"O" NO's 3rd Group Break: Round 6

All good things must come to an end.   This break has been enjoyable to me and I hope it has been for my readers also.  Lets get into the last round of packs starting with 1999 Topps Chrome:

Pack #21
39 Quinton McCracken - Rays
81 Roberto Hernandez (the original) - Rays

25 Travis Lee - Diamondbacks
235 Bernie Williams World Series Highlights subset - Yankees

The Rays got more cards in that pack than the Orioles have gotten from the whole box!  WTF?

Pack #22
158 Rick Aguilera - Twins
164 John Valentin - Red Sox
165 Dave Delucci - Diamondbacks
153 Eric Davis - Orioles (Finally!)

Pack #23
162 Jeff Brantley - Cardinals
146 Terry Steinbach - Twins
152 Omar Vizquel - Indians
37 Jason Dickson - Angels

Pack #24
Jason McDonald - A's
109 Shawn Green - Blue Jays
38 Sean Bergman - Astros

234 Chuck Knoblauch World Series Highlights - Yankees

The Topps Chrome box was a bit of a disappointment from my standpoint as an Orioles collector but as a group breaker we pulled some really awesome cards.  I'm glad that Topps Chrome isn't a parallel set anymore and just focuses on the bigger name players in the present.

Lets open that last 2010 Upper Deck pack:

564 AT&T Park - San Francisco
111 Derrek Lee - Chicago NL
600 Washington Checklist
463 Albert Pujols - St. Louis
152 Arthur Rhodes - Cincinnati
419 Heath Bell - San Diego
431 Kevin Frandsen - San Francisco
116 Koyie Hill - Chicago NL
385 Cole Hamels - Philadelphia

SB-195 Kevin Millwood - Texas
438 Brandon Medders - San Francisco
130 Paul Konerko - Chicaco AL
476 Fernando Perez - Tampa Bay
164 Asdrubal Cabrera - Cleveland
367 Josh Outman - Oakland
26 Brad Kilby - Oakland
273 Juan Pierre - Los Angeles NL
426 Nate Schierholtz - San Francisco

At least we got a hit out of one of the UD Packs.  What a mess that set was.

Moving on to when UD was good, 2002 Upper Deck MVP

Pack #21
196 Craig Counsell - Diamondbacks
170 Fernando Vina - Cardinals

144 Lance Berkman - Astros
121 Paul Konerko - White Sox
95 Neifi Perez - Royals
228 Mike Lowell - Marlins
202 Darren Dreifort - Dodgers
176 Tino Martinez - Cardinals

Pack #22
118 Ray Durham - White Sox
92 Joe Randa - Royals
66 Steve Bechler - Orioles
69 Alex Rodriguez - Rangers
43 Russell Branyan - Indians
17 Eric Chavez - A's
150 Rafael Furcal - Braves
124 Edwin Almonte  - White Sox

Pack #23

40 Brady Anderson - Indians!
14 Miguel Tejada - A's
294 Ben Petrick - Rockies
268 Kevin Young - Pirates
134 John Vander Wal - Yankees
98 Michael Tucker - Royals
72 Jeff Zimmerman - Rangers
46 Omar Vizquel - Indians

Pack #24
263 Doug Glanville - Phillies
237 Al Leiter - Mets
108 Doug Mientkiewicz - Twins
82 Trot Nixon - Red Sox
20 David Justice - A's
292 Jose Ortiz - Rockies
266 Kris Benson - Pirates

289 Todd Helton - Rockies

UD MVP wasn't the most exciting box in the world to open but the cards looked pretty nice.  And when you beat the odds pulling a hit, you can't beat that with a stick.

