2007 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects

Nothing remarkable happened in this pack...EXCEPT...scroll down

#BDP3 Justin Upton
#BDP9 Jesus Flores


#BDPP42 Daniel Descalso Chrome
#BDP16 Zack Segovia Chrome

#BDPP107 Cameron Maybin
#BDPP106 Michael Saunders


A JERSEY CARD! This fall 1:24 packs so I got lucky. Morales pitched in 40 games in 2009 mainly as a middle reliever.

#BDPP74 Franklin Morales Jersey

2004 Upper Deck Diamond Collection

I hadn't heard about this particular set until finding it apart of a repackage that I bought last week. Didn't know about it and probably won't think much about it after this. No great cards, there's some nice foil stamping, but beyond that there isn't much to say.

#36 Mike Lowell


#65 Jim Thome


#81 Jim Edmonds


#22 Adam Dunn


Two contest cards to pick the All-Star lineup.

AS-EC Eric Chavez
AS-JJ Jacque Jones



#78 Bret Boone
#52 Javier Vazquez
#116 Ryan Meaux
#42 Rondell White
#45 Shawn Green
#63 Tim Hudson

1991 Upper Deck Football

During my recent vacation a few weeks ago I bought a box of 1991 Upper Deck Football [their first year making football cards] for $15.00. The main attraction here is the possibility of finding a Brett Favre rookie. And as luck would have it I pulled one...here's the pack:


Football Heroes #7 of 9

#13 Brett Favre Star Rookie

His first and probably worst photo on an Upper Deck card.

Zubaz Baby! They're still for sale by the way...

#450 Team MVP Checklist

Some commons:

#301 Andre Ware
#266 John Stephens
#187 Dave Waymer
#198 John Alt
#60 Wayne Haddix
#493 Dwayne Harper
#349 Nate Odomes
#260 Drew Hill
#431 Freeman McNeil

2003 Fleer Tradition - Hobby

The 2003 Fleer Tradition set features current players coupled with the design of Fleer's original 1963 set - well original set with current players. They did have earlier sets which we will briefly discuss later in the post.

I picked up this pack at a recent card show to couple with a few packs of 04 Topps Heritage to a round dollar amount.

This set consists of 485 cards, with the first 100 short printed and the most desirable. There are also Relic "Hits" inserted 1:20. Hobby Packs contain 10 cards, Lets have a look:


Base Cards (click to enlarge)

#392 Jason Kendall
#292 Ryan Klesko
#166 Gary Sheffield
#139 Marty Cordova
#297 Jeff Conine
#362 Alex Cintron


#469 Sammy Sosa Banner Season
CL #2? Jeter Puzzle I think
#57 Former Cowboys QB Drew Henson (SP)
#427 Jake Peavy


The Inserts with Henson and Peavy:


Flip Sides of the above:


This pack turned out ok - No Phils although Conine was a future Phil at the time. Couple of Orioles and a somewhat noteworthy short print. The Sosa card was probably pretty bangin insert back in 03. Peavy is easily the best of the bunch among active players.

The Sosa insert mimics the design of the 1961 Fleer cards which featured baseball greats such as Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb, Cy Young and many others.

I don't have any of the '63 cards in my collection, but these appear to be pretty faithful to the originals - except that they are almost all action shots. This pack was a throw in pack and it was entertaining enough - Most are up for trade, I will probably keep the Conine and the Henson.

1981 Topps Baseball

#479 Tim Raines/Bobby Pate/Roberto Ramos

There was a time when this was one of the most sought after cards in this set.


#205 Pete Rose At-Bats Record

Hit To Win Contest Card

This is a million times better than any contest card Topps has recently made.
I got two great team photo cards.

#671 A's Team Photo
#677 Cincinnati Reds Photo



Commons:

#162 Doug Corbett
#292 Mike Squires
#288 Bob Clark
#246 Ed Ott
#224 Pat Zachry
#579 Tim Flannery
#166 Floyd Bannister
#524 Willie Aikens
#542 Larry Bradford


#42 Jerry White
#721 Toby Harrah


You can see the carnage that the gum did to the back of the Jerry White card.

2007-08 Fleer Ultra Basketball

Here's the first pack of repack box that (unfortunately for my wallet) further rekindled my interest in basketball cards. This pack didn't do a whole lot on its own to do that, but you've got to start somewhere, right?

26 - Andres Nocioni (Nocioni is one of the lesser known Argentinian NBA players - the best known being Manu Ginobili. He recently headed to the sinking pit of a franchise that is the Sacramento Kings after spending the first part of his career with the perpetually up and coming Bulls.)

6 - Shelden Williams (This pack is a little older than I thought, as I did a double take when I saw the Hawks old jerseys. I like their current jerseys, but I wonder what made them decide to pretty much go away from red altogether.)

85 - Luke Walton (Ugh, a Laker, and not even a good Laker.)

175 - Ray Allen (Ray Allen left the Sonics behind and then the Sonics left Seattle behind and became the abomination of a franchise that they are today.)

