i was joe collector

color me disappointed, as i am joe collector discontinued his monthly box breaks.  it had taken me a while to get the dodgers claimed, so i was bummed.  still, i did manage to get some good cards for the few months that the boys in blue belonged to me.  here's some stuff from the last two monthly group breaks.

2010 topps 206 chad billingsley

chad kind of sums up my mood regarding the end of the breaks.  hatless and morose.

andre ethier

we have evolved from the hands behind the back, but still not too happy.

rafael furcal

still not pleased, but at least some color is creeping back in.

hey, here's the back of a furcal mini! 

jeff had to send the original pull back to topps due to some printing damage.  topps replaced it quickly, and jeff got it to me with the next month's bounty.

clayton kershaw

ok, i am happy with the cards and that furcal mini. 

hiroki kuroda bronze parallel

boring parallels make me feel indifferent, like hiroki here.

jackie robinson

ok, happy again.

the final break included a box of 2010 topps chrome.  i got most of the dodgers, including

john ely base

and auto!

plus matt kemp doing his ken griffey jr impersonation

and jon link

i still have a ways to go to get my link collection up to night owl standards, though.

thanks jeff for hosting the breaks!  they will be, and already are, missed.