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Hey everybody, happy National Trading Card Day!
Okay not really (it's actually April 3rd), but I do have this pack to share with you that commemorated the day in 2004. See:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCocj7sLr4RZEo1YubBkvK8lRN7PfGf5kb0b49AcmmJjW2v9exScoU9v4uaWxo1jTI2ww44ZTJK5LTvmT9T-VLiuwlv_WeeL9oU6VsXTUn0pN-jpOb4oUb-uhtXfc8larq7HhfHE_d-mbr/s320/NationalPackFront.jpg)
Ewwww, LeBron's on the front...boooooooo. But hey, I can get cards from 5 different sports, including MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, & Golf! COOL! I wonder who I'll get first...maybe Albert Pujols, or Paul Pierce, or Tom Brady...
Nope. None of the above. It's a golfer. And it's a she. Random!
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#1 Annika Sorenstam - Okay, not so random - the 15 cards are in number order from 1 to 15, so anyone who got this pack would pull her first. So hats off to Upper Deck for making card #1 a female in a male dominated set, but hats back on since there's no variety in a pack. Ah well, it's still all new to me right? Here's the back of her card:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEise85H8lks6RF_uSWCjkICKO1690TKHQ7d2XyQSNQ5oCMeyIOLAMOFj6IU7dPGQfyOEwINHVESKFN6FMuy6Qc8-2GrQFhTIbN3T4QUefisMVrC6h-2K_MsIVrT96oQNxanU4Q-F0PnXdCh/s320/Nat1Back.jpg)
Little blurb, vital stats, picture recap...and that'll do 'er!
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#2 - Hideki Matsui - Starting things off internationally apparently with Sweeden and Japan...tricky tricky. Was Matsui really big enough in 2004 to be included in this set? I'd argue no, but what do I know?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_RRFvhJ2CBgJAubl0h2qvh19CGcjGtq8o3DQe7OLD3gHvnFDsVvIlH5W2M-ZzeIIqo4HDr0UWVDrZ4JZMM1M7OFKhEJ9laBF7LElJhIoeTgc-8pR45zYhqMaWUcmdLKYUWn1vl7PUrut/s320/Nat3.jpg)
#3 Ichiro - Continuing the international theme, we have Ichiro, who certainly deserves to be in this set. I also like the color scheme for his card with that teal-y-ness.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCb8oBo-CDscnjOlHLcvoJM46KNq5E9rg8V1Nb0exvadwfad8_IoVb3WjBesPQSifHctOSGPk-bHfabB_sYgCalLLA56tHLjcZMjOsMUhXDgZGvHkhceFMaVVZYvl0CZxRY-RjmcxAiALl/s320/Nat4.jpg)
#4 Jack Nicklaus - Good old Columbus, OH breaks up the non-U.S. monotony. The back of the card calls him the "greatest golfer of all time." I don't disagree.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxl25zeeOGJ7l-4oqzQ-_8qaovI3ofQYnkio2r8R69TVWIV00Rfo4eoumAefSm418IZSqi8KvQJfR2HxQLM8nXEyp9Cw132bve8vKx_GBYp4EroEERhRTDJg8WvmL5EmXywe4wzeqHiLC/s320/Nat5.jpg)
#5 - Ken Griffey Jr. - 13 homeruns and a .247 average in 2003. Riding on those mid 90's coattails. But man, they were good coattails.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhpcuIW_dcF-fIBQd6xAqU_uv1Bsp9r4lsIdFXznZAVF7dZn59uFIR7m8-n1Dkv4sa7LSpvo2Z3-L4EoSMhhRrrQTGxvQrNsdlttqFIi0-68C92jpE3jxaMFmSpy_G6gZkq8AVrZdqYtx/s320/Nat6.jpg)
#6 Kevin Garnett - Ooo a basketball card of a current Celtic! Sadly this is where the pack goes downhill, starting with...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wwjoshvq1p7WyeTCOww3dXuFDawo_dxMZaEdh3ZWMWXC41x1HvLYxTKWHBxnHoRx5h0SwjpA9WVGgeMeXc6eXwNA_233Fac01IjC5YPxD46Q-62vgXdcqjoDORoysjFGJ122bon1XrCq/s320/Nat7.jpg)
#7 LeBron James - Ewwwww. It's kind of a rookie card, but he's kind of a douche.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPe22BR3s0XEHMkSHRcLUS61N-qi8VhSkKgj8XiH4R3AknLptgAtSh2-ydbW42mL6cAvQo7APNoUK7mXaZz2ToXlGLqs6YKiVlMeiz0Af7-orz_dwE01UPN-3Sla6stqVu8TME_jEsUiz/s320/Nat8.jpg)
