So here goes. This is a 12 card retail pack.
Here is the front.
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Here is the back.
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First card in the pack:
317 Ryan Doumit
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254 Edwin Jackson
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222 Curtis Granderson
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This is what the backs look like.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm92uRzDkHzylMYboNfkGZOorwlKiS4mNnkPKPKPr3xZe3St1EH_28ElIGgrF3bfqeypFSMgT8xANFrqAPCpNusBUv6k5UDku4uXATXcL4pNMZq0D0n9xVviv5KhQ7sK2BERU3vXcmaW0/s400/topps2010+granderson+back.jpg)
92 David Eckstein
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227 Josh Thole
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIeKYPqOq8aZXiWy8zfnfnKqTp3FusT94L3iqL-VBg99TelRu4Szt_0GJsnT1NewGL1PsymR8-ajIV-T0s_IcEKhH7K1g76bQUv7zeocBSCFHRwyYVw-jUj5rAjVydiAneMJk_aBQdOI0/s400/topps2010+thole.jpg)
328 Chicago Cubs
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The back lists HR, RBI, AVG, Wins, Strikeouts and ERA leaders for the Cubs. I'm too lazy to scan the back, but it's a photo of Lou Pinella.
CMT-24 (Cards Your Mom Threw Out)
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Here's the back.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq8WYexA-o7GjWA3fiTXKa5eslIeg68YcPde-VxejPDMoE0ORjK_62Rma1QjIXskaEuE9MAAFs-oxin0zZqzxoFNvvzX-oxB9exUfriEZgMEbwHvCgeCccGZeohsfdttGmYstof1dMV8/s400/topps2010+yount+back.jpg)
TOG-2
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-OQHVubrn399cOXbqY6NjkKHHTlWNFEyZWheQsvGvCF5TYOBtdk-eHg8ZJ1jizPCcR4tO1Wl8UDcyev6fQgW74LkW9YINwvz1tLpYz3xysUGNdBdEwWPdFNBAUGjyNjVLg7jjhW65BE/s400/topps2010+totg+ruth+front.jpg)
This card details The Curse of the Bambino.
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TTT9 Roy Halladay
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhvbobeHvfzJObwpAftiBj142oCHzu44CEqGtYxyQp_2sO0P88TeN7KDwT_zhFjMZ_cRqUiGu6q67eoqurrhLNAQnwxWKcMlJm37xNPeciaxUIGHAnsVEj6cYqS9CKH-Dx0ibIMoYiIU/s400/topps2010+halladay+TT.jpg)
I'm kind of tired of the old Toppstown cards. These are a welcome change.
240 Ricky Romero
185 Hideki Matsui
74 Casey Blake
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I don't like the big swoosh thing on the side. I do like the big Team logo and the player name with a silver background is kind of nice. Maybe it's just me, but I don't like the photos in the cards so far. The only one that I even sort of like is the Mets card and I think that it's because it's a cool action shot.
10 comments:
Alright...I like the play at the plate. Still haven't seen any of these.
I can't stand the enormous logos. I'd be interested to find out what percentage of the cards have part of the player obscured by the team logos.
I actually have seen quite a few photos that were a step up from last years product in my mind, but I totally agree when it comes to that damn color swoosh on the side. It like fades into the photo and in a lot of cases the color of the swoosh just matches the dominant color of the photo too well. Examples would be the Josh Thole and the Cubs cards.
I am mixed on the swoosh - it is nice to have an accent on the card, but I hate to take up space on the photo.
I do like the photography so far, maybe I will change my opinion when I see the actual cards, or when I see UDs offering. After the disaster of 2008 all cards look good to me.
I like the design, but I never have cared for cards featuring players' backsides. It seems like this set has a lot of them.
I thought UD 08 was pretty nice. Good photos, printing quality, and cardstock as they usually have. The design wasn't half bad in my mind. Now, 07 UD that was a lousy design.
Am I the only person who likes 07 UD? I should start a support group.
Cards Your Mom Threw Out is a very odd name for an insert set. Also, the back of that Yount card strikes me as praising themselves a bit too much.
I agree about the swoosh. If it were a little more subtle, or even absent, the logos would look less dominant.
I am just thrilled, though, about two different photos appearing on the front and the back of each card in a base product.
I can't stand how lazy some set development has been in recent years with either repeated / cropped versions of the same photo on the same card.
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