Friday, November 2, 2012

"O" NO's 2nd Group Break: Round 2

Here's round 2 of the packs in November's Affordable Group Break.  Lets get right to it with 2002 Upper Deck Victory.

Pack #7
507 Brandon Berger - Royals
93 Jeff Cirillo - Mariners
199 LaTroy Hawkins - Twins
173 Jose Macias - Tigers
130 Ricky Ledee - Rangers
104 Tony Batista - Orioles
57 Aubrey Huff - Rays
31 Tim Hudson - A's
158 Joe Randa - Royals
132 Doug Davis - Rangers

Not a lot of star power in this pack.  I guess Tim Hudson is the biggest name followed by Aubrey Huff.

Pack #8
455 Kevin Young - Pirates
429 Brian Lawrence - Padres
147 Shea Hillenbrand - Red Sox
121 Mike Lamb - Rangers
78 Wil Cordero - Indians
52 Ben Greive - Rays
532 Ken Griffey Jr. Big Play Makers - Reds
5 Adam Kennedy - Angels
106 Willis Roberts - Orioles
28 Eric Byrnes Gold parallel - A's

The Angels are off the schnide even though nobody picked them and the Red Sox finally add another card to their stack

Pack #9
466 Aaron Boone - Reds
440 Robert Person - Phillies
146 Pedro Martinez - Red Sox
120 Frank Catalanotto - Rangers
192 David Ortiz - Twins
166 Paul Byrd - Royals
30 Barry Zito - A's
313 Tom Gordon Gold Parallel - Cubs
280 Jamey Wright - Brewers
254 Julio Franco - Braves

The Brewers finally got a card!

Pack #10
414 Mets Stat Leaders
388 Luis Castillo - Marlins
94 John Halama - Mariners
68 Juan Gonzalez - Indians
This guy was the bee's knees during the 90's then Y2K seemed to cause him to disappear!
140 Scott Hatteberg - Red Sox
114 Josh Towers - Orioles
547 Todd Helton Big Play Makers - Rockies
4 Darin Erstad - Angels
228 Orlando Hernandez - Yankees
202 Jose Valentin - White Sox

Pack #11
362 Tony Armas Jr. - Expos
336 Gary Sheffield - Dodgers
42 Estaban Loaiza - Jays
16 Angels Stat Leaders
88 Brett Boone - Mariners

75 Brady Anderson Gold Parallel - Indians
He's pictured as an Oriole and thats how most people remember him.  This card goes in the Indians pile
521 Luis Pineda - Tigers
495 Juan Cruz - Cubs
176 Brandon Inge - Tigers
98 Paul Abbott - Mariners

Pack #12
310 Kerry Wood - Cubs
284 Albert Pujols - Cardinals
Early Albert!
535 Sammy Sosa Big play Makers - Cubs
509 Doug Nickle - Phillies
62 Jared Sandberg - Rays
36 Vernon Wells - jays
469 Adam Dunn - Reds
443  Jose Mesa - Phillies
124 Rafael Palmeiro - Rangers
150 Ugie Urbina - Red Sox

Lets move onto some World Series Fever Packs:

Pack #5
68 David Justice - Indians
125 AJ Hinch - A's
53 Pat Hentgen - Blue Jays
117 Mike Piazza - Mets
123 Robin Ventura - White Sox
114 John Smoltz - Braves

Lots of good pictures in this pack.  The Robin Ventura card stands out from the crowd though.

Pack #6
8 SI WS Covers Frank Robinson - Orioles
110 Carl Pavano - Expos

MC-10 Livan Hernandez MVP Collection - Marlins
32 Kevin Brown - Padres
56 Tony Gwynn - Padres
61 Chan Ho Park - Dodgers

Nice Pack for the Padres and the nice looking insert for the Marlins.

Pack #7
122 Brett Tomko - Reds
37 Jim Edmonds - Angels
141 Ivan Rodriguez - Rangers
131 Magglio Ordonez - White Sox
78 Randy Johnson - Mariners
91 Travis Lee - Diamondbacks

Pack #8
5 SI WS Covers - 1962 Yankees
106 Vlad Guerrero - Expos
This is a cool candid shot of the Impaler chillin at Wrigley Field
98 Denny Neagle - Braves
22 Joe Carter Magnificent Moments - Blue Jays
71 Edgar Martinez - Mariners
80 Mark McGwire - Cardinals

The last packs of this round, Topps Stars '99

Pack #5
99 Moises Alou - Astros
51 Greg Maddux - Braves
134 Jose Offerman - Red Sox
79 Andy Brown - Yankees - 1 star
56 Pedro Martinez - Red Sox - 1 star
22 Jeff Bagwell - Astros - 2 stars

Astros and Red Sox dominate this pack

Pack #6
97 Marlon Anderson - Phillies

164 Ruben Mateo Luminaries - Rangers
Another sparkly subset card of a once uber-prospect.  Not all blue chippers turn out!
20 Cal Ripken Jr. - Orioles - 3 stars
I couldn't help but show my own card here.  The 3 star Ripken is the most stars Cal gets but there's also a foil board parallel of all 5 tiers!  We haven't seen any foil parallels yet (I don't think)
80 Todd Hundley - Dodgers - 1 star
66 Shawn Green - Blue Jays - 1 star
1 Ken Griffey Jr. - Mariners - 2 stars
I wonder if we might get all 5 Griffey cards?

Pack #7
96 Neifi Perez - Rockies
94 Javy Lopez - Braves
176 Chipper Jones Supernovas  - Braves
35 Larry Walker - Rockies - 1 Star
8 Mark McGwire - Cardinals - 1 Star
32 Brad Fullmer - Expos - 2 Stars

Pack #8
88 Kenny Lofton - Indians
133 Al Leiter - Mets
132 Charles Johnson - Orioles
37 Mo Vaughn - Angels - 1 star
36 Matt Clement - Padres - 1 star
45 Mark Mulder - A's - 2 stars

 And that concludes round 2.  We're seeing some really nice cards coming out of these packs.  I'm happy with all 3 products so far!

Card count so far, (how many cards this round):

Yankees - 12 (+3)
Mariners - 10 (+7)
Royals - 8 (+3)
Expos - 11 (+4)
Diamondbacks - 5 (+1)
Rockies - 7 (+3)
Braves - 13 (+6)
Rangers - 10 (+7)
Cubs - 10 (+4)
Rays - 8 (+3)
Reds - 7 (+4)
Tigers - 8 (+3)
White Sox - 8 (+3)
Mets - 6 (+3)
Marlins - 3 (+2)
A's - 10 (+5)
Orioles - 9 (+6)
Red Sox - 7 (+6)
Padres - 7 (+4)
Blue Jays - 7 (+5)
Twins - 5 (+2)
Pirates - 5 (+1)
Dodgers - 6 (+3)
Cardinals - 6 (+3)
Indians - 9 (+5)
Giants - 2 (+0)
Phillies - 5 (+4)
Astros - 6 (+2)
Brewers - 1 (+1)
Angels - 5 (+5)

2 comments:

  1. Maybe it is good I didn't get in on the Giants??!

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  2. Really happy to see that Carter Magnificent Moments card come up. It's one that has kinda been close to making it to my top 10 wantlist for a bit now. And the Vlad card might be even better as a find. At least for now, I'm glad I went for the O Canada double play.

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