Yesterday my cards arrived in Australia from Dave & Adam's. Shipped on the 1st of June, arrived on the 10th - I'd say that's pretty good. I'm so glad to have found a big-time online presence who will actually ship internationally; any of the big boys that you can think of, they only ship to the U.S. Trust me, I've looked into it. Maybe I should start naming and shaming them on my Twitter account...

So I prepared my 2009 Topps Series 1 binder (I was smart enough to order a box of binder sheets along with my cards) and broke open the first four packs. Nothing really earth-shattering, but I did get two gold parallel cards in the four packs, as well as a Turkey Red that I didn't already have, and the card of a certain Dodger legend. Read on for more...

35 - David Price (RC)
43 - AL Batting Average Leaders

45 - Aubrey Huff
48 - Mike Napoli
54 - Dusty Baker (the one bad part about the Reds' success? I can't make fun of Dusty Baker now.)


63 - Josh Outman Gold Parallel (991/2009)
69 - Rich Aurilia
71 - Mat Gamel (RC)
75 - Rich Harden
81 - NL Home Run Leaders (strangely, Pujols is not on this card. He finished 4th in 2008.)
87 - Brad Hawpe
102 - Garrett Atkins
105 - Francisco Liriano


115 - Kevin Youkilis
123 - Casey Blake
137 - Angel Salome (RC)
152 - Cody Ransom
165 - Matt Kemp
201 - Checklist (Salty & Ham Bone)
206 - NL ERA Leaders
210 - Geovany Soto (remember when he was Rookie of the Year?)


220 - Jay Bruce


233 - Erik Bedard


235 - Chad Billingsley (THE BUZZSAW!)
239 - Brandon League
241 - David Newhan (the first card out of the first pack, so technically my first 2009 Series 1 card.)
248 - Scott Lewis (RC)


268 - Chris Burke Gold Parallel (926/2009)
281 - Tug Hulett
292 - Francisco Cervelli (RC) (thankfully, no pies anywhere in sight)


312 - Ryan Sweeney
317 - Jarrod Saltalamacchia
328 - Doug Mientkiewicz
329 - Gil Meche


TR3 - Jimmie Foxx Turkey Red


LG15- Pee Wee Reese Legends of the Game (what, you thought Billingsley was the Dodger legend I was talking about?)