"O" No's 1st Group Break: Round 5

We'll return to order but open the Finest packs first this time.  Thanks again to our sponsor, Baseball Card Exchange.  If you haven't checked them out yet, I don't know how I can persuade you to do so.

And Away We Go!

Finest
Pack #17
38 Terry Steinbach - A's
152 Tommy Greene - Phillies
76 Mike Stanley - Yankees
108 David Wells - Detroit
209 Greg Maddux - Braves
100 John Smoltz - Braves
The Braves ace this pack, twice!

Pack #18
107 Tom Candiotti - Dodgers
167 Anthony Young - Mets

173 Wade Boggs - Yankees
121 Moises Alou - Expos
198 Milt Thompson - Phillies
210 Ryne Sandberg - Cubs
147 Darrell Whitmore - Marlins

Pack #19
159 Alan Trammell - Tigers
28 Royce Clayton - Giants
54 Lance Johnson - White Sox
158 Bob Welch -A's
64 Tom Henke - Rangers
9 Kirk Rueter - Expos
53 Ricky Gutierrez - Padres

Pack #20
176 Wally Joyner - Royals
91 Mark Lewis - Indians
103 David Segui - Orioles
81 Mike Bordick - A's
150 Curt Schilling - Phillies
3 Greg McMichael - Braves
61 Orlando Merced - Pirates

'99 Sports Illustrated
Pack #17
56 Mariners Prospects
3 David Wells Postseason Review - Yankees
26 Todd Stottlemyre Season Highlights - Cardinals

OW-9 Eric Chavez Ones to Watch - A's
152 Derek Jeter - Yankees
170 Will Clark - Orioles

Pack #18
41 Orlando Hernandez Season Highlights - Yankees
12 Larry Walker/Bernie Williams Batting Avg. Leaders - Rockies/Yankees
7 Greg Maddux Postseason Review - Braves
156 Jeff King - Royals
140 Moises Alou - Astros
175 Pedro Martinez - Red Sox

Pack #19
40 Curt Schilling Season Highlights - Phillies
11 Juan Gonzalez/Sammy Sosa - Rangers/Cubs
6 David Cone Postseason Review - Yankees

OW-4 Ben Grieve Ones to Watch - A's
112 Randy Johnson - Diamondbacks
155 Curt Schilling - Phillies

Pack #20
23 Roger Clemens Season Highlights - Blue Jays
100 Ivan Rodriguez - Rangers
15 Roger Clemens/Curt Schilling Strikeout Leaders - Blue Jays/Phillies
120 Jamie Moyer - Mariners
104 Vinny Castilla - Rockies
143 Scott Erickson - Orioles

1996 Zenith
Pack #17
95 Albert Belle - Indians
92 Brady Anderson - Orioles
55 Chipper Jones - Braves
46 Ray Durham - White Sox
121 Brooks Kieschinick - Cubs
133 Frank Thomas Honor Roll subset- White Sox

Pack #18
28 Ben McDonald - Brewers only the 3rd card for the Brewers!
21 Gary Sheffield - Marlins
7 Ivan Rodriguez - Rangers

1 Klesko/Chipper/Maddux Mozaics - Braves
I'm very happy that we beat the odds on the Mozaics inserts.  They are a 1 in 10 pack pull.

20 Chipper Jones Diamond Club - Braves
What a great looking card!  Very shiny and very fitting that we pull this card as the last days of Chipper's career count down.
143 Gary Sheffield Honor Roll subset- Marlins

This pack definitely had a Southeast theme to it.  Ben McDonald seems to be the odd man out but he's actually from Louisiana

Pack #19
62 Carlos Delgado - Blue Jays
52 Mike Mussina - Orioles
43 Lenny Dykstra - Phillies
25 Marty Cordova - Twins
127 Justin Thompson - Tigers
106 Tony Clark - Tigers
Not much here other than a Moose sighting.

Pack #20
18 Roberto Alomar - Orioles
4 Rondell White - Expos
11 Shawn Green - Blue Jays
32 Dean Palmer - Rangers
137 Chipper Jones Honor Roll subset - Braves
111 Ruben Rivera - Yankees


Only ONE round left.  This was an especially good round for the Braves with 2 nice inserts from the Zenith packs.  The Yankees, Phillies, and Orioles also had good rounds. I'm relieved that no one chose the Brewers and their priority team since they have only 3 cards total.

What goodies might we find in the last round of packs?


Here's the updated card count.  The number in parentheses were added during this round:

Cubs - 23 (+2)
Red Sox - 10 (+1)
Yankees - 21 (+7)
Brewers - 3 (+1)
Pirates - 9 (+1)
Blue Jays - 13 (+3)
Marlins - 12 (+3)
Astros - 15 (+1)
Cardinals - 18 (+1)
Braves - 27 (+8)
Rangers - 17 (+4)
Phillies - 13 (+6)
Tigers - 11 (+3)
Giants - 8 (+1)
Mariners - 11 (+2)
Rockies - 12 (+1)
Padres - 7 (+1)
Reds - 7 (+0)
Expos - 10 (+3)
White Sox - 12 (+3)
A's - 17 (+3)

Indians - 15 (+2)
Mets - 12 (+1)
Angels - 9 (+0)
Twins - 9 (+1)
Royals - 10 (+2)
Dodgers - 13 (+1)
Orioles - 19 (+6)