5 on the 5: 2003 Topps Series 2

Here are my first five series 2 packs of a set I'd like to work on someday. This is a companion piece to this post from a few weeks ago.

Pack 1:

428 - Ricky Ledee

456 - Robin Ventura

582 - Dmitri Young

421 - Carlos Delgado

570 - Jake Peavy (I never got to see Peavy pitch in person here in Portland as he skipped AAA.)

693 - Torii Hunter Award Winner

547 - Roger Cedeno

634 - Boston Red Sox

372 - Cliff Floyd (The Mets orange uniforms were hideous. I'll spare you the image.)

682 - Chase Utley / Gavin Floyd Prospects (One of these guys worked out pretty well for the Phillies.)

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Pack 2:

577 - Tom Glavine (There's that ugly orange again.)

515 - Darin Erstad

538 - Jorge Julio

373 - Bobby Hill (That boy ain't right.)

565 - Paul Wilson

704 - Randy Johnson Award Winner

426 - Bill Mueller

575 - Chris Widger (At some point Widger was a Cardinal, but I don't remember what year or why. It had to be after 2002 as he's pictured as a Yankee here.)

518 - Kerry Ligtenberg

589 - Fernando Tatis

Pack 3:

432 - Damion Easley

585 - Mike Sweeney (I can never keep Mike and Mark Sweeney straight.)

479 - Raul Ibanez

620 - Brett Myers

616 - A.J. Pierzynski

705 - Miguel Tejada Award Winner

371 - Chris Singleton

383 - Luis Vizcaino

525 - Joe Mays

394 - Eli Marrero (Marrero was always one of my favorite bench Cardinals when he was around.)

Pack 4:

559 - Moises Alou

555 - Damian Miller

591 - Corey Lidle

615 - Tyler Houston (This guy was the #2 overall pick of the 1989 draft, but he spent his career as a reserve infielder and platoon catcher.)

661 - Jeremy Guthrie

698 - Scott Rolen Award Winner (I miss Scott Rolen, but not so much his injuries. He's a very good hitter and terrific in the field.)

715 - Vladimir Guerrero All-Stars

637 - Cincinnati Reds

675 Brandon Phillips / Victor Martinez Prospects (This is quite a pack for successful former Indians.)

679 Joe Borchard / Corwin Malone Prospects (For every Phillips and V-Mart there's a bunch of these guys laying around.)

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Pack 5:

443 - Flash Gordon (Topps, your nickname thing is kind of annoying. His name was Tom. He had a name.)

543 - Terry Mulholland (I never thought this guy would retire. Wait, is he retired? He never played for the Cards but I think he played for just about everyone else.)

586 - Alex Cora

437 - Morgan Ensberg

469 - Brett Tomko (This is from Tomko's stopover in Missouri on his own quest to pitch with incredible mediocrity for every team in the league.)

701 - Larry Walker Award Winner

368 - Francisco Rodriguez

415 - Milton Bradley (From the text on the back: "Milton is one of the young, multi-tooled played around whom the Indians are planning to rebuild." I wonder how that worked out.)

647 - Montreal Expos

422 - Kevin Mench

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5 packs and no inserts to speak of. That's fairly surprising. At least I got a pretty decent amount of Cardinals.