Daniel Hudson Collection - 2012 Gypsy Queen Certified Auto & Relic

Here's another HUGE score for our Daniel Hudson player collection. There's nothing not to like about this card from the 2012 Topps Gypsy Queen set. It has an on-card autograph. It has a piece of one of Dan's jerseys and it's numbered to only 25. This is probably my favorite card in our DHuddy collection.
 

2012 Topps Retired Rings - Justin Upton

Topps brought back the ring design in Series Two. This time instead of retired players, they focused on current stars. That's good because it brought us this awesome Justin Upton card. I really like these. It's a concept that might get old fast if they keep making them but for now I'm still a fan. I did notice that unlike the one's from Series One, these aren't numbered.

Another great addition to our Diamondbacks collection.
 

# 136 - Robinson Cano

We've got a good one today. Check out this signed card of Robinson Cano. It's a great additon to our set.

Robinson is getting ready to play in his fourth All-Star game. I'll never forget watching him win the Home Run Derby last year. I was rooting for Adrian Gonzalez but whatever it was still cool.

There's a guy who posts on one of the autograph websites I visit who goes down to the Dominican Republic to get autographs. I picked this one up from him. I probably won't see Cano any time soon, so I'm glad I did.

# 136 - Robinson Cano

Progress: 492/990
 

Luis Aparicio Collection - 2012 Topps Tribute Certified Auto

We hunted this one for awhile and we now own a Luis Aparicio certified autograph from the 2012 Topps Tribute set. I've got a few cards from this set now and I'd like them better if they weren't encased. Despite that, this card has a lot of good factors. It has a nice color photo of Lil Luis, it has a refractor effect, and it's an on-card signature. Those three things combined with the fact it's numbered to 99 make for another great card for our collection.
 

Daniel Hudson Collection - 2012 Bowman International

There are a whole bunch of parallels from this year's Bowman set. We're working on the rainbow for our Daniel Hudson player collection.

I have a feeling we won't be the only one's doing a post on a 2012 Bowman International card today. I always liked the flag design on these and was glad to see these back after a few year absence.

 Happy Fourth of July, everybody!
 

# 429 - Billy Butler

A friend on SportsGraphing.com sent us this signed 2008 Topps card of Billy Butler for our set. It was announced yesterday that Billy has been chosen to be an All-Star for the first time. What's even more exciting is that he'll get to represent his home club since the game will be in Kansas City this year. Congrats, Billy! Hope you do well.

# 429 - Billy Butler

Progress: 491/990
 

Daniel Hudson Player Collection - 2012 Topps Tier One

I'm sure you've heard by now that 2012 Topps Tier One is out. I liked last year's set but I think I like this year's even more. The silver and white parallel autographs are pretty cool. While I haven't tracked one of those down yet, I have added this nice Daniel Hudson to our player collection.

Unfortunately, Daniel got some bad news this past week and it looks like he'll be having Tommy John surgery soon. He'll miss the rest of this season and most if not all of 2013.

While it's more exciting to be collecting a player who is playing well, we're in this Daniel Hudson thing for the long haul. Our player collection won't stop. Hopefully, he's able to come back strong and continue to put up big numbers like he did last year.