"O" NO's 2nd Group Break: Round 5

We had some really nice cards pop up in the last round of packs.  For those of you that missed the post, I suggest you do so.  Once you get caught up, feast your eyes on round #5.  I'm going to rip the packs in random order this time!

1998 Fleer SI WSF
Pack #17
51 Edgardo Alfonso - Mets
139 Chuck Finley - Angels

AE-3 Babe Ruth Autumn Excellence - Yankees
The Yankees are stealing the show in the WSF box but there's still a bunch of packs to go!
117 Mike Piazza - Mets
I think this card is the first duplicate out of the entire break.  That's pretty good that it took this long for a dupe to pop up!
114 John Smoltz - Braves
109 Andy Pettitte - Yankees

2002 UD Victory
Pack #25
516 Andy Barkett - Pirates
490 Rockies Stat Leaders
190 Jacque Jones - Twins
164 Blake Stein - Royals
123 Rusty Greer - Rangers
97 Mike Cameron - Mariners
64 Ryan Rupe - Rays
38 Brad Fullmer - Blue Jays
179 Steve Sparks - Tigers

2 Tim Salmon Gold Parallel - Angels

1999 Topps Stars
Pack #17
39 Travis Lee - Diamondbacks
2 Chipper Jones - Braves - 3 Stars
Not much to see here, just the same as the 4 star just one less star and regular holographic foil instead of gold.

BF2 Gabe Kapler Bright Futures #d 326/1999
On the back of the card it says that Kapler was a 57th round pick in 1995.  For some reason the front of the card makes me want to go roller skating!
83 Nick Johnson - Yankees - 1 star
58 Orlando Hernandez - Yankees - 1 star
36 Matt Clement - Padres - 2 stars

2002 Victory
Pack #26
29 Olmedo Saenz - A's
3 Troy Percival - Angels
303 Bill Mueller - Cubs
277 Devon White - Brewers
234 Moises Alou - Astros
With this card, we've gotten the base card of Moises in all 3 products in this break!
208 Keith Foulke - White Sox
161 Carlos Febles - Royals
135 Manny Ramirez - Red Sox
262 Tom Glavine - Braves
236 Craig Biggio - Astros
We've now pulled all of the base cards for Biggio and while looking thru the Astros stack, we also have all 3 Bagwell cards too!

1998 WSF
Pack #18
13 SI WS Covers Dodgers 1988
55 Andy Benes - Diamondbacks

MC-1 Frank Robinson MVP Collection - Orioles
32 Kevin Brown - Padres

94 Hideo Nomo - Mets

50 Ken Griffey Jr. - Mariners
I couldn't help but scan both of the last 2 cards.  Both look great!

'99 Topps Stars
Pack #18
26 Manny Ramirez - Indians
19 Ruben Mateo - Rangers
141 Marquis Grissom - Brewers
67 Tom Glavine - Braves - 1 star
59 Jason Kendall - Pirates - 1 star
37 Mo Vaughn - Angels - 2 stars

'02 Victory
Pack #27
533 Manny Ramirez Big Play Makers - Red Sox
Manny is popping up a lot in this round!

297 Darryl Kile Gold Parallel - Cardinals
251 Brian Jordan - Braves
225 Steve Karsay - Braves
182 Jose Lima - Tigers
156 Raul Ibanez - Royals
I'm still not over his geriatric ass from the Divisional Series
109 Jay Gibbons - Orioles
83 Indians Stat Leaders
210 Royce Clayton - White Sox
184 Tigers Stat Leaders

Pack #28
133 Jeff Zimmerman - Rangers
107 Melvin Mora - Orioles
381 Giants Stat Leaders
355 Fernando Tatis - Expos
338 Adrian Beltre - Dodgers
312 Jon Lieber - Cubs
265 Jason Marquis - Braves
239 Richard Hidalgo - Astros
366 Barry Bonds - Giants
340 Mark Grudzielanek - Dodgers

Topps Stars '99
18 Roger Clemens - Yankees

167 Jeff Bagwell Luminaries - Astros

24 Todd Helton Foil Parallel #'d 170/299 - Rockies
An awesome card for the Astros!  I think the Toddfather is very happy with this card!

60 Mark Kotsay - Marlins - 1 star
62 Gary Sheffield - Dodgers - 1 star
8 Mark McGwire - Cardinals - 2 stars

WSF
Pack #19
23 Carlton Fisk Magnificent Moments - Red Sox
135 Justin Thompson - Tigers
31 Albert Belle - White Sox
131 Magglio Ordonez - White Sox
89 Roberto Alomar - Orioles
76 Al Martin - Pirates

Victory
Pack # 29
13 Benji Gil - Angels

542 Albert Pujols Big Play Makers - Cardinals
242 Daryle Ward - Astros
216 White Sox Stat Leaders
175 Damion Easley - Tigers
149 Troy O'Leary - Red Sox
116 Sidney Ponson - Orioles
90 Jamie Moyer - Mariners
283 Brewers Stat Leaders
205 Paul Konerko - White Sox

Stars
Pack #20
29 Andruw Jones - Braves
40 Adrian Beltre - Dodgers
142 Ryan Klesko - Braves
69 Kevin Brown - Dodgers - 1 star
68 Jeromy Burnitz - Brewers - 1 star
35 Larry Walker - Rockies - 2 stars
Kind of a let down pack since the Stars packs have really produced such nice cards so far.

WSF
Pack #20
18 SI WS Covers Braves 1995
111 Henry Rodriguez - Cubs
22 Joe Carter Magnificent Moments - Blue Jays

RP-7 Larry Walker Reggie's Picks - Rockies
The Rockies are cleaning up this round with some nice inserts!
79 Ryan Klesko - Braves
90 Greg Maddux - Braves

Victory
Pack #30

204 Aaron Rowand - White Sox
Impact!
464 Juan Encarnacion - Reds
432 Marlon Anderson - Phillies

352 Jose Vidro Gold Parallel - Expos
382 Cliff Floyd - Marlins
356 Michael Barrett - Expos
45 Luke Prokopec - Blue Jays
316 Kevin Tapani - Cubs
332 Brian Anderson - Diamondbacks
358 Geoff Blum - Expos

Round 5 is in the books.  The Topps Stars box continues to churn out the hits and the WSF box isn't far behind in the wow factor.  The Victory box is a little dull but there's some cards of guys you don't normally see.  I think the big winners of this round is are the Rockies while the Braves got 12 cards of their own.  The poor Phillies got one card as did the Reds.

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

Yankees - 35 (+5)
Mariners - 17 (+3)
Royals - 16 (+3)
Expos - 21 (+3)
Diamondbacks - 18 (+3)
Rockies - 19 (+4)
Braves - 35 (+12)
Rangers - 19 (+3)
Cubs - 21 (+4)
Rays - 14 (+1)
Reds - 13 (+1)
Tigers - 19 (+6)
White Sox - 25 (+7)
Mets - 18 (+3)
Marlins - 12 (+2)
A's - 20 (+1)
Orioles - 22 (+5)
Red Sox - 15 (+4)
Padres - 16 (+2)
Blue Jays - 16 (+3)
Twins - 12 (+1)
Pirates - 12 (+3)
Dodgers - 22 (+6)
Cardinals - 20 (+3)
Indians - 15 (+2)
Giants - 14 (+2)
Phillies - 10 (+1)
Astros - 19 (+6)
Brewers - 14 (+4)
Angels - 15 (+5)