2013 Panini Cooperstown baseball trading cards

 The final packs from a box of 2013 Cooperstown, which I purchased in an effort to complete the 165 Colgan's Disk inserts. At a ratio of 1 per pack,possibly not the best way to knock out the whole set, but enjoyable all the same. 

Follow my progress towards the complete set of Colgan's 'Stars of the Diamond' on round disks here. 

Pack 1:

#19 Nap Lajoie Cleveland

#42 Jackie Robinson Kansas City Monarchs

#48 Rick Ferrell Boston

#66 Billy Williams Chicago orange matrix 228/325

#90 Carl Yastrzemski Boston

Disk 7 George Wright Boston

Pack 2:

#17 Satchel Paige Kansas City Monarchs green shard

#24 Goose Goslin Washington

#31 Mel Ott New York

#81 Orlando Cepeda Atlanta 

#88 Bruce Stutter Atlanta

Disk 83 Frank Robinson Baltimore 

Pack 3:

#19 Nap Lajoie Cleveland green shard 

#29 Jim Bottomley St. Louis 

#36 Bill Dickey New York

#86 Phil Niekro Atlanta 

#93 Carlton Fisk Boston 

Disk 137 Ryne Sandberg Chicago

Pack 4:

#20 Rube Marquard New York

#32 Buck Ewing Lumberjack

#34 Harry Heilmann Detroit

#77 Steve Carlton Philadelphia

#91 Tony Perez Cincinnati 

Disk 100 Red Schoendienst St. Louis

Pack 5:

#3 Historic Ticket October 7, 1920

#9 Johnny Evers Boston orange matrix 063/325

#10 Frank Chance Chicago

#44 Dave Bancroft New York

#68 Yogi Berra New York
Disk 162 Gary Carter Montreal

Pack 6:
#1 Lou Gehrig New Yrok
#3 Tris Speaker Cleveland orange matrix 172/325
#9 Johnny Evers Boston
#51 Bob Feller Cleveland
#75 Al Kaline Detroit
Disk 35 Rabbit Maranville Pittsburgh

Pack 7:
#25 Lefty Grove Philadelphia
#32 Jimmie Foxx Boston
#67 Hoyt Wilhelm Baltimore
#74 Luis Aparicio Chicago green shard
#89 Juan Marichal San Francisco
Disk 16 Roger Bresnahan New York

Pack 8:
#2 Cy Young Cleveland
#26 Lloyd Waner Pittsburgh
#60 Whitey Ford New York
#65 Vin Scully Los Angeles orange matrix 269/325
#83 Willie Stargell Pittsburgh
Disk 94 Bobby Doerr Boston 

Pack 9:
#6 Rogers Hornsby St. Louis
#18 Rod Carew Induction
#57 Al Barliek Umpire
#64 Pee Wee Reese Brooklyn
#99 George Brett Kansas City 
Disk 30 Mel Ott New York

I now have 50 disks. A little way to go yet! 

2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball trading cards

I few more packs from the retail box of Copperstown I purchased in an effort to collect the set of Colgan's Chips. Follow my progress here.

I have 18 packs to go in the box, which means 18 more Colgan's Chips.

Pack 1:

#5 Tyrus Cobb Detroit

#6 Fergie Jenkins Canada international play

#54 George Kell Detroit

#63 Warren Spahn Milwaukee

#96 Mike Schmidt Philadelphia

Disc 89 Herman Killebrew Minnesota

Pack 2:

#16 Historic Ticket October 7th, 1944

#38 Mickey Cochrane Detroit

#46 Charlie Gehringer Detroit

#95 Catfish Hunter Oakland 

#103 Carlton Fisk Chicago

Disc 50 Casey Stengel New York

Pack 3:

#30 George Sisler St.Louis

#37 Arky Vaughan Pittsburgh

#59 Phil Rizzuto New York green

#80 Johnny Bench Cincinnati

#87 Tom Seaver New York

Disc 66 Josh Gibson St.Louis

Pack 4:
#3 Phil Niekro Induction
#7 Walter Johnson Washington 
#49 Bob Lemon Cleveland
#58 Duke Snider Brooklyn
#100 Nolan Ryan Houston
Disc 62 Lefty Gomez New York

