There is a big message on these cards about Be Strong. Don't do drugs. Then they go and name the inserts so they sound like some sort of drug.
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
1995 Score 'Summit Edition'
There is a big message on these cards about Be Strong. Don't do drugs. Then they go and name the inserts so they sound like some sort of drug.
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
2008 Upper Deck Timeline
There are Cut signatures, Memorabilia and USA baseball signatures.
Confused? Please try and keep up!
I bought 3 packs from e-bay out of interest. The seller was also selling 'Hot Packs', so no memorabilia or autos here then.
I must say, I like the idea of this set but there is just too many inserts. Why not keep it simple?
Monday, 29 December 2008
2008 Stadium Club Blaster
This is my favourite shot from all the cards I pulled.
According to the checklist there are 150 base cards, of which 50 are Rookies. A further 35 Autographed rookie cards and 50 Beam Team Autographs.I pulled 31 base cards, 9 rookies (1 double) and 0 autographs, but there were 4 Red Sox cards. It is always Dustin or David, never Jacoby!
The card 130 is a mystery to me, two different pictures, same player. One is numbered ?
Sunday, 28 December 2008
1988 Topps
#747 Bobby Witt Rangers
Friday, 26 December 2008
2008 Topps Heritage High Numbers
There are 220 High Numbers in the set (#501 - #720), including the 35 Short prints.
There are 35 Short printed Black backs, 15 Rookie Performers and 10 Then and Now inserts.
There are also Chrome cards, Refractors and Black border Refractors.
There are 330 cards in the Updates and Highlights set.
These were pretty good packs. A numbered chrome very nice. A Ramirez and Ortiz, but not Manny and Big Papi, Hanley and Big Papi. Still a Red Sox card nonetheless.
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
1992 DONRUSS series two
The second pack had 3 Red Sox, which is a surprising ratio. These cards didn't set the card collecting world alight and I bought 6 packs for 99p on e-bay UK. The design is not stimulating but the players pictures on the front are large and usually action shots. The Colorado Rockies logo was the first of the type I had seen from this set. I presume it was because they were an expansion team.
Monday, 22 December 2008
2008 Upper Deck Goudey
Sunday, 21 December 2008
1987 Topps
Pack 1:
#101 Carl Willis Reds
#116 Bill Russell Dodgers
#119 Ron Robinson Reds
#252 Denny Martinez Expos
#365 Rick Rhoden Pirates
#349 Storm Davies Orioles
#546 Mike Morgan Mariners
#575 Pat Tabler Indians
#576 Frank Pastore Twins
#598 Ozzie Smith All Stars
#619 Jerry Reed Mariners
#649 Mickey Tettleton A's
#652 Terry Foster Angels
#741 Paul Molitor Brewers
#752 Dan Petry Tigers
#774 Wayne Krenchicki Expos
Pack 2:
#74 Dan Pasqua Yankees
#123 John Kruk Padres
#148 Dave Collins Tigers
#183 Andy Hawkins Padres
#222 Denny Walling Astros
#380 Rich Gossage Padres
#400 George Brett Royals
#414 Joe Orsulak Pirates
#419 Mark Portugal Twins
#446 Chuck Finley Angels
#518 Gene Mauch Angels
#645 Dwight Evans Red Sox
#674 Bill Campbell Tigers
#700 Dave Bergman Tigers
#713 Tom Brookens Tigers
#736 Steve Bedrosian Phillies
#759 Joel Youngblood Giants
#776 Tom Brunansky Twins
I purchased these cards from the same seller on e-bay UK as the 1983 Topps, although there was some interest in the 1983 Topps, there was none for these 4 packs and I won with one speculative bid.
Again 1 Red Sox hit. The cards are in excllent condition and as always with this seller, the cards had not been pre-opened and searched.
Saturday, 20 December 2008
2007 SP Legendary Cuts
There are 100 cards in the base set.