The last 6 packs of my favorite product of the break 1999 UD HoloGrFX

Pack #31
28 Carlos Beltran - Royals
31 Kevin Brown - Dodgers

L13 Barry Bonds - Launchers - Giants

Pack #32
1 Mo Vaughn - Angels
22 Tony Clark - Tigers

S9 - Chipper Jones - Starview - Braves

Pack #33
8 Andruw Jones - Braves
48 Mark McGwire - Cardinals
55 Jose Canseco - Rays

Pack #34
44 Scott Rolen - Phillies
53 Ken Griffey Jr. - Mariners

L7 - Mike Piazza - Launchers - Mets

Pack #35
26 Craig Biggio - Astros
16 Greg Vaughn - Reds
57 Ivan Rodriguez - Rangers

Pack #36
13 Pedro Martinez - Red Sox
35 Vladimir Guererro - Expos

10 Cal Ripken Jr. - Orioles
It took us until the last card of the entire break to pull a Cal Ripken card.

So there we have it. Group Break #3 is in the books. I said above that the HoloGrFX box was my favorite out of all the boxes that were busted.  Which was your favorite?

 I plan on having everybody's cards packed up and out in the mail over the next few days so that they arrive before Christmas.

Here's the final card count:
A's - 17
Braves - 27
Cardinals - 20
Cubs - 20
Blue Jays - 22
Giants - 18
Twins - 20
Mariners - 18
Yankees - 35
Dodgers - 22
Red Sox - 14
White Sox - 15
Pirates - 15
Reds - 13
Expos - 18
Rockies - 19
Mets - 17
Padres - 11
Marlins - 15
Brewers - 14
Rangers - 24
Angels - 20
Tigers - 19
Royals - 17
Phillies - 20
Astros - 18
Diamondbacks - 19
Rays - 14
Indians - 15
Orioles - 17

"O" NO's 3rd Group Break: Round 5

We're off and running for round 5 in this month's affordable group break.  Lets skip the chatter and rip some packs.  HoloGrFX first:

Pack #25
2 Troy Glaus - Angels
27 Ken Caminiti - Astros

60 Carlos Delgado - Blue Jays

Pack #26
14 Sammy Sosa - Cubs
41 Orlando Hernandez - Yankees
42 Ben Greive - A's

Pack #27
23 Juan Encarnacion - Tigers
5 Travis Lee - Diamondbacks
47 Jason Kendall - Pirates

Pack #28
11 Albert Belle - Orioles
25 Jeff Bagwell - Astros
32 Jeromy Burnitz - Mets

Pack #29
20 Todd Helton - Rockies
39 Roger Clemens - Yankees

39 Roger Clemens - AUsome Parallel - Yankees
Here's our second AUsome parallel of the box and also our second Rocket insert.

Pack #30
4 Randy Johnson - Diamondbacks
7 Greg Maddux - Braves
15 Frank Thomas - White Sox

2002 UD MVP
Pack #17
178 Moises Alou - Cubs
152 Tom Glavine - Braves
62 Jason Johnson - Orioles

36 Dewon Brazelton - Rays
28 Darrin Fletcher - Blue Jays
262 Mike Lieberthal - Phillies
236 Mike Piazza - Mets
210 Jose Vidro - Expos

Pack #18
126 Kenny Lofton - White Sox
100 Jose Lima - Tigers
74 Gabe Kapler - Rangers
269 Jack Wilson - Pirates
243 Shawn Estes - Mets
184 Corey Patterson - Cubs
158 Richie Sexson - Brewers
132 Alfonso Soriano - Yankees

Pack #19
41 Chuck Finley - Angels
15 Jermaine Dye - A's
274 Rob Mackowiak - Pirates
251 Ben Howard - Padres

225 Barry Bonds - Giants
199 Paul LoDuca - Dodgers
212 Tony Armas Jr. - Expost
186 Tom Gordon - Cubs

Pack #20
248 Ramond Vazquez - Padres
222 Marvin Bernard - Giants
173 Bud Smith - Cardinals
147 John Smoltz - Braves
299 Barry Bonds Checklist - Giants
160 Jeffrey Hammonds - Brewers
280 Barry Larkin - Reds
254 Ryan Klesko - Padres

UD MVP, missing the WOW Factor this time around.

