2009 O-Pee-Chee baseball

Another two packs of the controversial OPC cards by Upper Deck. There are still quite a few that I need to complete the Red Sox base set and this doesn't include the black border variation.

Still needed are:

#7 J.D. Drew
#34 Takashi Saito
#150 Dustin Pedroia
#180 Josh Beckett
#192 Hideki Okajima
#236 Brad Penny
#239 Mike Lowell
#370 David Ortiz
#392 Tim Wakefield
#406 Jason Varitek
#456 John Smoltz
#502 Boston Red Sox CL
#550 Jonathan Papelbon
#553 Kevin Youkilis

Pack 1:

#87 Andy Pettitte Yankees

#93 Aubrey Huff Orioles black border

#299 Jon Rauch D-backs

#264 Mike Adams Padres

#529 Angels checklist

#548 Padres moments

Pack 2:

#41 Xavier Nady Yankees

#44 Gabe Gross Bay Rays

#195 Geovany Soto Cubs

#285 Josh Johnson Marlins

#571 Scott Elbert Dodgers black border

#1138 20th Century Denver Broncos

What no Red Sox? Not a great deal to say about this set, it was fairly mediocre. It has a vintage type of feel and the photography is pretty good. But I'm not sure I would go for the complete set. I read the Padres moments card with interest, the Padres wore a camouflage kit in a game vs the Tigers in June 2008 to honour US troops. I wonder if these kits were available to purchase on the day?