A few years back, Topps decided to pay homage to baseball cards of yesteryear, and introduced the Topps Heritage series.  The idea is solid:  today's players on cards of 50 years ago -- well, actually 49 years ago.

This year's set has the design of 1960 Topps, a very colorful design with alternating colors in each letter of player names.

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2009 Topps baseball cards hit stores this week, with the release of Series I.  Here's a look at the set with the help of some Dodgers.   I really like this picture of James McDonald.  He seems to have a bit of Matt Kemp Eyes; or perhaps he is showing disdain for the batter.  McDonald did after all have a 0.00 ERA in 2008. :)

I like the design of the cards this year.  There is very little clutter, leaving a lot of room for the pictures.  The home plate logo on the bottom right looks pretty cool too.  I'm not a big fan of the "Rookie Card" notation because it clutters up the card.  Also, if a player is good enough to have his rookie card worth anything, collectors will figure out which cards are his rookie cards, without the need for a special mark on the card.

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