Pack 5:
#5 Roy Campanella's Shin Guards
#13 Dan Brouthers Detroit 
#28 Buck Leonard Homestead Grays
#55 Roy Campanella Baltimore Elite Giants
#71 Frank Robinson Cincinnati
Disc 23 Ed Walsh Chicago

Pack 6:
#5 Historic Ticket October 7th, 1922
#39 Dizzy Dean St.Louis
#47 Al Lopez Cleveland
#82 Rod Carew Minnesota
#94 Jim Palmer Baltimore blue 259/499
Disc 13 Rogers Hornsby St.Louis

Pack 7:
#2 Numbers Game Young/Johnson
#4 Christy Mathewson New York
#11 Cap Anson Chicago
#53 Lou Boudreau Cleveland
#62 Casey Stengel New York
Disc 154 Connie Mack Philadelphia

Pack 8:
#10 Frank Chance Chicago red 343/399 
#16 Edd Roush Cincinnati
#23 Hack Wilson Chicago
#65 Vin Scully Los Angeles
#73 Richie Ashburn Philadelphia
Disc 47 Luke Appling Chicago

Pack 9:
#15 Frank Frisch New York
#22 Zack Wheat Brooklyn
#72 Robin Roberts Philadelphia
#79 Bill Mazeroski Pittsburgh
#86 Phil Niekro Atlanta orange 264/325
Disc 30 Mel Ott New York

Just a little bit closer.

2013 Panini Cooperstown baseball trading cards

There is only one reason I obtained some of these Cooperstown packs and one reason only- Colgan's Chip disks/disc*! 

*"Disk or disc? Disc, being short for discus, refers to anything round. However there is no consensus on the difference between disc and disk and in many contexts the two are used interchangeably. Disk is the standard spelling for computer-related terms such as hard disk and floppy disk. Disc is the standard spelling for phonograph records, albums, and components of plows and brake systems. It would appear that disk is more popular in the US and disc the preferred spelling in the UK. "  

Possibly not as exciting as some of the other inserts such as Lumberjacks, which may slightly change my first sentence to... 'there are only two reasons...' I am not a fan of the base cards, although the subjects are interesting a find the design a little off putting. 

The 165 disc (disk) set features players from both the modern and vintage era of baseball and lets face it anything card related that is round is oddball enough for anyone to want to collect a sample. So why not the whole set! 
Follow my progress collecting the disc here.

I have a retail box of the 2013 Copperstown, which contains 24 packs. There are 6 cards per pack including a Colgan's disc (disk).

Pack 1:
#12 John Baker Philadelphia
#21 Tony Lazzeri New York
#62 Casey Stengel New York gold 272/299
#69 Red Schoendienst St Louis
#78 Brooks Robinson Baltimore
Disc 93 Hoyt Wilhelm Chicago

Pack 2:
#45 Billy Southworth St. Louis
#52 Hal Newhouser Detroit
#94 Jim Palmer Baltimore
#9 Historic Ticket October 9, 1931
#10 Museum Piece Buck Leonard's spikes
Disc 61 Harry Hooper Boston

Pack 3:
#16 Carlton Fisk Induction
#27 Paul Waner Pittsburgh
#43 Bobby Doer Boston
#70 Jim Bunning Philadelphia
#85 Joe Morgan Cincinnati
Disc 87 Rick Ferrell Boston

Pack 4:
#2  Museum Piece Bob Feller first no-hitter
#8 Joe Tinker Chicago
#17 Satchel Paige Kansas City Monarchs
#66 Billy Williams Chicago
#74 Luis Aparicio Chicago
Disc 125 Orlando Cepeda San Francisco

Pack 5:
#9 Andre Dawson Induction
#35 Joe Medwick St. Louis
#50 Luke Appling Chicago
#59 Phil Rizzuto New York
#92 Reggie Jackson Oakland
Disc 11 Charles Radbourn Cincinnati

Pack 6:
#1 Luis Aparicio Venezuela International Play
#3 Tris Speaker Cleveland
#61 Nellie Fox Chicago
#76 Willie McCovey San Francisco
#93 Burleigh Grimes Pittsburgh
Disc 110 Hal Newhouser Detroit

6 packs down, 6 discs. Only 130 to go!

2013 Panini Cooperstown insert Colgan's Chips

In 1909 the Colgan's Gum Company in Louisville, Kentucky began producing round discs to fit within the Colgan's tins that held ten pieces of gum and "a ball player in every container".

