2013 Topps Baseball Series 1: No Wright, Harvey, Wheeler

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• Tom February 1, 2013 at 1:19 pm

  Topps puts out two separate “series” of cards in its main set each year. This is Series 1. Series 2 comes out later this year and will undoubtedly include Wright, Harvey, Wheeler, etc.
  • TRS86 February 1, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    Yup, most sought after cards often appear in the 2nd series.
• Metstheory22 February 1, 2013 at 1:22 pm

  Hey, no Omar vs Alderson on this.
  Been collecting them since early 60′s. What I don’t care for is when they double up on players and omit some players totally. I expect Josh Edgin, Matt Harvey, and David Wright to be in 2nd series in around June. For some reason, if you don’t know, #7 is always Mickey Mantle now.
• Lorenzo February 1, 2013 at 1:27 pm

  I love the new design. It’s nice and clean, with team-themed color accents, and the photography looks great too.
• Metsie February 1, 2013 at 1:34 pm

  Very sad…
  Only 5 of the 13 are guaranteed a starting role
  4 of the 13 are playing somewhere else….
  • Hank February 1, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    I noticed that too. Forgot about the cards and was like woah…these guys aren’t even here or guaranteed to be here.
• matthew balasis February 1, 2013 at 1:34 pm

  We used to play a “war” type matching game using the colors on the cards when I was in middle school in the late 70′s. Those were some pretty horrid Mets teams but I discovered that having A LOT of cards gave you a distinct advantage in that you could eventually wear out an opponent with fewer cards. Over a 3 year stretch i amassed 3 big shopping bags full of bundles of cards mostly from playing that game. I had every team several times over. My mom (God rest her soul) cleaned out my room when i went into the service … and … she tossed them, along with my comic book collection … (!!) She never understood my exasperation when I found out. Only after I explained to her that I could have probably paid for a semester of college with that stuff did she realize. Oh well …
  • Hodges14 February 1, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    The part with your mom sounded just like my mom (God rest both of their souls). That sinking feeling of horror when I learned what she did was pretty traumatic at the time.
  • Metstheory22 February 1, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    Of all the things that were NOT thrown out ( toys, comics and such), my card collection was not. Still have them all and I put them in books.
  • srt February 1, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    ‘We used to play a “war” type matching game using the colors on the cards when I was in middle school in the late 70′s.’

    Wow…brings back memories for me. Did the same thing in grade school, only about a decade earlier than you.

    When I moved out of my parents house, I cleaned out my childhood room and threw out my entire baseball card collection. Don’t know what I was thinking. I can’t even imagine whose rookie cards I might have had from the mid 60s to mid 70s.
• mttlg February 1, 2013 at 1:38 pm

  13 cards is better than average for a 330-card set and matches the number of Mets in last year’s Series 1. David Wright will be in Series 2 at card number 400 (a short printed photo variation was released in Series 1) and Zack Wheeler is not yet eligible to have a rookie card (only Jeurys Familia and Collin McHugh were eligible for Series 1). You can probably expect a McHugh RC in Series 2 (with Harvey, maybe Edgin, and any of the offseason acquisitions who stick) and a Wheeler RC in Update. It’s a 990-card set in total, you can’t expect to get everything in the first 330 cards.
  • Lorenzo February 1, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    Hey mttlg, very cool site! I had no idea a site like yours existed. Always wanted to do something like that but raising a family left me very little time. I look forward to reading your site going forward as I tucked you into my favorites folder. Lets Go Mets!
    • mttlg February 1, 2013 at 4:52 pm

      Thanks. I don’t really have much time for it myself (had to put off working on Gundam models to free up the time and space to work on the site), but I do what I can. I’m just glad to be able to contribute something unique to the fan community.
  • Mr North Jersey February 1, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    Props on the site. Really nice. Those 2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition cards look sick.
    • mttlg February 1, 2013 at 5:36 pm

      The 2012 cards (this year’s release) look even better. Not having a license from MLB Properties is a problem for Panini, but they go deeper into the draft with their autograph selection than Topps does. It would be nice if someone could buy them a calendar though…
  • SaltyGary February 1, 2013 at 3:28 pm

    Very cool. I got back into it for a little bit in 1999 – 2004 but stopped again. The market was just too saturated with too much memorabilia and way too many sets. I know they did some consolidation but probably not enough to get me back in. Especially seeing your post on all you bough and hopw little of a return you got.

    The last set I put together was the first Bowman Sterling set in 2004. It was $50 a pack with only something like 5 cards a pack. The set did have a cool auto-patch of a young D-Money.
    • SaltyGary February 1, 2013 at 3:33 pm

      And BTW the most expensive card that I needed to finish that I got on ebay was a Matt Tuiasosopo who is with the Bison’s last year. That friggen card was $40-$60 if I remember. What a bust.
      • Metsie February 1, 2013 at 3:45 pm

        You sure it is him and not Manti’s Girlfriend on the card? LOL
• Clayton Collier February 1, 2013 at 2:02 pm

  Familia was up in the majors, so that probably why he got a rookie card and not Wheeler. Though no Harvey irks me, as does no Wright. That Dickey card is pretty nice though.

  My favorite Santana card is his Topps 2009:

  http://paulsrandomstuff.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/johan-santana.jpg?w=620

  My favorites from this year are
  1. Daniel Murphy
  2. Kirk Nieuwenhuis
  3. Bobby Parnell
  • mttlg February 1, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    Yes, but not exactly. The MLBPA sets the rules for rookie cards and only Familia and McHugh meet their criteria (out of 53 total players called up in August or later who are currently eligible for rookie cards). If Wheeler follows the same path as Harvey, he’ll be eligible in time for Update this fall.
• TX February 1, 2013 at 6:57 pm

  Mets signed Marlon Byrd to a minor league contract.
• sarge69 February 1, 2013 at 11:26 pm

  Good one on finding a Jason Bay card Joe, I have been an avid collector for years until about 10 years ago when my wife told me to stop, donate or sell them so I had to stop and only pick up Met cards here and there.

  I picked up a few Wright Rookie card way back as for Jose ones also so here’s to the almighty card companies who continue to either raise the price for the same amount or lower the price for less cards; this thing with Topps, been doing this for years now is shameful having to wait for certain cards till almost Opening Day or hope that the local dealer, the few left, has opened up some boxes and can get you the ones you need.

  Onward and though I did at one time enjoy the gum, glad it is gone cause of a the stains on great cards it used to leave.

  Looking forward to more Mets in the next series and thanks Joe for the list, makes it easier for us aficianados of the cardboard !
• Scott February 12, 2013 at 2:23 pm

  I just got a David Wright card #400 in my series one 2013 topps.
• Scott February 12, 2013 at 2:24 pm

  I just got a David Wright card #400 in my series one 2013 topps.
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