SC-21 - Ben Wallace Season Crowns (Ben Wallace has been in decline ever since he left Detroit. When this offensively challenged player lost his usefulness on defense, he pretty much became a worthless player.)

Does anyone collect basketball cards at all? Drop me a line if anyone is up for a trade (hint: I don't intend to keep any of this stuff if it's not Blazers-related.)

1991 Topps Baseball

It's hard to believe but we haven't opened a 1991 Topps Baseball pack yet and I think this pack is the perfect example of what collectors ran into with this set.

We have one interesting card of the 15 and it is probably only interesting to me because it's an early Tom Gordon as a Royal card.

#248 Tom Gordon

It is a crap fest after that:

#191 Willie Blair
#164 Edgar Diaz
#179 Pete Harnisch
#88 Bob Tewksbury
#621 Ted Power
#445 Greg Swindell
#366 Checklist #3
#91 Greg Colbrunn
#513 Jerald Clark



#562 Jeff Kunkel
#503 Roy Smith
#602 Casey Candaele
#603 Wes Chamberlain
#254 Shawn Boskie

1991 Topps Desert Storm

Maybe it's just me but I think American in general might be a little more supportive of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan if we had some kick ass trading cards highlighting what is going on like we did in Iraq War I.

#57 USS America


Sticker #17 Desert Storm Logo

#87 The Pentagon


#6 Admiral Frank Kelso Navy Chief of Staff


And the rest:

#67 Aegis Control Center
#18 The French Mirage F-1
#41 Tanks Line Up
#58 Destroyer Ships
#86 Sunset on the F-14

1982 Topps Baseball

Another old pack with no guarantee that some dirty pack searcher hasn't had their way with it. Paid $2.00 for it.

The "hits"

#30 Tom Seaver

This was the first card in the pack! Frickin' Tom Seaver...how great is that.

#401 Johnny Bench In Action


Plus not one but two cards of Jack Morris in home and away jerseys...

#450 Jack Morris

#556 Jack Morris All-Star


#730 Gary Carter


#91 Carney Lansford

It's not too clear on the card but Carney's wearing glasses which makes this card damn near perfect in my book.

Sticker #259 1981 World Series Game 5

This was inserted into my pack and I don't know enough about the 1982 set if this is a one per pack thing or something "special."


#92 Brad Havens
#221 Jim Slaton
#532 Toby Harrah
#420 George Hendrick
#112 Billy Sample
#257 Larry Harlow
#702 Steve Renko
#17 Darrell Evans
#13 Lamar Johnson

2009-10 O-Pee-Chee Hockey retail

I stopped by Target today to pick up a bubble mailer to send Thorzul some swag for his Trade Me Anything event. I tried not to get anything from the card aisle, but I was sucked in there anyway. Damn you Matt for posting that Targets have Mayo! Luckily there was no Mayo to tempt me, but I still broke down and picked up one pack. One little pack, what could it hurt? I can quit at any time, IT'S JUST ONE PACK. I don't even like hockey anymore, ten dismal years from the Thrashers have sucked the Hockey Love right out of my system. The only reason I haven't abandoned the Thrash altogether and jumped on the Red Wing bandwagon is that Evander Kane looks like he could be a really good player. I saw him pick up his first NHL point with an assist when I stumbled upon a game earlier this year and I was pleasantly surprised. Let's check out the pack, shall we?


One pack of hockey cards. One pack that turned out to have been pre-OPENED. What cretin is frequenting my local Target?? This is not the first time shenanigans have occurred in that card aisle. The results were actually not too bad:

CBH39 Jason Spezza Canadian Heroes

I think this was the cuplrit behind the opening. Aforementioned cretin found a pack with a thick card inside (and these inserts are pretty thick) and ripped the pack to swipe the jersey. However, there was no jersey to be found. This card is shiny and foiley and is one in 72 packs so what the heck. I also like the "SENS" on the sweater.

557 Al MacInnis

This is a retro? high number? Short print? thingy. I's Al MacInnis, which is cool. Of all the cards in this pack, this will be the one I end up keeping.

SL16 Tim Thomas Save Percentage Leader

This is some kind of insert card. It's shiny enough... I don't know who the heck Tim Thomas is, but he's obsiously a pretty good goalie and I like the Bruins logo on the sweater. This is how far I have fallen as a hockey fan. I'm judging cards based on their fashion statement and not the player.

148 Keith Tkachuk

UGH. The Thrashers traded a player and THREE draft picks for 18 games and a first round playoff sweep worth of this guy. The damn Thrashers have totally killed hockey for me. This is the base card design. It's, uh, kinda ugly. The product logo should not be 5 times the size of the player name and those eeees on the border are hideous.

270 Fredrik Modin

I can't even figure out who this guy plays for. Hey, Upper Deck. No team name on the front is a good idea beacause...? How did these jokers get an exclusive.

So there's my first and last pack of hockey cards this season. If anyone want's 'em (except the Al Mac), pester me. Any of youse hockey heads out there that can provide me with a card of Evander Kane, you shall be handsomely rewarded.