2005 Upper Deck Pros & Prospects

This series claims to be Pros AND Prospects but all I ever seem to pull are the Pros. As you'll see, this pack was all Pros and the photos and layout reminds me of an Upper Deck version of Stadium Club from the early 00's.

#17 Travis Hafner

#66 Mark Teixeira

#3 Bobby Abreu

#84 Sammy Sosa

#53 Preston Wilson

This card inspires the question, whatever happened to Preston Wilson? After having HUGE statistical seasons in 2000 and 2003 for the Marlins and Rockies, he would be out of the majors four seasons later. In 2009 he was playing for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League. But all that fails to compare to the fact that Mookie Wilson is both Preston's step-father and uncle. Work that one out in your head.

#99 Ken Griffey Jr.

2005 Upper Deck Pros and Prospects

This pack was in the $1.59 bin at Target. Do you ever wonder about how much time you spend staring at high-quality, close-up photos of young men?

79 - Lance Berkman (Berkman is having an awful year. Having had to endure a couple of nights at Minute Maid Park, I have to say I don't really feel any pity for him or their team.)

56 - Craig Wilson

27 - Johan Santana (I like this photo. Santana was coming off of his first Cy Young Award.)

- dummy card

85 - Tim Hudson (Is Hudson good again? I haven't been paying attention.)

38 - Brad Penny (Brad Penny was great for the Cardinals for 9 starts and then fell in a well.)

73 - Roger Clemens (Speaking of wells, someone should really dig a giant hole for time capsule and dump a bunch of Clemens cards in it... and then forget where the hole was dug.)