1999 Topps Chrome
Pack #17
50 Juan Gonzalez - Rangers
Juan Gone is probably going to take the crown of "Most Pulled Player in the the Group Break"
4 John Flaherty - Rays
24 Paul Konerko - Reds

176 Bobby Jones - Refractor - Mets
Our second refractor is a bit of a dud but it still looks great.

Pack #18
169 LaTroy Hawkins - Twins
139 Fred McGriff - Rays
236 Tino Martinez World Series Highlights - Yankees

LD2 Chipper Jones - Lords of the Diamond - Braves

Pack #19
33 Doug Glanville - Phillies
57 Rey Sanchez - Giants
115 Hideki Irabu - Yankees
NB5 Travis Lee - New Breed - Diamondbacks

Pack #20
148 Pat Meares - Twins
35 Ray Lankford - Cardinals
68 Kenny Lofton - Indians

ER1 Nomar Garciaparra - Early Road to the Hall Refractor- Red Sox
It says refractor on the back but I don't believe it is.  I compared it side by side with the Ivan Rodriguez we pulled earlier and they both look like the regular version to me.

Pretty good round of Topps Chrome.  Every pack had a refractor or insert!

Here's pack #3 of 4 of the 2010 Upper Deck packs:
42 Justin Upton - Arizona
591 Philadelphia Checklist
546 Chicago AL Stadium
51 Juan Gutierrez - Arizona
288 Clayton Kershaw - Los Angeles (NL)
244 Alberto Callaspo - Kansas City
228 Darin Erstad - Houston
490 Grant Balfour - Tampa Bay

SB-163 Joe Saunders - Season Biography - LA (AL)
106 Jonathan Papelbon - Boston
380 Jimmy Rollins - Philadelphia
52 Doug Davis - Arizona
300 Jeff Suppan - Milwaukee
394 Andy LaRoche - Pittsburgh
71 Kris Medlen - Atlanta
25 Brandon Allen - Arizona
340 Nick Swisher - New York (AL)
511 Adam Lind - Toronto

Round 5 in the books.  I wonder what round 6 will hold for us?

The card count as it stands right now:


A's - 10 (+2)
Braves - 23 (+5)
Cardinals - 15 (+2)
Cubs - 16 (+4)
Blue Jays - 21 (+3)
Giants - 13 (+4)
Twins - 17 (+2)
Mariners - 17 (+0)
Yankees 32 (+7)
Dodgers - 19 (+2)
Red Sox - 11 (+2)
White Sox - 11 (+3)
Pirates - 13 (+4)
Reds - 11 (+2)
Expos - 16 (+2)
Rockies - 16 (+1)
Mets - 15 (+3)
Padres - 10 (+3)
Marlins - 14 (+0)
Brewers - 12 (+3)
Rangers - 19 (+2)
Angels - 18 (+2)
Tigers - 18 (+2)
Royals - 13 (+1)
Phillies - 17 (+4)
Astros - 15 (+3)
Diamondbacks - 16 (+7)
Rays - 10 (+4)
Indians - 10 (+2)
Orioles - 14 (+2)

"O" NO's 3rd Group Break: Round 4

We've reached the halfway point of the break.  There's been some good looking cards pulled and a pretty even distribution of cards per team.  Lets hope our luck continues in Round #4.  Lets start off with Topps Chrome.

Pack #13
196 Tony Fernandez - Blue Jays
45 Johnny Damon - Royals
207 Bergeron, Giambi, Lombard - Expos, Royals, Braves
205 Berkman, Frank, Kapler - Astros, Reds, Tigers

These Propsect cards are starting to get under my skin.  I never was a fan of dual, triple, or quadruple rookie/prospect cards!

Pack #14
131 Ron Gant - Reds
206 Escobar, Ledee, Stoner - Mets, Yankees, Diamondbacks
30 Todd Walker - Twins

9 Will Clark - Rangers

Pack #15
193 Jeff King - Royals
166 Chan Ho Park - Dodgers
108 Billy Wagner - Astros

237 Orlando Hernandez World Series Highlights - Yankees

Pack #16
159 Mike Lieberthal - Phillies
133 Shannon Stewart - Blue Jays
116 Roberto Kelly - Rangers
19 Brad Radke - Twins

Another solid round of Chromium, but nothing with that "Wow Factor".

