Joy Of A Complete Team Set Now with Series Two. And Bonus Cards

 OK so a few months back I posted The Nats cards from Series 1 of the 2023 Topps Baseball set. It is now time for the rest of the team from Series 2.

389 Victor Robles

437 Lane Thomas

443 Luke Voit

447 Israel Pineda RC

470 Joey Meneses RC

498 Stone Garrett RC

629 MacKenzie Gore Future Stars

As per normal these days these cards came from a recent group box break that I get my current Nats cards from. Actually the series two cards were actually a bonus break unto itself. Additionally here are two insert cards from the regular break (at least I think they came from series one in the regular break).

The Nats still have an Ace up their sleeve (or do they?)

2023 Topps Baseball All Aces insert - AA-21 Stephen Strasburg

Going International:

2023 Topps Baseball World Baseball Classic - WBC-52 Joey Meneses Mexico 

I don't normally go for the World Baseball Classic stuff but this year the Mexico team uniform looks nice on this card.

Alex Call Walk Off Now

 All right boys and girls it is time again to reach into the semi-recent Topps Now cards to show off one from this season from a few weeks back. This month's post is about a game from 04 May 2023 at home vs The Chicago Cubs. Bottom the ninth game is tied 3-3 Lead off batter Alex Call on the first pitch hits his first career walk-off homer. Home Team Good Guys Nats win 4-3 and take the series 3-1.

Alex Call 1st Career Walk-Off Homer

The card:

2023 Topps Now Baseball - 234 Alex Call Washington Nationals

Topps has been disappointing me with these Topps Now cards that just have a picture on the back and give no details about the game or event celebrated on the card. I still like them but jeez give us more info Topps, it is Topps NOW not Topps Whenever. The card makes no mention of who the Nats were playing. Alex and the other players in the home whites tell it was a home game and the walk off indicates they were either tied or behind at the start of the bottom of the ninth. I had to double check to see which batter and pitch it was, turns out he was the lead-off and it was on the first pitch. Makes it that much more exciting for us fans.

CJ Abrams NOW

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 845 and 974 C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals - Base Cards

 Last season when the Mid Season Trade Deadline Came and Juan Soto and Josh Bell WENT to the San Diego Padres for 6 players, I was devastated that the team had traded away two of their best all-around players who could make the big hits. Since I don't follow any teams other than The Nats I had little to no knowledge of the players that had been traded to us. Most of them at the time were in the Padres' Farm System.

Well one of those players has emerged as quite a player CJ Abrams. CJ has quickly become a fave Nat of mine.  The cards I got from Ebay and they are from 2022 Topps Now Baseball. These 5 cards  are technically just "two" cards since 3 are parallel variants. Normally I haven't  been able to find parallel Topps Now cards so I grabbed them since they were affordable. I did see a Red parallel (1/1) of one of them but it was way more than I wanted to pay.

Going by card numbers first up we have card 845 celebrating C.J.'s First Career Four Hit Game on 05 September. I have the "base" card, the Blue parallel #/49, and the Purple parallel #/25.

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 845 C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals: Base, Blue #/49, Purple #/25

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 845 Back - All variants have the same back

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 845 C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals Base

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 845 C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals Purple #12/25

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 845 C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals Blue #14/49

Next we have card #974 that celebrates C.J.'s First Walk Off Hit on 28 September. I have the Base and the Purple parallel #/25. I like this card better of the two.

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 974 C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals: Base, Purple #/25.

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 974 Back C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 974 C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals Base

2022 Topps Now Baseball - 974 C.J. Abrams Washington Nationals Purple #15/25.

2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Box Loader

 In one of my recent group box breaks (done in March) I got this sweet 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Box Loader (I say Box Topper).

2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball BLC-7 Juan Soto Washington Nationals

Joy Of A Complete Topps Team Base Set

 In a recent group break or actually two I got the base cards for the 2023 Topps Baseball Washington Nationals team set. One of the breaks was a half case or maybe full case break so I have some doubles. I also got a couple of parallels but D'Oh I didn't scan those. Well another post I guess. Anyway here is the base line up. This year it doesn't look like the Nats have any variant cards.

80 Tanner Rainey

130 Kiebert Ruiz

149 Josiah Gray

193 Luis Garcia

243 Evan Lee

244 Cesar Hernandez

257 Yadiel Hernandez

258 Erick Fedde

320 Cade Cavalli

35 CJ Abrams

316 Nationals Team Card

Back of card 316 Team Card

A Sharp Chrome Autograph

 Yes once again I am doing a quick and dirty post. I really should plan things more or work on some of my stuck in draft mode for 20 years posts. OK not really I haven't been blogging for 20 years (yet, it is about 3 years away on my regular blog and this one I have only been blogging for 11 years), but I do have several draft posts that have been stuck for a few years.

This is a card I got about a year or two It's a 2021 Topps Chrome so I couldn't have gotten it earlier than that. At first I thought I might have posted about it before, but it looks like I haven't.