There are three distinct Colgan's Chip sets with an ACC designation of E254 and E270. The first set E254 or ‘Stars of the Diamond’ were produced from 1909 to 1911. The chips were continuously updated during the two year period as at least several print runs were done to correct style and orientation, as well as show team changes.

As a result there are multiple levels of rarity within the set with some discs being very common and others being extremely rare. The E270 or ‘Red Borders’ and ‘Tin Tops’were produced in 1912 and 13.

The original Colgan’ s Chip set contains several hundred subjects including Honus Wagner, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and Ty Cobb.

In 2013 Panini inserted, within the Cooperstown Collection, round discs that replicated the original Colgan’s Chip discs. The 2013 issue has 165 discs featuring players from the nineteenth century, such as Christy Mathewson, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie, to the 1990s, with the likes of Dennis Eckersley and Paul Molitor. 

To show the difference between the two, Panini's modern edition are 3/4' larger than the 1 1/2 inch 1909 originals. However, both the front and back of Panini’s modern variation is almost exactly similar in design to the original.

With 1 unnumbered Colgan's Chip disc inserted into each pack of the 2013 Cooperstown Collection, to complete the set will be a long but not insurmountable task.

I have 50 and need 115 left to complete the set.

The complete list of the 2013 Colgan’s Chip discs:

1 Ty Cobb
2 Honus Wagner
3 Walter Johnson
4 Christy Mathewson
5 Tris Speaker
6 Nap Lajoie
7 George Wright
8 Cy Young
9 George Sisler
10 Lou Gehrig
11 Charles Radbourn
12 Cap Anson
13 Rogers Hornsby
14 Kenesaw Landis
15 Dan Brouthers
16 Roger Bresnahan
17 King Kelly
18 Jesse Burkett
19 Frank Chance
20 Joe Tinker
21 Johnny Evers
22 Eddie Plank
23 Ed Walsh
24 Mickey Cochrane
25 Frankie Frisch
26 Carl Hubbell
27 Lefty Grove
28 Pie Traynor
29 Charlie Gehringer
30 Mel Ott
31 Paul Waner
32 Al Simmons
33 Dizzy Dean
34 Bill Dickey
35 Rabbit Maranville
36 Bill Terry
37 Home Run Baker
38 Dazzy Vance
39 Joe Cronin
40 Sam Crawford
41 Zack Wheat
42 Bob Feller
43 Edd Roush
44 Jackie Robinson
45 Sam Rice
46 Miller Huggins
47 Luke Appling
48 Burleigh Grimes
49 Heinie Manush
50 Casey Stengel
51 Lloyd Waner
52 Joe Medwick
53 Goose Goslin
54 Roy Campanella
55 Stan Coveleski
56 Stan Musial
57 Waite Hoyt
58 Lou Boudreau
59 Rube Marquard
60 Satchel Paige
61 Harry Hooper
62 Lefty Gomez
63 Yogi Berra
64 Buck Leonard
65 Early Wynn
66 Josh Gibson
67 Monte Irvin
68 Warren Spahn
69 Jim Bottomley
70 Whitey Ford
71 Ralph Kiner
72 Robin Roberts
73 Fred Lindstrom
74 Bob Lemon
75 Ernie Banks
76 Al Lopez
77 Addie Joss
78 Eddie Mathews
79 Hack Wilson
80 Duke Snider
81 Al Kaline
82 Bob Gibson
83 Frank Robinson
84 Brooks Robinson
85 George Kell
86 Juan Marichal
87 Rick Ferrell
88 Pee Wee Reese
89 Harmon Killebrew
90 Luis Aparicio
91 Lou Brock
92 Arky Vaughan
93 Hoyt Wilhelm
94 Bobby Doerr
95 Willie McCovey
96 Catfish Hunter
97 Willie Stargell
98 Billy Williams
99 Johnny Bench
100 Red Schoendienst
101 Carl Yastrzemski
102 Jim Palmer
103 Joe Morgan
104 Rod Carew
105 Fergie Jenkins
106 Gaylord Perry
107 Tom Seaver
108 Rollie Fingers
109 Reggie Jackson
110 Hal Newhouser
111 Phil Rizzuto
112 Steve Carlton
113 Richie Ashburn
114 Mike Schmidt
115 Jim Bunning
116 Earl Weaver
117 Nellie Fox
118 Phil Niekro
119 Tommy Lasorda
120 Yogi Berra
121 Don Sutton
122 George Brett
123 Nolan Ryan
124 Robin Yount
125 Orlando Cepeda
126 Sparky Anderson
127 Carlton Fisk
128 Tony Perez
129 Bill Mazeroski
130 Kirby Puckett
131 Ozzie Smith
132 Dave Winfield
133 Gary Carter
134 Eddie Murray
135 Dennis Eckersley
136 Paul Molitor
137 Ryne Sandberg
138 Wade Boggs
139 Bruce Sutter
140 Tony Gwynn
141 Cal Ripken Jr.
142 Goose Gossage
143 Dick Williams
144 Rickey Henderson
145 Jim Rice
146 Andre Dawson
147 Roberto Alomar
148 Bert Blyleven
149 Barry Larkin
150 Ron Santo
151 Bowie Kuhn
152 Walter O'Malley
153 Doug Harvey
154 Connie Mack
155 John McGraw
156 Charles Comiskey
157 Buck Ewing
158 Effa Manley
159 Whitey Herzog
160 Nolan Ryan
161 Catfish Hunter
162 Gary Carter
163 Reggie Jackson
164 Joe Morgan
165 Tom Seaver

