Yo Momma Code Cards Redeemed Live

I'm home from work, I've had a chance to wind down, I've gotten dinner and www.toppscards.com seems to be running a tiny bit faster now. It's time to redeem some codes. I'm going to redeem six of 'em here live, one of each player I've gotten so far. I have to say that today actually went pretty well considering. Ok, they were late and once they got it online we were all in such a code redeeming frenzy that we stress tested the living crap out of those servers, but hey, it's still up and the cards being redeemed are actually kind of good! I must admit my pessimistic ass is pleasantly surprised. Now let's redeem some codes...

Here are the first three I got:

Time for 6 more. I'm going to keep three codes in my back pocket for later redeeming. I don't want to end up signing up for Toppstown just because I went on a redeeming bender and had no other codes to redeem.  Predictions were originally posted here. Code redeeming starts at 9:15 EST.

TMC-2 1978 Topps Gary Carter

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Prediction: 1988 Checklist 397-528 (Shawn Hillegas version)

Actual: 1988 Ellis Burks

I got the year right!

TMC-3 1963 Topps Bob Gibson

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Prediction: 1990 Traded Dave Parker

Actual: 2003 Hideki Irabu

Oh... Oh God... The pain.....  Took me three tries to get this too...

Oh well, I knew the risks coming into this. Onward and upward!

TMC-5 1969 Mickey Mantle

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Prediction: 1989 Topps Terry McGriff


Actual: 1976 Leron Lee

 

Awww yeah. '70s goodness. It's a double though (called it!) So Night Owl has a chance to trade me something for it. Oh wait, no he doesn't. Poor, poor Night Owl.

TMC-7 1963 Topps Roger Maris

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Prediction: 1994 Matt Farmer draft pick


Actual: 1982 Lou Piniella

Yankee gets a Yankee. It's a big name at least.

TMC-8 1974 Topps Thurman Munson

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Prediction: 1993  Mike Perez

Actual: 2005 Brian Jordan

Yeah! A Brave! Kickass! Ok, one more for tonight...

TMC-9 1985 Mike Schmidt

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Prediction: 1979 Topps Bobby Castillo RC


Actual: 2001 Wendell Magee Jr.

Oof. That's a tough one to end the night on. Anyone want to see one more?

Ok, I had to do one more in honor of the fact that a trading partner e-mailed me to let me know that one of his code cards netted him the legendary 1987 Bip Roberts. I should be so lucky.

Gary Carter card

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Prediction: 1980 Lee Mazilli

Actual: 1987 George Brett

Not bad, I was hoping for something a little more moldy however. Check out this blog list from the sidebar:

Looks like Topps was the big winner today, eh?