2021 Topps Baseball Chrome RA-SSH Sterling Sharp Washington Nationals RC

on card Blue Sharpie

Some Parallels and Some Autographs

 I have a couple of parallels to show off and a couple of autograph cards to show. Three players in this order: Will Harris, Josiah Gray and Riley Adams. Seven cards in all.

First up RHP Will Harris from 2021 Topps Baseball Update Series card US138 base and gold parallel.

 2021 Topps Baseball Update Series - US138 Will Harris

 2021 Topps Baseball Update Series Gold parallel US138 Will Harris

Next we have RHP Josiah Gray from 2022 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball base RC card 164 and RC autograph card GQA-JG on card blue sharpie autograph.

2022 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball 164 Josiah Gray RC

2022 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball Autograph - GQA-JG Josiah Gray RC

Finally we have Catcher Riley Adams first his 2022 Panini Donruss Baseball Signature Series Autograph card SS-RA on sticker in blue sharpie and then 2022 Panini Capstone Baseball RC card 16 base and Red Parallel. These two cards don't scan too well with their glossy reflective fronts. I got a rainbow effect when I scanned them in normal orientation and in sideways orientation, I used whichever of the two scans appeared slightly better and less reflective rainbow.

2022 Panini Donruss Baseball Signature Series Autograph - SS-RA Riley Adams

2022 Panini Capstone Baseball - 16 Riley Adams

2022 Panini Capstone Baseball Red parallel - 16 Riley Adams

A Soto Photo Plus

For Christmas my Oldest bro and his wife almost always include some Curly W stuff in the bag or box of gifts they give me. This year was no exception there were a few Nats memorabilia things in there. Sometimes they are silly nick nacks I would never by myself or even want and sometimes there are some real cool things that I have drooled over for ages. OK so maybe I haven't literally drooled over the thought of some of the memorabilia but you get the idea. This year one of the cool things was a Juan Soto T-Shirt a red one with The Nationals script a faux Juan Soto signature and the number 22, and This Photo from this past year's Home Run Derby that Juan Won. from Fanatics.

The photograph is 8" x 10" and for now I am keeping it in the plastic bag/packaging. I thought it was a resealable bag but it doesn't act like it. 

Here is my Tops Now card commemorating the event.

Since the photo isn't a card and I have already posted about the Topps Now card, here are some Juan Soto cards that I received for the baseball team box breaking group December break:

2022 Topps Baseball: Series 1: 150

2022 Topps Chrome Baseball: 129 ACK with those star things one the top and bottom edges this might be a stupid winterized version. Blah.

2021 Topps Chrome Baseball :1992 style: TC92-49

2021 Topps Finest Baseball: 7

2021 Panini Chronicles Obsidian Baseball: 37

 

Goodies From A November Group Box Break

 Without much fanfare here are some cards I got from a November Group Box Break. A monthly break I am a part of that I get recent Nationals from.

Group 1:

2022 Topp Archives Baseball:

1963 Design:

75 Andre Dawson Expos

96 Patrick Corbin

100 Juan Soto

1978 Design:

109 Stephen Strasburg

132 Josiah Gray

168 Vladimir Guerrero Expos

190 Lucius Fox

1987 Design:

284 Keibert Ruiz

1992 Design:

366 Bryce Harper

Group 2:

2022 Panini Prizm Baseball:

28 Mason Thompson

84 Josiah Gray

94 Cody Wilson

2007 Fleer Ultra Baseball: Ultra Rookies Auto:

206 Matt Chico on-sticker blue sharpie 104/349

2021 Topps Heritage Baseball:

1972 Design:

200 Michael Taylor

368 Rookie of the Year Award

2022 Gypsy Queen Baseball:

56 Stephen Strasburg

287 Patrick Corbin

Group 3:

2021 Topps Baseball (Series 2):

343 Victot Robles

446 Alex Avila

453 Starlin Castro

461 Ryan Zimmerman

473 Kyle Schwarber

531 Asdrubal Cabrera

2002 Topps Baseball: Update:

US38 Lucius Fox RC

US51 Erick Fedde

US68 Washington Nationals Team Card Juan Soto - 100 Career Home Runs CL

Group 4:

2022 Topps Baseball: Update:

US132 Joe Russ

US173 Andrew Stevenson

US 179 Maikel Franco

US194 Nelson Cruz

US226 Sean Doolittle

US269 Ehire Adrianza

US293 Yadiel Hernandez

US296 Steve Cishek

US299 Cesar Hernandez

I also got a small lot of Texas Rangers cards I had gotten from a bonus group box break:

Cards not scanned

2022 Topps Baseball: Update:

US82 Taylor Hearn

US91 Brad Miller

US96 Kyle Cody

US101 Albert Abreu

US122 Kolby Allard

US131 Martin Perez

US163 Jon Gray

US198 Garrett Richards

US200 Corey Seager

US285 Nick Tropeano