i was joe collector

color me disappointed, as i am joe collector discontinued his monthly box breaks.  it had taken me a while to get the dodgers claimed, so i was bummed.  still, i did manage to get some good cards for the few months that the boys in blue belonged to me.  here's some stuff from the last two monthly group breaks.

2010 topps 206 chad billingsley

chad kind of sums up my mood regarding the end of the breaks.  hatless and morose.

andre ethier

we have evolved from the hands behind the back, but still not too happy.

rafael furcal

still not pleased, but at least some color is creeping back in.

hey, here's the back of a furcal mini! 

jeff had to send the original pull back to topps due to some printing damage.  topps replaced it quickly, and jeff got it to me with the next month's bounty.

clayton kershaw

ok, i am happy with the cards and that furcal mini. 

hiroki kuroda bronze parallel

boring parallels make me feel indifferent, like hiroki here.

jackie robinson

ok, happy again.

the final break included a box of 2010 topps chrome.  i got most of the dodgers, including

john ely base

and auto!

plus matt kemp doing his ken griffey jr impersonation

and jon link

i still have a ways to go to get my link collection up to night owl standards, though.

thanks jeff for hosting the breaks!  they will be, and already are, missed.

here are some 2010 goose joak dodgers

there were stories to be told late in the season, but i was down for the count.  here are some goose joak cards i made that are past their expiration dates.

rod barajas, o-pee-chee style

no arbitration for you!

ronald belisario

he looks like i feel about the 2010 season

scott elbert

maybe we'll see more of him next year
aj ellis

ditto

dee gordon

the future at shortstop

chin-lung hu

probably needs the proverbial 'change of scenery'

kenley jansen

the new closer?

matt kemp

primed for comeback player of the year

clayton kershaw

primed to be the ace

hiroki kuroda

it's nice that someone wanted to be in la

john lindsey

the feel good story of the season.  while it was a great story, on the field success for the team would have been better.

jon link

you never get a second chance to make a first impression.  luckily for jon, it was his 2nd and 3rd appearances that stunk, not his first.

james loney

not once, but twice

trade bait?  i don't think so.

russ mitchell

2 of mitchell's 6 hits were home runs.

trent oeltjen

not to be outdone, 2 of oeltjen's 5 hits were for extra bases

travis schlichting

went 1-0 on the mound and 0 for 1 at the plate.