2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Retail

This was a pack in a clearance blaster I bought on the way to the National...it was the first purchase of a long day of card buying and as you'll see it was a great way to start the day...

How did I miss that Troy Glaus is not playing this year?

#157 Troy Glaus Charcoal Border

Next we have Rod Carew...who will always be a Twin....

#103 Rod Carew

Two base cards and then a Pujols relic!  This is by far the best Baseball Heroes card I've ever pulled from a pack and it's my first Pujols relic ever.

#156 Albert Pujols Jersey Relic #133/200

2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Retail

It seems like my local Target is really pushing Baseball Heroes almost like it was a brand new product. The Blasters are on sale and the racks of packs are always filled. I'm not sure if every pack has one of these coupons but it would have been nice to pull this before it expired last Halloween.

#57 Troy Tulowitzki Rookie of the Year Runner Up

#27 Josh Beckett Most AL Wins

#97 Ryan Braun Rookie of the Year [Grey Border]


There was also a Yankee Stadium Legacy card in the pack that I forgot to scan before I packed it up for a trade...I don't remember who it was or even the era it was from...let this card represent my memory of the card:

#179 Jose Reyes/Derek Jeter Salmon Border 153/249

2008 Upper Deck Heroes

I think I like this set more than most. $1.99 retail pack from Target.


#110 Carlos Delgado. This card commemorates Carlos' 400th career homer. I wonder how many of them have been accompanied by "DEL-GOT-IT" on SportsCenter? My guess is 179.


#79 Alex Gordon. From Delgado's 400th to Gordon's first. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Alex isn't going to hit anywhere near 400 in his career. Sorry dude.


YSL 4183 Ron Guidry. Guidry won 25 games in 1978. The Washington Nationals will be lucky to win 25 games by August.


#75 Carlos Lee. This is the one per pack retail parallel. I think UD refers to the color as charcoal. Grey would probably suffice.


#81 Bo Jackson 198/249. Upper Deck doesn't print insert odds on their packs so I'm just going to say that these red parallels come one in every 3483.4 packs. Approximately.

Not a bad pack at all. A numbered parallel, the horse, an old Yankee, a Met (eww...) and Alex Gordon.

For the sake of comparison, here is what Heroes looked like back in 1991.