A Rookie Contest Win, Part 1

In Mid-June I won a contest at all the way to backstop by going 3 for 3 in guessing the Rookie cards in his big stack. My prize: the stack, and some other cool stuff he picked out for me.

First, the promised stack, starting with some 2011 Topps:

2011 Topps - Cognac Parallel #143 Jeremy Jeffress

Base cards:
80 Desmond Jennings
83 Greg Halman
117 Brett Sinkbeil
213 Brandon Snyder
285 Hank Conger
368 Brian Broderick
401 Michael Crotta
418 Zach Britton
446 Brandon Beachy
461 Eric Sogard
503 Nathan Adcock
604 Joe Paterson
605 Brandon Belt
633 Aaron Crow

Next, some 2011 Update

2011 Topps Update - Cognac Parallel #US288 Eric Thames

2011 Topps Update - Blue Parallel #US194 Jason Kipnis

2011 Topps Update - Topps 60 #T60-142 Tyler Chatwood 

2011 Topps Update #US114 Lance Lynn

2011 Topps Update #US39 Eduardo Sanchez

Base cards:
US9 Jose Iglesias
US24 Rex Brothers
US39 Eduardo Sanchez
US47 Paul Goldschmidt
US56 Ryan Adams
US66 Andy Dirks
US73 Juan Nicasio
US103 Josh Collmenter
US112 Lonnie Chisenhall
US114 Lance Lynn
US117 Michael Stutes
US132 Jose Altuve

US136 Brandon Crawford
US151 Cory Gearrin
US152 Julio Teheran
US155 Eric Hosmer
US159 Alex Cobb
US165 Al Alburquerque
US174 Jacob Turner
US177 Rene Tosoni
US179 Michael Pineda
US180 Daniel Moskos
US184 Tyler Chatwood
US186 J.D. Martinez
US203 Juan Nicasio
US213 Louis Coleman
US231 Charlie Blackmon
US254 Dustin Ackley
US282 Brad Hand
US308 Kyle Seager

Then, some 2012 Topps, including Series 2.

2012 Topps Golden Moments Parallel #95 Chris Parmelee

2012 Topps Golden Moments Parallel #36 Michael Taylor

The Gold overlay on all the green in this card makes it look pretty awesome in person.

2012 Topps Blue-Border Parallel #134 Stephen Lombardozzi

2012 Topps #90 Adron Chambers

2012 Topps #559 Brandon Dickson 

And, as usual, the base cards:
9 Jesus Montero
40 Tom Milone
41 Devin Mesoraco
42 Drew Pomeranz
79 Austin Romine
90 Adron Chambers
198 Matt Dominguez
202 Andrew Carignan
218 Kyle Hudson
235 Joe Benson
252 Dellin Betances
274 Alex Liddi
275 Brad Peacock
338 Jose Costanza
432 Wei-Yin Chen
559 Brandon Dickson
570 Zack McAllister
604 Juan Abreu
615 Luis Marte

And here's two Mark McGwire's he threw in off my want list.

1994 Leaf Limited #61 Mark McGwire

1996 Upper Deck SP #140 Mark McGwire

Not only did I get all this, but there's more for my next post as well. Once again, thanks to all the way to the backstop for the great cards.

Group Break Results from JABOs

Kyle at Juuust a Bit Outside held a group break of 2011 Lineage and Finest back in January. Since I'm nearly 3 months behind now, here were my results, with which I was pretty pleased. I bought 3 teams because I can't resist the Add-a-team-for-a-few-more-dollars deal. The third team, assigned randomly, was the Blue Jays, but I managed to trade it for the Tigers. That turned out very well for me as you'll see.

2011 Lineage - 75 Mini Relics #75R-AJ Austin Jackson

2011 Lineage - Diamond Anniversary #135 Tim Lincecum

2011 Lineage - Cloth Stickers #TCS40 Tim Lincecum

2011 Lineage - Refractors #192 Willie McCovey

2011 Lineage - Rookies #11 Brandon Belt

2011 Finest - Refractors #12 Miguel Cabrera #155/549

2011 Finest - Autographs #99 Eduardo Sanchez #454/499

Base Card Listings:
2011 Lineage:
4 Buster Posey
9 Matt Holliday
38 Chris Carpenter
40 Stan Musial
43 Victor Martinez
47 Lance Berkman
57 Willie McCovey
83 Adam Wainwright
85 Al Kaline
105 Ty Cobb
119 Matt Cain
135 Tim Lincecum
141 Ozzie Smith
155 Bob Gibson
156 Austin Jackson
162 Brandon Belt
176 Miguel Tejada
178 Albert Pujols
187 Justin Verlander
189 Jaime Garcia
192 Willie McCovey

2011 Finest:
3 Buster Posey
22 Justin Verlander
83 Brandon Belt
99 Eduardo Sanchez
100 Daniel Descalso