#8 Michael Jordan - One of the greatest of all time, but also the precursor to Brett Favre. Luckily Favre is having a MJ-with-the-Wizards-esque final run this year.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sMsNo_suHpc2NEJlIpciMaKS3-ZftyJbjCy43wAGMK9buJGJR-UKaPZ5-frFl2y-20JvOGVhQn8c_m5oNAWwN39LjwT4Wg0uUx_S_8iKE_x644iQqkTH_y-knSUImLdLOfLWxVNA9Nmd/s320/Nat9.jpg)
#9 A Bunch of Cleveland Browns - Okay, so really it's a Michael Vick card, but
the Browns actually WON that game in 2003, so I had to mention them. Kevin Johnson and William Green scored 4th quarter touchdowns leading to a 24-16 Browns victory. Suck on that Vick!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAReaJmeLWdGpDKkB2KTP2h1CbBmzb1fskS4uT8-iAQVkDMgJhuOpB-XSpYjWhYfHNstFqSLu_DbQJRttqSM4Pf1sGG7T-ixI0YZx0Qp3eJNhimBZXm_PkwdLTv4SKACKvZiil-Lf2D4j/s320/Nat10.jpg)
#10 Patrick Roy - Certainly one of the best goalies ever, if only for messing with Americans who have to try to pronounce his name correctly. I was stunned as a kid when I realized it was not pronounced Roy, but rather "Rue-ah." Crazy Canadians!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQdQ0VvuG5QGlEn9ncJ68nSrPZ-pUWP2qsUMrQFY1sak0NIpmPp55ysE-zOnedFz-bD_EINh_rKd4CDCwgL_-GS8fM0tF1McWz60v7XursaTKP_nKXc3jz7kAsFDOZ0vCKvC0QMGGFkND/s320/Nat11.jpg)
#11 Peyton Manning - As a Browns fan and a Patriots fan...booooo. Not as bad as LeBron, but boooo.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2nNPwImoSv3Gw_dNDYTy5roRBOri6basipey4ebD6TA6rhsjt1Kw6f9yd8WCkuEFFE6GhVLCx5gwH3bQOtAr1XJCuy_FI8gF3Pefx6Ovk6xnQBNYyB7ZptfiH9JOhMxjc_l7gqqhecuv/s320/Nat12.jpg)
#12 Sammy Sosa - Oh Sammy...How we used to love you so...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZh-8GC21jbmboUgwWHw6RtcFVRUGX_4302T1a6hlwI6mzvucJr2NJgq7GdMnXRWo8_LqEUKDeeXDrNffGRYXKa23uOXSR6UqkMbUzT2qNPgEUH5jk7SzDT2rZ0O5j5gxvPN4MfJrOcJ_U/s320/Nat13.jpg)
#13 Sergio Garcia - Brief pack upswing (literally) just before...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9QlkA5kLSaf-CfH9xGKpIDAP-nT0qBdjUDdohsGlmrOQ7-lLRkhENEbtZOk7kqz1Oab1bXZVSHbsTz_JPeg40xelUsSMrivt-YfgA09GklMaFSkPt5tr3IMyREweAGCbtJu-zBcMVTAs/s320/Nat14.jpg)
#14 Tiger Woods - This guy goes and ruins everything. Tiger AND Peyton AND LeBron? Throw in the Favre I got in the box from Troll and damn...what an unfortunate set. Ah well, one more card left to check out...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdApKIo88vC6ELFmO9FybVXndUfny5O6wSWxq5vFvBqgzP2ccFpJrW66ocYHHkCrihfcbtQeHMXi3DjGSh-aCqui2Cs8QZmqx8b8Fo_yo1zUPOdGazK5AaH4oqkNm6FF07e-M5SWogueu/s320/Nat15.jpg)
#15 Wayne Gretzky - Cool, the Great One, I can dig that. Nice finish! Oh but wait, there's the insert:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYof4XNbHiotHK_GO5A3uPmQ6XOuUoDjfbP4817wsj9M5VwMz1Xf5Km_pk0mHmYxdMebs9EsnC2BflItMLUr6i-hLjLe4Gs5XqZiBhhCJ2Ir-jFpSrynD59lrjqkvt0FZvBgp0zgcwtGfZ/s320/Nat16.jpg)
I would've shown you the back, but it says "Win an experience with Ken Griffey Jr.," and that creeped me out. What kind of "experience" do I win? Do I even want to know? They said you could go to www.upperdeckkids.com to find out, but I don't think I really want to know. So I'll stop the pack there, no research needed!
- SpastikMooss
3 comments:
Wow... Great post! I bought like 20 of these packs, but never actually ripped one. Interested to see what was in there. Not impressed, but interested...
Cool, I like it. Even with some of sports' most omnipresent douches. :)
Word Verification: aries
Ugh... LeBron James and Michael Vick? Where's John Rocker?
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