Wednesday 4 August 2010

2010 Upper Deck Series 1 Jumbo


Another Upper Deck Jumbo, another 36 cards to consider the merits of searching for Red Sox in packs. See previous post as to the missing Red Sox cards from this particular set.
The Pack:
#23 Buster Posey San Francisco
#36 Pedro Viola Cincinnati
#44 Augie Ojeda Arizona
#79 Ty Wigginton Baltimore
#124 Jake Fox Chicago
#164 Asdrubal Cabrera Cleveland
#178 Matt Murton Colorado
#207 Ryan Perry Detroit
#208 Fu-Te Ni Detroit
#224 Hunter Pence Houston
#231 J.R.Towles Houston
#252 Brian Bannister Kansas City
#270 Brain Fuentes Los Angeles
#277 James Loney Los Angeles
#278 Casey Blake Los Angeles
#289 Corey Hart Milwaukee
#290 Jody Gerut Milwaukee
#299 Carlos Villanueva Milwaukee
#341 Melky Cabrera New York
#354 Jose Molina New York
#360 Aaron Cunningham Oakland
#367 Josh Outman Oakland
#396 Ross Ohlendorf Pittsburgh
#439 Noah Lowry San Francisco
#444 Franklin Gutierrez Seattle
#445 Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle
#471 Jason Motte St.Louis
#476 Fernando Perez Tampa Bay
#510 Scott Downs Toronto
#536 Shairon Martis Washington
#553 Kansas City, Missouri
#562 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#589 New York Checklist
#SB-120 Marc Rzepczynski Toronto
#TMS-4Adam Dunn Washington
#TMS -14 Manny Ramirez Los Angeles
Wow, another poor Red Sox showing. These packs are not helping the cause one bit!

Tuesday 3 August 2010

2010 Upper Deck Series 1


Poor Upper Deck, no license but lovely cards. . Here's a fun game to play according to Upper Deck - hunt the variations, ever so slight tweeks made to 25 of the 600 base cards. Running from Common, Rare, Super Rare and Will never see one unless it sells on e-bay. Check the complete list here.
As for the Red Sox, I am still in the hunt for:
8 Dustin Richardson RC
91 Dustin Pedroia
96 Clay Buchholz
97 Jed Lowrie
98 Mike Lowell
100 Takashi Saito
101 Hideki Okajima
104 Josh Beckett
106 Jonathan Papelbon
574 Checklist

Two 'fatpacks' to open , very nice.

Fat Pack 1:
#28 Buster Posey San Francisco
#49 Chad Qualls Arizona
#155 Francisco Cordero Cincinnati
#163 Trevor Crowe Cleveland
#224 Hunter Pence Houston
#245 John Buck Kansas City
#290 Jody Gerut Milwaukee
#299 Carlos Villanueva Milwaukee
#329 Daniel Murphy New York
#358 Rajai Davis Oakland
#413 Nick Hundley San Diego
#466 Yadier Molina St.Louis (Variation?-who knows?)
#471 Jason Motte St.Louis
#508 Frank Francisco Texas
#549 Denver, Colorado
#594 San Francisco Checklist
#SB-28 Yovani Gallardo Milwaukee
#SB-113 Ryan Spilborghs Colorado
#SE-39 Jared Weaver
#SE-87 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay 44/99

Fat Pack 2:
#14 Esmil Rogers Colorado
#23 Chris Johnson Houston
#108 Kevin Gregg Chicago
#131 Josh Fields Chicago
#154 Ramon Hernandez Cincinnati
#172 Jhonny Peralta Cleveland
#366 Michael Wuertz Oakland
#400 Zach Duke Pittsburgh
#441 Jeremy Affeldt San Francisco
#443 Ian Snell Seattle
#460 Colby Rasmus St.Louis
#484 Dioner Navarro Tampa Bay
#495 Michael Young Texas
#534 Austin Kearns Washington
#565 St. Loius, Missouri
#588 New York Checklist
#BHA-7 Nick Markakis Baltimore
#SB-44 Ryan Zimmerman Washington
#SB-183 Brian Matusz Baltimore
#SE-71 Tony Gwynn San Diego
These two Fat Packs didn't help the 'Pursuit for Red Sox any further.

Monday 2 August 2010

2010 Topps baseball series 1

The second 5 packs of 2010 Topps that left untouched for many months. A quick check last night and I realised that I was short one Red Sox. #131 Dustin Richardson Rookie card, so I pulled that from the first four packs, so Red Sox series 1 are now definitely done and dusted.
Onto five more Topps Series 1:

