It is
officially Opening Day in baseball, not counting last night’s Astros-Rangers
game, so what is more fitting that opening a blaster of 2013 Topps Opening Day
Baseball?
The set is the
same design as Topps Baseball, with the addition of the Opening Day logo and a
different checklist. There are only 220 cards in the base checklist and the
numbering is different than Series 1 Baseball. There are parallels and short
print variations; again they are different than Series 1 Baseball. The
parallels are Purple (no #), Blue (#/2013) and Printing Plates (1/1). The variations
are Press Conferences/Public Events.
I pulled only
one Mariner player, Jesus Montero. I was a little more fortunate with
Diamondback players which included starting First Baseman Paul Goldschmidt, two
of the five pitchers in the starting rotation plus a future fixture in the
pitching rotation, Tyler Skaggs.
I pulled two
Blue Opening Day refractors, Zack Greinke and DBacks #2 starter Trevor Cahill.
Fredbird, the St. Louis Cardinals mascot and Captain, the Texas Rangers mascot
I pulled a
handful of inserts, 2 each from Ballpark Fun, Opening Day Highlights, Play Hard
and Superstar Celebrations.
I close out
with one of my favorite Topps inserts, the 3D cards. I think this year’s
Opening Day Stars 3D cards are among my favorite Topps 3D cards along with the
Topps 2020 3D cards from the 2010 Baseball Series 2 release. I pulled the one
card that I really wanted, Felix Hernandez.
