The packs are unassuming and don't let on, but inside you'll find colored borders you can find no where else. This is the Wal-Mart pack, which went with an Easter blue look.
US271 - Eric O'Flaherty - I can't say I know who this is. Of course, with players in Update, that's not uncommon.
US115 - Kerry Wood - I know who this guy is! I think this came in the same blaster as the Anniversary sparkly. Not a bad purchase from the player collection standpoint. Only 5 more parallels to go!
US129 - Brooks Conrad - Another Brave. I really have a knack for finding Braves cards.
US239 - J.J. Hardy - He looks just as thrilled with the border choice as I am.
US256 - Mark Kotsay - Diamond Anniversary Parallel - Even the diamond effect can't make this picture exciting.
US202 - Derrek Lee - I really liked Derrek on the Cubs. It's a shame he couldn't have finished his career with us, but I don't think he would have made the Theo/Hoyer cut if he hadn't been traded.
US59 - Matt Kemp - The All-Star cards are your best bets at finding good players. I don't like it when they just use their normal team uniforms for the All-Star games. What's wrong with an NL and AL look?
US163 - Adrian Beltre - Speaking of AL All-Stars. Take a knee, Beltre. We're done here.I don't know why Wal-Mart decided to go for the Opening Day light blue borders with Update when the rest of 2011 was the tried and true black background format. I don't like it, especially for it's similiarity to Opening Day. Still, I walked away with the Kerry Wood, so I guess it's not all bad.
1 comment:
IMHO, I don't think the blues do as much justice to the cards that the Target Reds do. I think they need a darker blue, especially since this blue is the same that they use on the OD parallels.
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