Rolling Out the Hits - 2011 Topps Series 2, Everything MUST GO To Make Room for Allen and Ginter! Come and Get 'Em!!!

Okay, I posted a bunch of my parallel hits from 2011 Topps Series 2. Some have been claimed, but a bunch are still available… I am a little surprised. Nobody wants King Felix in gold? Emerald City? Anyone?
I am not going to repost all of the gold cards. You can find them here. I have only had 4 trades from these cards. I think there is def another trade in there, so get in touch, okay?
I still have a few more hits to post. I actually saved the best 2 hits for this post. Honestly I thought the Blake DeWitt black parallel, number 13/60, was the big hit of the box. I may have been incorrect.
Leading up to the best of the best is a Diamond Sparkle card of former Rays pitcher Mitch Talbot. Talbot is shown as an Indian and I believe he still resides in Cleveland. He won 10 games for the Tribe last year, but he sits at 2-6 this year. I think he is saving it all for the Postseason…
I am at work right now and am working with a kid named Blake. He has no idea who Blake DeWitt is, but thinks guys named Blake need some love, too…
Okay, here is a biggy… I have thirteen (yes, 13!!!) Diamond Giveaway Cards. Normally I redeem these the SECOND I pull them. I don’t know how I have had so much restraint with these, but they are not yet redeemed. I don’t know yet what to do with these. I will take offers. Maybe I will redeem them; maybe they will become a contest perk. Whadd ya’ll think??? I open to suggestions…
Back to the big hits… I was REALLY psyched to pull this ORIGINAL back card of Yogi Berra, 1952 Topps… This is as close as I am to a 1952 Topps card of any kind, especially a HOFer, so... Good stuff and def up for trade…
I do need just a dozen more cards to finish off Series 1 and 2. My want list is up to date and you can find it here. I bought 1 retail pack while at Target yesterday and I pulled a card I needed!!! I got a Kimball mini, too. It was 2 bucks well spent… The card I needed, by the way, is current Rays DH Johnny Damon. I got a bat card of Damon while a Red Sox, in a trade last week. I am ready to re-trade it if anyone is interested. It is from Topps T205. No scan available just yet. For the record, I am a fan of Damon as long as he is with the Rays, but I am not collecting any non-Rays cards of him…
Okay, I have been here at work for over an hour and I haven’t done a damn thing yet. I SHOULD get to work… The BIG HIT of the box is this. A short print, Diamond SPARKLEY card of Giants Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal. I love looking at his career starts on the back. This dude had all the magic numbers. He won 20 games 6 times. He had an ERA under 3 9 times. He completed 20 or more games 5 times and he had 200+ strikeouts 6 times. He won 243 games against only 142 losses over his 16 year career. Yeah, this dude ruled AND this card is super sparkly. Who wants it? Y’all know the rules. Claim in comments and send me an offer in an e-mail. Once again, my 2011 Topps Needs list is HERE!!! Oh, this isn't my last 2011 Topps post... I have a few cards I REALLY like from this series... I plan a post of guys with their GAME FACE ON! Like Mr. Walden here. He is READDY! Go Rays! Troll out.

2011 Topps is (virtually) DONE!!!

So yesterday I was still riding that post derby high that I love sooo much... After school I hit the post office and got a great package from my homie and Braves fan Derek of the Tomahawk Chopping Card Blog... When my want list went down to 8 cards he wrote me that he had 7 of the 8 for me including Mickey Mantle and Buster Posey! Within 2 days of his e-mail, the cards were in my mailbox!

AWESOME!!! I am still waiting on a few more packages to arrive, but my wantlist is now empty and I couldn't be more grateful to all the awesome bloggers and readers who have helped me out on this journey!

If you are wondering about the lack of posts and pics of late, part of the reason is that my scanner took a crap... My lovely wife and I purchased a home computer, printer, scanner and a bunch of electronic goodies the month we got married... We celebrated 5 years on March 11th... That is a pretty long life for any electronic device, so we had a good run, but it is all pretty much garbage now... We have our sights on getting a wireless printer and scanner both. I don't know when, but they are both on our shopping list, so it has to happen, ha!
So back to 2011 Topps... After checking the PO Box I visited the local card shop, Ryan's Sportscards, AKA my home away from home... I was looking for some Martin Prado cards to pay Tomahawk Chopping back, but they had nothing. What they did have was an envelope marked "for Troll". Sweet! Apparently one of their customers left it for me. No note, no name. So I don't know who to thank, but to the mystery local card collector, whomever you are - THANKS!!!

Included in the envelope was 2 cards from 2010 Topps Series 2, Yo Mama Cards!!! Yes, I am still slowly chasing this set down... I still need to put together a list for the base set, but I have checked and doublechecked my list for the Yo Mama cards and Turkey Reds... I am doing pretty well (i guess) on these and I am determined to finish them off BEFORE 2013... The list can be found RIGHT HERE! The mystery fan also chipped in a pair of Topps Diamond Giveaway code cards. I raced home to unlock them... I was imagining unlocked some Hammerin' Hanks or Sandy Koufax or at least a card or two from my 63 Topps need list. It was a nice daydream, but it didn't happen. I am the lucky virtual owner of this 1992 Topps Henry Cotto, card #311 (my anniversary date!) AND a 2004 Erubial Drrrrrrrrrrzo.

Not quite Hank Aaron, but it was fun...The envelope had 2 more cards in it, with images borrowed from eBay. My anonymous homie gave me a 1963 Topps card!!!!!!!!!!! It is my 43rd card from the set, card #535 of Indians pitcher Jim Perry.

I already had Gaylord Perry, so now I have completed the Perry brothers set for both 1963 and 1965! Awesome! The final card in the envelope was card #18 from 2011 Topps, the final card on my wantlist!!! Kevin Millwood the thorn in my side for 2011 series 1, but now he is safe in the binder and the first 6 pages are completed! As soon as the 3 packages I am waiting for, this set is done! I have traded (or will be sending) all of my insert dupes. The only insert set I am chasing is the super awesome Kimball minis. I am waiting on a pretty generous stack of these mini slabs o' cardboard and with that I will be done to needing just these six cards: 5,20,21,25,29 and 43. My homie and fellow Floridan Wicked Ortega is trying to chase this one down, too. You can find his needs list right here...

The Pee Wee Reese at the top of this post illustrates why this set rules... I am pretty impressed with my self control in not chasing down all the crazy insert sets this year. The Yo Mama cards were a lot of fun last year, but 3 series were toooo much for me. I do REALLY want to chase down all the 201o Vintage Legends cards, though. Those are neat! Anyway, thanks to all for the cardboard hook-ups! Thanks to my mystery card donor and thanks to all for reading and checking out my updated wantlists! Congrats to Ben Zobrist for rocking! Thanks again to the Nuclear Bombshells and Ocala Cannibals for playing one of the most exciting derby bouts that I have called in a long time... By the by, I did not receive any assistance from Will Ferrell, but my muttonchops have left the building (err, my face)... Don't know why I felt the need to share this... All of my wantlists are up to date... As always, I will provide a loving home for any and all unwanted 1963 and 1965 Topps baseball cards... I love this hobby! troll out.