Pack 5:
#9 Tim Lincecum Giants
#36 Tobi Stoner Mets
#71 Mike Hampton Astros
#116 Carlos Gomez Brewers
#195 James Shields Bay Rays
#199 Seattle Mariners
#219 Kevin Hart Pirates
#254 Edwin Jackson Tigers
#283 Adam Kennedy Athletics
#312 Tyler Flowers White Sox
#TTT15 Miguel Cabrera Tigers
#HOTG15 Jackie Robinson
Pack 6:
#30 Victor Martinez Red Sox
#40 Josh Johnson Marlins
#88 Jerry Hairston Jr. Yankees
#143 Omar Vizquel Rangers
#165 Brandon Phillips Reds
#167 San Diego Padres
#218 Fernando Martinez Mets
#245 Lance Berkman Astros
#291 Austin Kearns Nationals
#299 Gary Sheffield Mets
#TTT24 Ryan Braun Brewers
#CMT-30 Eddie Murray Orioles
Pack 7:
#15 Bobby Abreu Angels
#23 Shane Victorino Phillies
#98 Cesar Ramos Padres
#101 Scott Baker Twins
#123 Jeff Samardzija Cubs
#244 Barry Zito Giants
#265 Angels
#297 Ben Zorbrist Bay Rays
#306 Milton Bradley Cubs
#317 Ryan Doumit Pirates
#TTT10 Tim Lincecum Giants
#TMC-4 Million Card Giveaway (are ther any cards left?)

Pack 8:
#73 League Leaders
#90 Ian Kinsler Rangers
#94 Ivan Rodriguez Rangers
#104 New York Mets
#137 Oakland Athletics
#161 Denard Span Twins
#183 Jonathan Papelbon Red Sox
#191 Mat Latos Padres
#206 League Leaders
#214 Matt Kemp Dodgers
#238 Ian Stewart Rockies
#TTT12 Miguel Tejada Astros
Pack 9:
#10 Clayton Kershaw Dodgers
#46 Chad Tracy D-backs
#120 Jorge Posada Yankees
#146 Yunel Escobar Braves
#148 Cody Ross Marlins
#151 Mat Gamel Brewers
#212 Magglio Ordonez Tigers
#253 Bengie Molina Giants
#273 Pat Neshek Twins
#322 Travis Buck Athletics
#TTT11 Brian McCann Braves
#TMC-6 Million Card Giveaway?
I might do a little investigation into this but while looking at the cards yesterday I noticed, on the Kevin Youkilis card in particular, that people in the crowd are pictured very clearly. Maybe I hadn't noticed before or whether the photography is better now or clearer, but the spectators (or lack of them in some cases) are clearly distinguishable. How cool would it be to be pictured on a Topps card. Okay then just me on that. Here for example is the Chad Tracy card.
Is there someone, who upon seeing this card going, 'Hey that's me!' or 'There's my teacher, Mr Hinkel' or 'There's that bastard who stole my bike'. The spectators on the Youkilis card look a little a bit gormless, you might say unprepared. So what do you do ? Smile every time a player comes close just in case it's on a Topps card?

Sunday 1 August 2010

2010 Topps Baseball Series 1

I was gifted 9 packs of these a while ago and they sat unopened, which is a bit of a travesty to discover them so late in the year. The first four packs contained:
Pack 1:
#44 Howie Kendrick Angels
#61 Skip Schumaker Cardinals
#96 Jon Garland Dodgers
#119 Wilkin Ramirez Tigers
#140 Matt Holliday Cardinals
#147 Huston Street Rockies
#209 Alexei Ramirez White Sox
#231 Luke Scott Orioles
#282 Washington Nationals
#304 Adam LaRouche Braves gold border 1963/2010
#324 Alex Rios White Sox
#TTT25 Manny Ramirez Dodgers
Packs 2:
#54 John Lackey Angels
#75 Adrian Gonzalez Padres
#82 Jason Marquis Rockies
#103 Daniel Murphy Mets
#149 Jose Guillen Royals
#150 Joe Mauer Twins
#270 Michael Brantley Indians
#284 Ross Ohlendorf Pirates
#301 Jack Cust Athletics
#TTT18 Vladimir Guerrero Angels
#TR13 Yovani Gallardo Brewers
Pack 3:
#28 Jonathan Sanchez Giants
#89 J.A.Harp Phillies
#99 Garrett Jones Pirates
#142 Tim Hudosn Braves
#162 Wade Davis Bay Rays
#170 Jason Bay Red Sox
#213 Ricky Nolasco Marlins
#243 Asdrubal Cabrera Indians
#250 Mark Teixeira Yankees
#307 Henry Rodriguez Athletics
#TTT4 Adrian Gonzalez Padres
#250 Stan Musial Cardinals
Pack 4:
#22 Anthony Swarzak Twins
#26 Zach Duke Pirates
#93 Joe Nathan Twins
#131 Dustin Richardson Red Sox
#175 Josh Hamilton Rangers
#186 Andrew Bailey Athletics
#192 Andruw Jones Rangers
#194 Neil Walker Pirates
#266 Humberto Quintero Astros
#295 Kevin Youkilis Red Sox
#TTT21 Adam Dunn Nationals
#TOG10 Jimmy Piersall backwards HR
There are no Red Sox I need from Series 1. However these 4 packs concealed 3 Red Sox, so in the 'search for Sox' that is pretty fair.
All for trade if there are any collectors needing those last few that have escaped them.