Onto the MVP Packs

Pack #13
46 Omar Vizquel - Indians
20 David Justice - A's
292 Jose Ortiz - Rockies

J-JG - Juan Gonzalez - MVP Souvenir GU Jersey card - Rangers
That's the wow factor we I was just talking about!  These jersey cards are 1 in every 2 boxes on average.  Congrats to Roy!
201 Andy Ashby - Dodgers
227 Cliff Floyd - Marlins
253 Ray Lankford - Padres

Pack #14
91 Jeff Suppan - Royals
65 Josh Towers  - Orioles
270 Mike Williams - Pirates
244 Armando Benitez - Mets
218 Robb Nen - Giants
177 Sammy Sosa - Cubs
151 Greg Maddux - Braves
125 Carlos Lee - White Sox

Pack #15
39 Greg Vaughn - Rays
13 Tim Hudson - A's
282 Elmer Dessens - Reds
192 Curt Schilling - Diamondbacks
166 Albert Pujols - Cardinals
99 Dean Palmer - Tigers
73 Mark Teixeira - Rangers
47 Bartolo Colon - Indians

Pack #16
256 Robert Person - Phillies

230 Ryan Dempster - Marlins
204 Victor Alvarez - Dodgers
140 Richard Hidalgo - Astros
114 Jacque Jones - Twins
88 Shea Hillenbrand - Red Sox
21 Jeremy Giambi - A's
288 Mike Hampton - Rockies

Lets crack open some HoloGrFX

Pack #19
21 Larry Walker - Rockies

6 Chipper Jones - Braves
41 Orlando Hernandez - Yankees

Pack #20
42 Ben Greive - A's
47 Jason Kendall - Pirates

L10 Nomar Garciaparra - Launchers - Red Sox
Nomar was one of my favorites even though he played for the Red Sox.  Too bad injuries derailed his career.

Pack #21
24 Mark Kotsay - Marlins
3 Tim Salmon - Angels
56 Juan Gonzalez - Rangers

Pack #22
1 Mo Vaughn - Angels
22 Tony Clark - Tigers
51 Trevor Hoffman - Padres

Pack #23
29 Jeremy Giambi - Royals
9 Tom Glavine - Braves
46 Warren Morris - Pirates

Pack #24
19 Manny Ramirez - Indians
33 Corey Koskie - Twins

L2 Ken Griffey Jr. - Launchers - Mariners

A nice way to wrap up this round's HoloGrFX packs with a Kid insert.

I almost forgot about the 2012 UD Packs.  Here's another one:

Pack #2
571 Arizona Checklist
548 Cleveland Stadium
237 Bud Norris - Houston
456 Mark Lowe - Seattle
400 Zach Duke - Pittsburgh
83 Koji Uehara - Orioles

BH-7 Joe DiMaggio - Baseball Heroes - Yankees

UDGJ - HB Hank Blalock - UD Game Jersey - Rangers
Another hit for the Rangers this round.  Congrats again Roy.
SB-63 Scott Feldman - Season Biography - Rangers
521 Marc Rzepczynski - Toronto
216 Anibal Sanchez - Florida
85 Jim Johnson - Baltimore
311 Jason Kubel - Minnesota
265 Mike Napoli - Los Angeles (AL)
323 David Wright - New York (NL)
31 John Hester - Arizona

It's going to be hard to say that the Rangers didn't win this round.  2 relic cards isn't bad no matter how you slice it.  We're moving right on thru the packs.  I hope everyone is enjoying the break so far.

Let's check in on the card count:


A's - 8 (+4)
Braves - 18 (+3)
Cardinals - 13 (+2)
Cubs - 12 (+1)
Blue Jays - 18 (+3)
Giants - 9 (+1)
Twins - 15 (+5)
Mariners - 17 (+2)
Yankees 25 (+3)
Dodgers - 17 (+3)
Red Sox - 9 (+2)
White Sox - 8 (+1)
Pirates - 9 (+4)
Reds - 9 (+1)
Expos - 14 (+3)
Rockies - 15 (+3)
Mets - 12 (+2)
Padres - 7 (+2)
Marlins - 14 (+4)
Brewers - 9 (+0)
Rangers - 17 (+7)
Angels - 16 (+3)
Tigers - 16 (+2)
Royals - 12 (+4)
Phillies - 13 (+2)
Astros - 12 (+3)
Diamondbacks - 9 (+3)
Rays - 6 (+1)
Indians - 8 (+4)
Orioles - 12 (+3)

