"O" No's 1st Group Break: Round 1

The boxes were delivered this afternoon and I'm itching to rip some packs.  First a big thanks to our break sponsor Baseball Card Exchange.  Without their excellent selection of unopened wax, these kinds of breaks wouldn't happen!

So here we are with the first round of packs.  Lets jump right in and see what's inside these packs!

Sports Illustrated:
Pack 1:
#9 Gary Gaetti - Postseason Review - Cubs
#30 Kerry Wood - Season Highlights - Cubs
#49 Cubs Prospects - 2000 - Cubs
#160 Kerry Wood - Cubs
#139 Nomar Garciaparra - Red Sox
#144 David Cone - Yankees

No Crap, they came out of the package like that! Off to a roaring start for the Lovable Losers!

Pack 2:
#18 Kerry Wood/Ben Grieve 1998 Rookies of the Year - Cubs/A's
#45 Blue Jays Prospects

Early Halladay!

#62 Pirates Prospects
#101 Jeromy Burnitz - Brewers
#125 Livan Hernandez - Marlins
#130 Derek Bell - Astros

Pack 3:

#14 Wins Leaders - Clemens, Cone, Glavine, Helling - Blue Jays, Yankees, Braves, Rangers
#93 Ray Lankford - Cardinals
#48 Cardinals Prospects
#172 Cliff Floyd - Marlins  Fun Fact: Cliff and I share the same birthday, he's just 11 years older!
#103 Kevin Millwood - Braves
#108 Sammy Sosa - Cubs

Pack 4:
#31 David Wells Season Highlights - Yankees
#86 Andy Pettitte - Yankees
#61 Phillies Prospects
#177 Dean Palmer - Tigers
#118 Barry Bonds - Giants
#123 Mark McGwire - Cardinals

Pinnacle Zenith

Pack #1
30 Mo Vaughn - Rex Sox
37 Ryan Klesko - Braves
48 Jay Buhner - Mariners
57 Larry Walker - Rockies
Checklist
119 Rocky Coppinger - Orioles
105 Bobby Abreu - Astros

I think Bobby's metabolism may have slowed down over the last few years.

Pack #2
61 Juan Gonzalez - Rangers
97 J.T. Snow - Angels
42 Rickey Henderson - Padres
17 Rico Brogna - Mets
Checklist

131 Albert Bell - Honor Roll subset - Indians
110 Ralph Milliard - Marlins

Pack #3
75 Randy Johnson - Mariners
82 Carlos Baerga - Indians
70 Orlando Merced - Pirates
78 Benji Gil - Rangers
Checklist
118 Rey Ordonez - Mets
125 John Wasdin - A's

Pack #4
65 Edgardo Alfonso - Mets
86 John Valentin - Red Sox
68 Mike Bordick - A's

Maybe Mike should try out for skating with the stars!
80 Robin Ventura - White Sox
104 Robin Jennings - Cubs   ---- ROBIN-JO in this pack
130 Darin Erstad - Angels

Topps Finest:

Pack #1
160 Ed Sprague - Blue Jays
93 Jose Guzman - Cubs
182 Todd van Poppel - A's
66 Mike Mussina - Orioles
191 Ken Caminiti - Astros
206 Dennis Eckersley - A's

137 Darrin Fletcher - Expos

Pack #2
189 Jeff Branson - Reds
40 Luis Alicea - Cardinals
124 Mike Perez - Cardinals
59 Dante Bichette- Rockies
136 Ozzie Smith - Cardinals
206 Dennis Eckersley - A's
133 John Wetteland - Expos

Definitely a red theme to this pack, with 3 Cardinals and a Redleg!

Pack #3
169 Rod Beck - Giants
52 David Cone - Royals
118 Terry Pendleton - Braves
149 Jim Abbott - Yankees
174 Kevin Appier - Royals
2 Kevin Stocker - Phillies
29 Brad Ausmus - Padres

A Royals and Kevin pack!

Pack #4
95 Mark Lemke - Braves
105 Shane Mack - Twins
30 Ryan Bowen - Marlins
141 Chris Hoiles - Orioles

I love cards of catchers making a throw to a base.
165 Ron Gant - Braves
211 Juan Gonzalez - Rangers
37 Joe Oliver - Reds

And I almost forgot our oversized boxtopper:

 Al Martin - Pirates
Congrats to the NY Hitman

Here's the break down so far:

Cubs - 7 cards
Red Sox - 3 cards
Yankees - 4 cards
Brewers - 1 card
Pirates - 3 cards
Blue Jays - 2 cards
Marlins - 4 cards
Astros - 3 cards
Cardinals - 4 cards
Braves - 5 cards
Rangers - 3 cards
Phillies - 2 cards
Tigers - 1 card
Giants - 2 cards
Mariners - 2 cards
Rockies - 3 cards
Padres - 2 cards
Reds - 2 cards
Expos - 2 cards
White Sox - 1 card
A's - 5 cards, including 1 duplicate
Indians - 2 cards
Mets - 3 cards
Angels - 2 cards
Twins - 1 card
Royals - 2 cards
Orioles - 3 cards

Strangely the Dodgers were shut out in the first round but the Cubs had 4 cards in the first pack.  We're still looking for our first insert too.  There's still a ton of packs to be opened.