Random Card of the Day

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Year: 2010

“ Say all you want about the stadium he played in, in my opinion this guy should be a HOF'er. ” -jdogg1228

“ See you in the HOF next year, Todd. ” -mrackar

“ This card exhibits what I really hate about 2010 Topps. The word logo is WAY too big. It is especially bad for the Rockies. ” -hiflew

“ I really like how this set used the teams different word marks. This is a great picture of Mr. Helton just about to smash the livin' daylights out of this baseball. Nice lookin' back on this set as well. ” -Gunny

“ Those statistical splits are what keep him out of the Hall of Fame. Lifetime .345 at home and .287 on the road. And his 369 lifetime homers are nice, but not clearcut for Cooperstown. Given the seemingly lowered standards- why can't Steve Garvey, Dale Murphy, and Dave Parker get in before they die? ” -Dave Sosidka

“ This guy had great power at the plate! ” -tinyshogun

“ The cornerstone of consistency for the mile high franchise. Nicely designed card front, and the back is spaced out and clean for easy viewing of stats. Solid! ” -CollectingAfterDeath

“ Nice card. I like the 2010 set. Helton seems poised to be voted into the HOF next year. ” -tenlbpain

“ Not a bad design, but the name creates visual issues. and for the love of pete can you please increase the font size of the card year and codes on the back for us with aging eyes. ” -parsley24

“ I always found it odd that some of the team names in 2010 Topps included the city/state while some only had the team nickname. I have never bothered to try to figure out the pattern or reason for it. ” -captkirk42

“ That's a HOF swing, I don't care what your home field is/was. ” -jackal726

“ Great card. Awesome pic, great centering and focus. Well balanced front and back. ” -pjdionne12

“ I think I like this. Topps generally does a good job with base set designs. ” -muskie027

“ Pure hitter ” -nkandy11

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JKramer44

Posts: 3
Joined: Oct 2022

Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:08 AM
Love the image on this card.

ckrakowski

Posts: 124
Joined: Jan 2014

Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:23 AM
Always a pleasure to see the home town team featured. Add to the fact it is a HOF player.

Expos1990

Posts: 6
Joined: Nov 2019

Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:17 AM
Absolutely deserves HOF. This card has a half fish eye lens look to it which doesn’t really work. ------------------------------- Expos1990

Dtd500

Posts: 171
Joined: Mar 2019

Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:20 AM
I enjoy the 2010 design...this was one of the first sets I bought once I got back into the hobby after a long hiatus. Loved watching Todd play...it's a shame hes's not in the Hall yet. Yes, I understand playing at Coors is a big reason for that, but the dude raked in the roid era while never being linked to them. Back to back 400 total base seasons is a pretty big accomplishment.

TheRealKyleMcC

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Joined: Jan 2022

Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:37 AM

I am of the belief that you cannot fault a player because of where he plays. Mel Ott, the great New York Giant, hit 323 of his 511 career homeruns at home. In case you don't remember, the old Giants of New York played in the Polo Grounds where the fence down the line was only 257 feet. Ott was elected to the Hall on his fourth ballot. For those who dismiss Ott's homerun totals because of that short fence at the old Polo Grounds, listen to what Ott himself had to say when sportswriters questioned his true ability. He would simply state that if it was so easy to inflate homerun totals by hitting it over that fence, all the other hitters in the league would be doing it.

Gapporin

Posts: 101
Joined: Sep 2018

Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:57 AM
If he hadn't spent half of his career battling injuries, he would be a first ballot HOF pick. I realize you can say that about a lot of players, but from 2000-2004, Helton was just putting up video game numbers.

avsbruins65

Posts: 2149
Joined: Sep 2008

Thursday, February 16, 2023 10:21 AM
Nice card and natural swing, Great player ------------------------------- Trying to acquire one card for every for every set, insert, parralle, minor, euro, team issue, oddball etc sets produced for Hockey. Been an interesting project.

Mr Riggy

Posts: 388
Joined: Jul 2020

Thursday, February 16, 2023 10:56 AM
I like this Topps set. This photo of Helton is very well done. The back is good too with career stats and and headshot. The only thing I would change is I'd lose the white border on the front. ------------------------------- -Rick ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