"O" NO's 3rd Group Break: Round 3

The break seems to be going pretty well so far.  Lets go ahead and start ripping packs for round 3:

1999 Upper Deck HoloGrFX
Pack #13
45 Pat Burrell - Phillies
36 Mike Piazza - Mets

L15 Jeff Bagwell - Launchers - Astros
We're starting off this round with a nice looking insert of Jeff Bagwell

Pack #14
25 Jeff Bagwell - Astros
Back to back Bagwell
20 Todd Helton - Rockies
39 Roger Clemens

Pack #15
4 Randy Johnson - Diamondbacks
31 Kevin Brown - Dodgers
48 Mark McGwire - Cardinals

Pack #16
7 Greg Maddux - Braves
15 Frank Thomas - White Sox
55 Jose Canseco - Rays

Pack #17
28 Carlos Beltran - Royals
35 Vlad Guerrero - Expos

L11 Vlad Guerrero - Launchers - Expos
Back 2 back Vladdies.  That's the second time we've gotten the same player back to back this round.

Pack #18
1 Mo Vaughn - Angels
22 Tony Clark - Tigers
44 Scott Rolen - Phillies

Lets open some Chrome packs next

Pack #9
127 J.T. Snow - Giants
242 Checklist
241 Checklist
239 Andy Pettitte World Series Highlights Subset - Yankees
2 Checklists in this pack!  What a bummer

Pack #10
187 Darrin Fletcher - Blue Jays
210 Enochs, Chen, Anderson - A's Braves Mariners
212 Abbot, Butler, Klaussen - Angels, Cardinals, Diamondbacks
both of these will be randomed at the end

LD7 Alex Rodriguez - Lords of the Diamond - Mariners

Pack #11
168 Jason Schmidt - Pirates
125 Scott Rolen - Phillies
211 - Lincoln, Dotel, Penny - Twins, Mets, Diamondbacks
209 Cline, Hernandez, Werth - Cubs, Athletics, Orioles

Another 2 cards to be randomed off

Pack #12
80 Jose Canseco - Blue Jays
69 Bill Taylor - A's
208 Barrett, Davis, Fick - Expos, Padres, Tigers
238 Scott Brosius World Series Highlights - Yankees

It's a good thing we got the Rodriguez Lords of the Diamond otherwise this group would have really sucked.  Lets see if the MVP Packs can help us out.

Pack #9
206 Hideo Nomo - Dodgers
164 Eric Young - Brewers
154 John Ennis - Braves
61 Tony Batista - Orioles
283 Aaron Boone - Reds
257 Jimmy Rollins - Phillies
231 Josh Beckett - Marlins
I4 - Ichiro - A Season to Remember - Mariners

Pack #10
128 Derek Jeter - Yankees
102 Dmitri Young - Tigers
76 Rafael Palmeiro - Rangers
35 Joe Kennedy - Rays
9 Aaron Sele - Angels

285 Larry Walker - Rockies
205 Eric Karros - Dodgers
179 Kerry Wood - Cubs

Pack #11
50 Brett Boone - Mariners
24 Chris Carpenter - Blue Jays
259 Anderson Machado - Phillies
233 Preston Wilson - Marlins
207 Vladimir Guerrero - Expos
3 Vladdies this round!
153 Andruw Jones - Braves
127 Roger Clemens - Yankees
101 Craig Paquette - Tigers

Pack #12
297 Sammy Sosa Checklist - Cubs
271 Jimmy Anderson- Pirates
245 Tyler Yates - Mets
181 Alex Gonzalez - Nationals
155 Vinny Castilla - Braves
75 Frank Catalanotto - Rangers
49 Ellis Burks - Indains
23 Raul Mondesi - Blue Jays

Not a whole bunch of inspiration for comments flowing when I was busting this round of MVP.

