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Delivery Time! Top 10 Cards from Tim over at Great Sports Name HOF

Tim (from the Great Sports Name Hall of Fame) recently contacted me and said he had a bunch of cards for me if I could cover his shipping expenses.  A few bucks (and days) later, I received a package full of goodies off my want list (plus some assorted Reds)!

Let's take a look, top 10 style!

#10:
2011 Topps:

Ranking number 10 on my list, Tim sent a few different 2011 base Topps cards that I still needed.  You've all seen more than enough scans of the base cards though so I didn't bother scanning 'em.

#9:
2011 Topps:
Topps Town:

TT2-33.  Austin Jackson

Tim sent me a couple different Series 2 Topps Town cards.  As I've mentioned before, I don't really know why I decided to collect the set (heck, I don't even like 'em) but you know what, I've gone this far I might as well finish it off right?

#8:
2011 Topps Opening Day:
107.  Scott Rolen

I've mentioned this before, but I don't usually bother buying Opening Day cards (in fact, I don't think I've bought a single pack of the stuff since the early 2000s).  That said, I still appreciate it anytime someone sends me the Reds from the set!

#7:
2005 Fleer National Pastime:
13.  Ken Griffey, Jr.

For most of the 00s, Griffey was the only Reds worth collecting - and the only Red who you could count on being included in insert sets and the like.  Although the Reds have some promising young players in Votto and Bruce, so far no one has quite replaced Griffey in terms of Reds' cardboard presence.

#6:
2011 Topps:
Diamond parallels:


Tim sent five different diamond parallels my way, including the Tom Wilhelmsen card above.  For each diamond card, Tim earned himself an entry into my contest too! 

#5:
1995 Pinnacle:
Museum Collection:
26.  Hector Carrasco

This card ranks so high strictly for the finish on it.  It looks sort of like a foiled version of shifting a space ship into warp drive speed...but with baseball players.

#4:
1993 Pacific:
5 of 20.  Jose Rijo

First, if you though Pacific went crazy with foil and other inserts in the late 90s, I invite you to look at the diamond predecessor set in '93.  I don't know what this insert set is actually called, but I do know that it is quite shiny!

#3
2011 Topps:
Retired Player Diamond parallel:
630.  Joe Morgan

I didn't have great luck pulling retired stars from this year's Topps set (I believe the only one I pulled was Robin Roberts)...and I certainly didn't pull any of the diamond variations.  As such, landing the Reds diamond parallel of Joe Morgan is extra great!

#2:
1995 Upper Deck SP:
45.  Barry Larkin

That's right, another Larkin SP card.  As always, this card will get its own post some day, but for now, it ranks #2 on my list...which means...

#1:
1995 Upper Deck:
You Make the Play:
20.  Barry Larkin

The number one card on my list is a Barry Larkin card from the You Make the Play insert set out of '95 Upper Deck.  I suppose this card earns the #1 spot over the '95 Upper Deck SP card simply because it's a game card...and as you know from my trying to collect the entire 2011 Topps Attax set, I have a soft spot in my heart for baseball game cards!

Thanks for the great cards Tim!  And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade - check out my want list and make an offer! 

Comments

  1. I knew you'd like the Rijo! It's from the 1993 Pacific Spanish Prism insert set, which consisted of 20 spanish speaking stars.

    Also, believe it or not, this is the first group of cards I've sent you in a year and a half. Wowwww haha.

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