There are inserts Legendary Lineage Die cuts (numbered to 550)
There are parallels galore Legendary Material ,When It Was A Game, Masterful Material, Inside the Numbers, A Stitch in time, Material Signatures (numbered to 10), Legendary Signatures (numbered to 199), Legendary Materials (numbered to 199), Legendary Americana (numbered to 550), Material Cuts (numbered between 5 and 1),Legendary Team Cuts (1 of 1), Legendary Quad Cuts (1 of 1), Dual cuts (1 of 1), Signature Cuts (1 of 1),Quotation Cuts (numbers vary), Hall of Fame Cuts, Historical Cuts.
Cuts, cuts and more cuts.
I bought three packs, knowing full well that there would be just base cards.
I like the look of these cards. The black background marble effect works for me. Photographs in black and white, the player surrounded by a red oval, sometimes breaking free of the confines and the gold lettering. It all fits very well. Only 100 base cards to collect, a box should do...how much were they again?
Friday, 19 December 2008
2003 FLEER Authentix
There are inserts Ticket Stubs and Ballpark Classics.
The parallels are Balcony (numbered to 250), Club Box (numbered to 100) and Standing Room (numbered to 25).
Thursday, 18 December 2008
1983 Topps
Disappointingly one Red Sox in 45 cards. It also says on the wrapper that there should have been a 'Winning Line-up' game card inside. There wasn't one in any of these packs, they are needed to purchase the 5 card collectors sets and its too late to obtain a free game card as that finished on the 15th December 1983. Oh well.
These cards are in excellent condition, cannot say the same for the sticks of gum!
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
2003 FLEER Showcase
Really nice looking cards. A plain grey outer border and off white inner border with the gloss player picture on a matt background, that makes the player stand out. Good card stock. I bought these from a seller on e-bay who was also selling 'hit' packs, so I guessed there would be nothing but base cards in here. Pity there were no Red Sox.
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
2003 FLEER Platinum Jumbo Pack
The regular set consists of 200 base cards, 20 unsung heroes, 15 prospects.
There are inserts Guts and Glory, MLB scouting report, Portraits and Heart of the Order.
There is a parallel set ~Platinum Finish, numbered to 100.
#211 Unsung Heroes Eric Hinske Blue Jays
#218 Unsung Heroes Jason Jennings Rockies
#223 Prospects Bobby Jenks Angels
#16/20 Heart of the Order Cardinals
Greg of Night Owl would be happy with these colours. I am not sure about the yellow and blue stripes. The inserts are a nice design and 5 inserts out of 25 is a pretty good ratio.
Monday, 15 December 2008
First Post
I have been keeping of a record of the packs I bust for a while now and the intention of this blog is to share the packs I open.
I keep all the Red Sox cards and try to trade the rest.
Sunday, 14 December 2008
2008 Red Sox Vacancy List