Here's the card count as of right now.  (Cards Pulled this round in Parentheses)

A's - 4 (+1)
Braves - 15 (+4)
Cardinals - 11 (+1)
Cubs - 11 (+3)
Blue Jays - 15 (+4)
Giants - 8 (+1)
Twins - 10 (+0)
Mariners - 15 (+3)
Yankees 22 (+5)
Dodgers - 14 (+3)
Red Sox - 7 (+0)
White Sox - 7 (+1)
Pirates - 5 (+2)
Reds - 8 (+1)
Expos - 14 (+3)
Rockies - 12 (+2)
Mets - 10 (+2)
Padres - 5 (+0)
Marlins - 10 (+2)
Brewers - 9 (+1)
Rangers - 10 (+2)
Angels - 13 (+2)
Tigers - 14 (+3)
Royals - 8 (+1)
Phillies - 11 (+5)
Astros - 9 (+2)
Diamondbacks - 6 (+1)
Rays - 5 (+2)
Indians - 4 (+1)
Orioles - 9 (+1)

"O" NO's 3rd Group Break: Round 2

 After a good start to the break in round 1, lets continue with round #2

2002 Upper Deck MVP
Pack #5
221 Deivis Santos - Giants
195 Steve Finley - Diamondbacks
79 Pedro Martinez - Red Sox
53 Ichiro - Mariners
27 Reed Johnson - Blue Jays
32 Toby Hall - Rays
6 Brendan Donnelly - Angels
281 Todd Walker - Reds

Pack #6
169 Jim Edmonds - Cardinals
143 Rodrigo Rosario - Astros
117 Magglio Ordonez - White Sox
1 Darin Erstad - Angels
296 Derek Jeter Checklist - Yankees
255 Scott Rolen - Phillies
229 Derrek Lee - Marlins

203 Adrian Beltre - Dodgers

Pack #7
48 Alex Escobar - Indians
22 Shannon Stewart - Blue Jays

284 Adam Dunn - Reds
217 Rich Aurilia - Giants
191 Mark Grace - Diamondbacks
165 Luis Martinez - Brewers
106 Damion Easley - Tigers
80 Nomar Garciaparra - Red Sox

Pack #8
258 Pat Burrell - Phillies
232 Hansel Izquierdo - Marlins
139 Wade Miller
113 Joe Mays - Twins
87 Rich Garces - Red Sox
54 Kazuhiro Sasaki - Mariners
10 Brad Fullmer - Angels
2 Ramon Ortiz - Angels

Not the most exciting round of packs for the MVP box, but you can't win them all!  Lets see what the HoloGrFX box holds for us next

Pack #7
18 Jim Thome - Indians
36 Mike Piazza - Mets
51 Trevor Hoffman - Padres

Pack #8
30 Raul Mondesi - Dodgers
11 Albert Belle - Orioles

59 David Wells - Blue Jays

Pack #9
32 Jeromy Burnitz - Brewers
43 Eric Chavez - A's

L1 - Mark McGwire - Launchers - Cardinals

Pack #10
20 Todd Helton - Rockies
4 Randy Johnson - Diamondbacks
54 Alex Rodriguez - Mariners

Pack #11
7 Greg Maddux - Braves
34 Todd Walker - Twins

F6 - Roger Clemens - Future Fame - Yankees
Another insert for the Rocket.  I really like die cut cards and I really like shiny cards.  It's too bad the player subject is not a little better person.

Pack #12
15 Frank Thomas - White Sox
28 Carlos Beltran - Royals
58 Rafael Palmeiro - Rangers

Not too bad a round for the HoloGraFX box. The cards really look good, and the inserts are really cool.  Lets see what the Chrome box gives us this time.

Pack #5
141 Dave Nilsson - Brewers
140 Darin Erstad - Angels
191 Jason Kendall - Pirates

233 Rickey Ledee World Series Highlights subset refractor - Yankees

One of our refractors has been found.  It's a really nice looking card!

