2010 Topps Finest Box Break With Max

A couple weeks ago, Max came to the card shop with me and we decided we wanted to bust something. Something. Anything. Crap, there's nothing to bust. We decided that we would split two boxes of Topps Finest, since that was pretty much the only thing available at the time.

We enjoyed the break, even though there weren't too many packs in each box. Here is what I pulled:

I pulled an Ian Desmond Lettermen Auto which is pretty nice, I think. I really like the lettermen cards. I'm sure you all knew that by now.

Got a pretty sweet Joe Mauer refractor. I'm a big Mauer fan, for sure. He is, in my mind, one of the best players in the game right now.

For any Ryan Howard fans, I got 2 Howard refractors. If anyone wants to trade for these, they are available. I'd enjoy some O's refractors for a straight-up exchange.

I enjoyed the Finest Break, especially since I was able to do the break with my best friend. This was probably the only way I would be able to buy the stuff, so it ended up working out.

Mail Day - Dream Warriors. Plus Thoughts on 2010 Topps Finest

So, I think I'm running out of awesomely bad sequel titles. I may need some help with those down the road, or abandon that idea all together...

Anyway, I put an order in over at Sportlots because I kept seeing that sad, lonely single card I needed to fill my 1998 Topps set. I don't like only buying $0.18 worth of cards on there, so I usually tack on a few things to get to a respectable amount of around $10 or so... I ended up getting a SWEET RC I have been wanting as well as a few 2009 Allen and Ginters to push that set closer to completion.

Ahhhh, the 2010 Upper Deck Brian Matusz RC. I know I have said this a billion times already, but seriously, look for Matusz to bust out this year and nab the AL Rookie of the Year award. No, really. He's damn good.

I also had company in town (Babe-O-Licious, my good friend who got me started working at the card shop way back in 2006) for my epic fail of a Wrestlemania party. We went to lunch yesterday and after lunch, I took her to the Greenville card shop. The shop owner there is really nice and he let me go through a box of 2010 Topps Finest. He let me pick out/buy the cards I wanted, so I grabbed a whole bunch of them.

This is a pretty sick Russell Martin. I love it. Too bad its not mine haha. I like the 2010 Finest design. One of these days, I'm going to buy a box of Finest and bust it.

Yeah, the cards were in order and the Roberts was near the bottom of the stack. I was sweating a little toward the end until I happened upon the Roberts. Just a good looking card. Thankfully Roberts' neck has healed and he is slated to be leading off on Opening Day. I'm looking for 50+ doubles again this year. That is definitely not too much to ask.

I love the black jersey on STICK. He has beefed up a little in the offseason and has been tearing the cover off of the ball so far in Spring Training. I look for STICK to hit 30+ homers this year and lead the O's in that category.

What do you all think? I think Finest is pretty sharp this year. Now I need to look for some of the refractor variations....