2007 UD Masterpieces
My favourite set from 2007 was,
1990's Red Sox vacancy list 1991- 1995
1991
Bowman complete
Donruss complete
Fleer complete
Fleer Update #4 Jack Clark, #5 Danny Darwin, #6 Steve Lyons
Leaf #276 Tony Fossas
Score complete
Stadium Club complete
Studio complete
Topps complete
Topps Traded #123T Mo Vaughn
Upper Deck #70 Greg Blosser
1992
Bowman #311 Aaron Sele, #355 Luis Rivera, #691 Roger Clemens
Donruss #DK9 Wade Boggs
Fleer complete
Fleer Update #5 Frank Viola, #6 Bob Zupcic, #81 Willie Greene
Leaf complete
Pinnacle complete
Score #363 Mike Brumley
Stadium Club #481 Jeff Plympton, #504 Josias Manzanillo
Studio complete
Topps complete
Topps Traded #32 John Flaherty, #125 Frank Viola, #131 Herm Winningham
Upper Deck complete
1993
Bowman #199 Greg Blosser, #607 Mike Greenwell, #635 Roger Clemens
Donruss complete
Fleer #176 Ellis Burks, #177 Roger Clemens, #182 Jody Reed, #565 Luis Rivera, #566 Herm Winningham
Leaf #440 Checklist
Pinnacle #76 Frank Viola, #167 Rob Deer, #221 Jack Clark, #482 John Valentin, #495 Scott Fletcher, #497 Andre Dawson
Score #7 Roger Clemens, #55 Frank Viola, #78 Ellis Burks, #132 Mo Vaughn, #176 Phil Plantier, #198 Scott Cooper, #243 John Valentin, #261 Tony Pena, #278 John Flaherty, #329 Ken Ryan, #414 Jody Reed, #452 Tim Naehring, #467 Joe Hesketh
Stadium Club #73 John Marzano, #428 Matt Young
Studio complete
Topps complete
Topps Traded #92 Andre Dawson
Upper Deck complete
1994
Bowman #203 Scott Cooper, #231 Gar Finnvold, #259 Mike Greenwell, #315 Mo Vaughn, #391 Jeff Suppan, #475 Roger Clemens,#559 Ryan McGuire, #643 Aaron Sele
Donruss #134 Scott Fletcher, #596 John Flaherty, #600 Checklist
Fleer #29 Andre Dawson, #38 Paul Quantrill, #42 Ken Ryan
Leaf #75 Scott Cooper, #114 Danny Darwin, #255 Roger Clemens, #422 Scott Fletcher, #430 Dave Valle
Pinnacle #46 Jeff Russell, #146 Scott Fletcher
Score #83 Mike Creenwell, #318 Red Sox, #646 Jeff McNeeley
Stadium Club #71 Tony Pena, #139 Rob Deer, #198 Scott Fletcher, #440 Mo Vaughn, #569 Frank Viola, #597 Otis Nixon, #650 Roger Clemens, #710 Jeff Russell
Studio #159 Roger Clemens, #162 Mike Greenwell, #164 Aaron Sele, #165 Jeff Valentin
Topps complete
Topps Traded #11 Damon Berryhill, #40 Otis Nixon, #68 Chris Howard, #96 Gar Finnvold, #122 Rich Rowland
Upper Deck #80 Aaron Sele, #96 Andre Dawson, #337 Tim Naehring, #450 Roger Clemens
1995
Bowman #63 Bill Selby, #89 Rafael Orellano, #249 Nomar Garciaparra, #293 Roger Clemens, #314 Aaron Sele
Donruss #44 Ken Ryan, #144 Carlos Rodriguez, #229 Joe Hesketh, #261 Chris Howard, #359 Tom Brunansky, #487 Andre Dawson, #505 Rich Rowland, #547 Mike Greenwell
Fleer 24, 38
Fleer Update 9,10, 16 Leaf 186, 304, 384, 391
Pinnacle 2, 105, 106
Score 8, 62, 318, 335
Stadium Club 81, 97, 146, 311, 328, 347, 458, 464, 574, 630
Studio 9, 16, 39, 107, 121, 150, 164
Topps complete
Upper Deck 158, 480, 481,482, 483
2006 Fleer Tradition
1994 UD All-time Heroes
133, 146, 148, 161, 162, 172, 173, 175, 179.