Pack #6
71 Roger Cedeno - Dodgers
60 Steve Woodard - Brewers
98 Gerald Williams - Braves
232 Roger Clemens League Leaders subset - Blue Jays

Pack #7
199 Vinny Castilla - Rockies
91 Mark Kotsay - Marlins
92 Darren Bragg - Red Sox

LD5 - Mark McGwire Lords of the Diamond Refractor - Cardinals

Another really nice insert card.  The refractor versions fall at a rate of one in 24.

Pack #8
194 Rey Ordonez - Mets
195 Andruw Jones - Braves

ER9 Ivan Rodriguez - Early Road to the Hall - Rangers

220 Mark McGwire Homerun History #42 - Cardinals

Not a bad way to end the round with 2 nice looking inserts.  The McGwire isn't technically an insert but there are 70 versions of the card.

The Rangers and Cardinals seem to be doing well this time around.  The Braves and Yankees also seem to be getting a lot of nice cards too.


Here's the card count as of right now.  (Cards Pulled this round in Parentheses)

A's - 3 (+1)
Braves - 11 (+4)
Cardinals - 10 (+3)
Cubs - 10 (+0)
Blue Jays - 11 (+4)
Giants - 7 (+2)
Twins - 10 (2)
Mariners - 12 (+3)
Yankees 17 (+3)
Dodgers - 11 (+3)
Red Sox - 7 (+4)
White Sox - 6 (+2)
Pirates - 3 (+1)
Reds - 7 (+2)
Expos - 11 (+0)
Rockies - 10 (+2)
Mets - 8 (+2)
Padres - 5 (+1)
Marlins - 8 (+3)
Brewers - 8 (+4)
Rangers - 8 (+1)
Angels - 11 (+5)
Tigers - 11 (+1)
Royals - 7 (+1)
Phillies - 6 (+2)
Astros - 7 (+2)
Diamondbacks - 5 (+3)
Rays - 3 (+1)
Indians - 3 (+2)
Orioles - 9 (+1)

"O" NO's 3rd Group Break: Round 1

It seems as though we're all set to start busting open the packs for the December Affordable Group Break.  For brevity's sake, I'm not going to list all of the 1998 Fleer Tradition Update cards in the break since it is a complete set.  If you need to see the checklist, head over to BaseballCardPedia.com.  I went ahead and broke the cards up into team piles.  It took me an hour and a half to get them unstuck from each other.  Some of the cards got slightly damaged because of the sticking but nothing too bad.  Lets start with 6 packs of the 1999 Upper Deck HoloGrFX box.  Good luck to all of the participants!

1999 Upper Deck HoloGrFX:
Pack #1

50 - Tony Gwynn - Padres
Here's the basic design of the cards.  Shiny and holographic!
38 - Derek Jeter - Yankees

31 - Kevin Brown - AUsome Parallel - Dodgers
Right of the bat we have a parallel of Kevin Brown  notice the gold holographic foil at the top and the AUsome notation right above the name plate at the bottom

Pack #2
17 - Kenny Lofton - Indians
21 - Vinny Castilla - Rockies
52 Barry Bonds - Giants

Pack #3
56 Juan Gonzalez - Rangers
40 Bernie Williams - Yankees

L12 Albert Belle - Launchers - Orioles
My first Orioles card of the break is an insert.  I don't think I have this one in the collection yet!

Pack #4
6 Chipper Jones - Braves
54 Alex Rodriguez - Mariners
34 Todd Walker - Twins

Pack #5
24 Mark Kotsay - Marlins
58 Rafael Palmeiro - Rangers

L6 Juan Gonzalez - Launchers - Rangers
Rangers are off to a strong start with 2 cards in this pack and 3 overall

Pack #6
3 Tim Salmon - Angels
45 Pat Burrell - Phillies

S5 - Roger Clemens - Starview - Yankees
A nice looking insert of the Rocket!

