Obviously the Brooklyn Dodgers and 1987 don't exactly go together, but the retro border and retro shot just meld together nicely on this card.
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