1990's Red Sox vacancy list 1996 - 2000
Leaf 17, 69, 202, 217,
Score
Stadium Club
Studio
Topps
1997
Donruss
Fleer
Leaf
Pinnacle
Stadium Club
Donruss
Fleer Tradition
Leaf
Pinnacle
Score
Studio
Topps
1999
Fleer Tradition
Stadium Club
Topps
Fleer Tradition
Skybox
Stadium Club
Topps
1980's Red Sox Vacancy List 1981-1985
1980's Red Sox vacancy list 1986-1990
Topps Traded complete
Fleer Update #5,#6,#7,#8, #9,#10
Score Traded complete
Donruss Traded complete
Score Traded complete
Bowman complete
Fleer Update complete
Score Rookie and Traded complete
Topps Bigs complete
2000's Red Sox Wants list 2001-2005
2001
Bowman 37, 65, 88, 257, 285, 437
Bowman Heritage 337, 364, 376
Donruss 173, 216, 220
Fleer Tradition 12, 40, 100, 214, 245, 306, 386
Stadium Club 61, 81, 149, 155
Studio 14, 17, 46, 65, 107, 127, 131, 137
Topps complete
Topps Heritage 243, 313, 318, 332, 345, 357, 362, 363, 367, 374, 380, 388, 390, 391, 394, 395, 400
Upper Deck 108, 109, 266
Upper Deck Vintage 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 99, 101, 102
2002
Bowman 5, 101, 172, 229, 269, 396
Bowman Heritage 66, 113, 116, 189, 219, 285, 289, 300, 308, 329, 370, 401, 427
Donruss 111
Fleer 5, 66, 72, 104, 136, 178, 198, 273, 312, 326, 332, 366, 440, 461, 501,
Fleer Tradition 11, 30, 78, 113, 139, 194, 416, 486
Leaf 11, 24, 104, 154
MLB Showdown 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
Studio 36, 46, 100, 103, 120, 192, 214
Topps complete
Topps Heritage 3, 12, 149, 158, 182, 241, 308, 353, 356, 387, 397, 409, 415, 417, 423, 433
Upper Deck 163, 168, 169, 175, 176, 463, 471, 473, 492, 596, 597
Upper Deck Vintage 76, 77, 78, 79
2003
Bowman 106, 275, 285, 305, 317, 330
Bowman Heritage 92, 106, 139, 142, 196, 228
Donruss 11, 25, 42, 97, 98, 102, 106
Fleer Tradition 5, 46, 69, 70, 217, 313, 343, 452, 463
Leaf 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 156, 259, 275
MLB Showdown 53, 54, 56, 57, 60
Stadium Club 29, 45, 64
Studio 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Topps 132, 250, 263, 266, 450, 494, 550
Topps Heritage 26, 65, 100, 117, 133, 136, 242, 275, 300, 303, 328, 349, 408
Upper Deck 332, 333, 334
Upper Deck Vintage 160, 161, 162, 164, 166, 167, 223, 251, 252
2004
Bowman 4, 17, 141, 191, 232, 257, 285, 304, 305, 312
Bowman Heritage 16, 128, 130, 330
Cracker Jacks 55, 76, 108, 140
Donruss 14, 20, 25, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 253, 373
Fleer Tradition 15, 87, 164, 190, 196, 241
Leaf 13, 15, 16, 17, 267, 274
MLB Showdown 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57
Topps complete
Topps Heritage 2, 42, 59, 104, 150, 152, 180, 229, 258, 290, 296, 312, 397, 399, 406, 407, 428, 462
Upper Deck 92, 94, 96, 97, 302, 304, 305, 306, 471, 493
Upper Deck Vintage 4, 88, 120, 135, 220, 301, 327, 358, 359, 360, 361, 450
2005
Bowman complete
Bowman Heritage 62, 92, 212, 286, 287, 307, 337
Donruss 46, 118, 121, 375
Fleer 157, 172, 333, 334, 341, 345, 348, 349, 350
Leaf 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 266, 275
Origins 24, 25, 28, 80, 110, 136, 137, 154
Studio 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
Topps 47, 303, 305, 352, 353, 355, 368, 390, 437, 576, 616, 642, 732, 734
Topps Heritage 36, 44, 54, 68, 111, 116, 124, 203, 205, 234, 283, 308, 346, 368, 389, 398, 424, 429, 443, 445
Turkey Red 20, 65, 115, 124, 165, 172, 182, 292, 309, 310
Upper Deck 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 265, 292, 314, 315, 318, 319, 453, 461, 475
1970's Red Sox Vacancy list 1975-1979
#8, 32, 56, 80, 103, 128, 152, 172, 232, 255, 280, 302, 333, 356, 379, 430, 454, 489, 513, 537, 559, 586, 645
1970's Red Sox wants list 1970 -1974
#680 Rico Petrolcelli
#649 Sparky Lyle
#740 Luis Aparicio
#674 John Kennedy
#681 Bobby Pfeil
#703 Doug Griffin
#704 Doug Griffin (In Action)
#734 Bob Burda
#741 Rookie Stars Rick Miller
#761 Rookie Stars Ben Oglivie
#614 Rookie Outfielders Dwight Evans