Lets move onto 4 packs of 2002 Upper Deck MVP

2002 Upper Deck MVP
Pack #1
211 Brad Wilkerson - Expos
185 Mark Prior - Cubs
159 Geoff Jenkins - Brewers

56 Edgar Martinez - Mariners
Here's the basic card design
30 Vernon Wells - Blue Jays
4 Jarrod Washburn - Angels
293 Todd Zeile - Rockies
214 Orlando Cabrera - Expos

Pack #2
133 Robin Ventura - Yankees
107 Eric Milton - Twins
287 Juan Uribe - Rockies
261 Travis Lee - Phillies
235 Charles Johnson - Marlins

188 Randy Johnson - Diamondbacks
Back to back Johnsons!
162 Ben Sheets - Brewers
136 Mariano Rivera - Yankees

Pack #3
81 Tony Clark - Red Sox
55 Freddy Garcia - Mariners
29 Jose Cruz Jr. - Blue Jays
209 Michael Barrett - Expos
183 Fred McGriff - Cubs
110 Brad Radke - Twins
84 Josh Hancock - Red Sox

I9 - Ichiro - A Season to Remember - Mariners
Here's one of the Ichiro insert set.  I think theres a total of 10 cards in the set.

Pack #4
3 Garret Anderson - Angels
273 Pokey Reese - Reds
247 D'Angelo Jimenez - Padres
157 Javy Lopez - Braves
131 Mike Mussina - Yankees
105 Matt Anderson - Tigers
58 Mike Cameron - Mariners
295 Ken Griffey Jr. Checklist - Reds

Here come the first 4 packs in the 1999 Topps Chrome Series 1 box

1999 Topps Chrome S1
Pack #1
103 Dean Palmer - Royals
94 Matt Lawton - Twins
183 Andy Fox - Diamondbacks

NB3 - Kerry Wood - New Breed Refractor - Cubs
Wow, I wasn't expecting that one in the first pack.  New Breed Refractors fall 1 in every 72 packs.

Pack #2
88 Ryan Christenson - A's
79 Scott Servais - Cubs
197 Jamey Wright - Rockies

LD2 Jeff Bagwell - Lords of the Diamond - Astros
Another insert!  The Topps Chrome box is producing good (insert) cards for us so far.

Pack #3
28 Paul Sorrento - Rays
77 FP Santangelo - Expos
188 Gabe Alvarez - Tigers

233 Ricky Ledee World Series Highlights - Yankees

Pack #4

138 Walt Weiss - Braves
This is a pretty good action shot of Todd Helton bearing down on Walt as he's trying to catch the ball.
66 Sammy Sosa - Cubs
90 Jose Hernandez - Cubs
89 Jeff Cirillo - Brewers

Let's finish up by opening one of the 4 2010 Upper Deck packs:
2010 Upper Deck
Pack #1
343 CC Sabathia - Yankees
35 Pedro Strop - Rangers
208 Fu-Te Ni - Tigers
520 Brian Tallet - Jays
253 Robinson Tejeda - Royals
220 Reynel Pinto - Marlins
525 Jesse Litsch - Jays
333 Johan Santana - Metss
SB-88 Robinson Cano Season Biography - Yankees
CP11/CP12 Anna Kournikova/Enrique Iglesias Celebrity Predictor.  This card will be randomed off at the end of the break
206 Rick Porcello - Tigers
518 Michael Barrett - Jays
182 Omar Quintanilla - Rockies
199 Miguel Cabrera - Tigers
503 Darren O'Day - Rangers
335 Tim Redding - Mets
573 Orioles Checklist
307 Delmon Young - Twins

Not a bad start to the break I don't think.

Here's the card count as of right now.  I included the 1998 Fleer Tradition factory set cards.

A's - 2
Braves - 8
Cardinals - 6
Cubs - 10
Blue Jays - 7
Giants - 5
Twins - 8
Mariners - 9
Yankees 14
Dodgers - 8
Red Sox - 3
White Sox 4
Pirates - 2
Reds - 5
Expos - 11
Rockies - 8
Mets - 6
Padres - 4
Marlins - 5
Brewers 4
Rangers - 7
Angels - 6
Tigers - 10
Royals - 6
Phillies - 4
Astros - 5
Diamondbacks - 2
Rays - 2
Indians - 1
Orioles - 8