Completely Red: 2007 Topps/Topps Update Base and Red Back

The flagship's 2015 design has been released, and they delightfully dropped the all-white border. We need to go all the way back to 2007 for the last time that happened, thus the impetus for today's post.

Now I like these, but I'm partial to the red/black combo. The quartet of quartets of squares is odd, but whatever. I can ignore em. As for the 'red back' parallel, these were seeded into hobby boxes. I don't know why. I also don't know why I've collected them, but lo, here we are. I fortunately have found them all, so I can close that minor chapter of the Red Cardboard Collector Diary. I don't actually have a diary, by the way. Oh wait. I guess I do. And you're reading it. Weirdo.

Of note is this set contains one of my favorite cards of all-time, Scott Hatteberg.

STATS:

Cards - 28

RC's - 5 (Jared Burton, Homer Bailey, Jon Coulangus, Marcus McBeth, Brad Salmon)

All Stars - 8 (Bronson Arroyo, Edwin Encarnacion, Alex Gonzalez, Brandon Phillips, Ken Griffey Jr., Adam Dunn, Eric Milton, Josh Hamilton)

Reds Hall of Famers - 1 (Ken Griffey Jr.)

Arroyo Crotch Shot - Affirmative

Checklist:

   30 Bronson Arroyo 

   58 Todd Coffey 

   84 Elizardo Ramirez 

   112 Jeff Conine 

   117 David Ross 

   194 Edwin Encarnacion 

   222 Scott Hatteberg 

   237 Cincinnati Reds 

   254 Jerry Narron MG 

   353 Kyle Lohse

   384 Alex Gonzalez

   414 Brandon Phillips

   450 Ken Griffey Jr.

   476 Aaron Harang

   520 Adam Dunn

   539 Eric Milton

   554 Elizardo Ramirez

   566 Ryan Freel

   571 Norris Hopper

   625 Josh Hamilton 

         644 Jared Burton          U58 David Weathers

         U149 Homer Bailey (RC)

         U170 Jon Coutlangus (RC)

         U195 Marcus McBeth (RC)

         U200 Brad Salmon RC

         U230 Ken Griffey Jr.

         U323 Jorge Cantu

Go Reds.