2013 Panini Cooperstown Blaster

Not sure why I purchased this blaster of 2013 Cooperstown, just saw it on e-bay and thought 'Why not!' Initially opening the box, I was impressed with the bright red packs, but a little underwhelmed by the actual card design. At first glance the sepia-toned pictures were good but didn't excite. However since putting the packs to one side and then getting them out again to write this post, I am more impressed, not just by the depth of players included and the inserts but also the actual card design.
If you're a enthusiast of the backs of cards, then Cooperstown may interest you. Each back features a box score and a short description of the participation of the player depicted.
The addition of the Colgan's Chips is brilliant. At 1 per pack and a 165 card checklist, it is very tempting to go after the entire set. I love this sort of insert in baseball product.

The base set consists of 100 cards, which come in a number of parallels; Green, Blue, Red, Gold, Black Crystal Shard and Matrix. Plus a further 10 colour short printed base cards.
There are inserts; Colgan's Chips, Lumberjacks, Lumberjacks Die Cut, Historic Tickets, Induction, Museum Pieces, Numbers Game and International Play.
There is an interesting looking box topper insert called Pennants, which comes in blue and red.
I purchased a blaster box, which includes 5 packs each containing 6 cards. As a bonus each blaster has three crystal shard parallels. You may notice the box above is a little beaten and battered, the cards were safe except for one pack, which suffered some corner damage.

Pack 1:

#18 Miller Huggins New York

 #39 Dizzy Dean St.Louis

#75 Al Kaline Detroit

#96 Mike Schmidt Philadelphia

#4 1922 World Series historic ticket insert

Satchel Paige  St.Louis chip

 Pack 2:

#14 Honus Wagner Pittsburgh

#27 Paul Waner Pittsburgh

#43 Bobby Doer Boston

#51 Bob Feller Cleveland

#71 Frank Robinson Cincinnati

Jim Bunning  Detroit chip 

Pack 3:

#1 Lou Gehrig New York

#25 Lefty Grove Philadelphia

#56 Stan Musial St.Louis

#82 Rod Carew Minnesota

 #12 Hank Aaron Museum Pieces 

Al Lopez Cleveland chip

 Pack 4:

#9 Johnny Evers Boston

#28 Buck Leonard Homestead Grays

#67 Hoyt Wilhelm Baltimore

#85 Joe Morgan Cincinnati

#20 Catfish Hunter Induction insert

Rickey Henderson chip

Pack 5:

#13 Dan Brouthers Detroit

#41 Carl Hubbell New York

#70 Jim Bunning Philadelphia

#84 Bob Gibson St.Louis

#98 Dave Winfield Toronto

Monte Irvin New York chip

Bonus Crystal Shard pack

#41 Carl Hubbell New York green shard

#84 Bob Gibson St.Louis green shard

#98 Dave Winfield Toronto green shard

I nice enough cross section of inserts, the historic ticket in particular was interesting and I am even more tempted to try and collect the set of Colgan's Chip.