2010 Topps Heritage baseball Uno

The first 4 jumbo packs of 2010 Heritage from the recently gifted haul. There are quite a numbers of bloggers attempting to collect the base set, which shows how popular this Topps brand is. My Welsh friend Tony is also collecting this set, including the inserts, hopefully there are a few to help him complete the goal.

I am also a Heritage fan. Topps do a great job of replicating the look and feel of the original sets and this year is no exception. The original '61 set is a beauty.

However much I like it, I will still only be collecting the Red Sox cards of which there are 24. Which is a fair few cards compared to other teams, only topped by the Phillies with 27 and the Yankees with a staggering 41!

Tony was kind enough to send his spare Red Sox which leaves only these 14 left to collect;

81 Dustin Richardson RC
99 Jed Lowrie
173 Boston Speed Party - Dustin Pedroia & Jacoby Ellsbury
221 Terry Francona
261 David Ortiz
302 Adrian Beltre
316 Kevin Youkilis
371 Victor Martinez
376 Marco Scutaco
386 Tim Wakefield
421 Dustin Pedroia
457 J.D. Drew SP
476 Dustin Pedroia - 2005 AL MVP SP
491 Jason Bay AS SP

The jumbo packs contain 14 cards and a stick of revolting tasting gum of epic proportions (possibly from '61 as well).

Jumbo 1:

#17 Checklist 1st series

#58 Ryan Dempster Cubs

#77 J.A.Happ Phillies

#86 Los Angeles Dodgers

#105 Tim Hudson Braves

#139 Tony La Russa Cardinals

#185 John Danks White Sox

#257 Carlos Quentin White Sox

#260 Manny Ramirez Dodgers

#292 Jhoulyns Chacin Rockies

#309 Game 4 2009 World Series

#325 Brett Gardner Yankees

#346 Akinori Iwamura Pirates

#500 Francisco Rodriguez Mets SP

Jumbo 2:

#7 Chicago White Sox

#83 Rick Porcello Tigers

#118 Yadier Molina Cardinals

#128 Jacoby Ellsbury Red Sox

#177 Trevor Cahill Athletics

#201 Josh Beckett - Johan Santana

#243 Adam Lind Blue Jays

#272 Roy Oswalt Astros

#308 Game 3 2009 World Series

#327 Henry Rodriguez Athletics

#347 St Louis Cardinals

#371 Victor Martinez Red Sox

#382 Hunter Pence Astros

#445 Chris Volstad Marlins SP

Jumbo 3:

#35 Gordon Beckham White Sox

#36 Glen Perkins Twins

#94 Zack Greinke Royals

#98 Checklist 2nd series

#106 Scott Hairston Padres

#148 Chris Getz Royals

#163 Jeff Mathis Angels

#170 Alex Rios White Sox

#208 Jorge Cantu Marlins

#209 Eric Young Jr. Rockies

#225 Mike Scioscia Angels

#293 Felix Hernandez Mariners

#411 Yankees Core Four

#BT9 Al Kaline Tigers

Jumbo 4:

#1 Albert Pujols Cardinals

#4 Delmon Young Twins

#51 Detroit Tigers

#65 Paul Konerko White Sox

#106 Scott Hairston Padres

#112 Adam Everett Tigers

#130 James Loney Dodgers

#145 Jair Jurrjens Braves

#163 Jeff Mathis Angels

#209 Eric Young Jr. Rockies

#283 Cleveland Indians

#312 Hideki Matsui MVP World Series

#335 Carlos Gonzalez Rockies

#NT9 Vostok 1

A pretty poor showing for the Red Sox. Three Red Sox in one jumbo, a Jacoby Ellsbury to boot, which I already had (Sods law).