I had a moment of weakness this morning. There was a blaster of Stadium Club that I bought a few weeks ago squirreled away in the trunk of my car that was being saved to do another live rip face off against Hand Collated. After ripping and posting the blaster I got this weekend though, I got it out of the car and opened that sucka. I wasn't planning to post this, but I think it's worthy of examination.
80 Ryan Braun
82 Manny Ramirez
56 Garrett Atkins
119 Jed Lowrie RC
51 Ichiro 1st Day
1 Chase Utley
85 Matt Holliday
50 David Wright
53 Josh Hamilton
93 Ty Cobb 1st Day
WTFRC?
133 Chin-Lung Hu RC
125 Josh Banks RC
13 Alex Rodriguez
109 Garrett Mock RC
48 John Lackey 1st Day
23 Tom Glavine
142 Greg Smith RC
74 Rich Harden
38 Hunter Pence
99 Ted Williams 1st Day
41 Adrian Gonzalez
143 Nick Blackburn RC
62 Joba Chamberlain
92 Mickey Mantle
36 Troy Tulowitzki
43 Felix Hernandez
34 Brian Roberts
136 Jay Bruce RC
5 Russ Martin
135 Jeff Niemann RC 1st Day
57 Joe Mauer
28 Ryan Church
35 Ken Griffey Jr
64 Victor Martinez
126 Mitch Boggs RC 1st Day
16 Jake Peavy
145 Clay Buchholz
44 Magglio Ordonez
100 Tom Seaver
147 Radhames Liz RC 1st Day
Notice anything? Any similarities? Here, let me help you out. Here are the contents of the two blasters put together and sorted by numerical order. I have colored box 1's contents red and box 2's contents green to add some Christmassy flavor:
1 Chase Utley
1 Chase Utley
5 Russ Martin
5 Russ Martin
6 Curtis Granderson 1st Day
9 Alfonso Soriano 1st Day
13 Alex Rodriguez 13 Alex Rodriguez
14 Prince Fielder
15 Alex Gordon 1st Day
16 Jake Peavy
16 Jake Peavy
23 Tom Glavine
23 Tom Glavine
28 Ryan Church
28 Ryan Church
34 Brian Roberts
34 Brian Roberts
35 Ken Griffey Jr
35 Ken Griffey Jr
36 Troy Tulowitzki
38 Hunter Pence
38 Hunter Pence
41 Adrian Gonzalez
41 Adrian Gonzalez
43 Felix Hernandez
43 Felix Hernandez
44 Magglio Ordonez
48 John Lackey 1st Day
50 David Wright
50 David Wright
51 Ichiro 1st Day
53 Josh Hamilton
53 Josh Hamilton
56 Garrett Atkins
56 Garrett Atkins
57 Joe Mauer
57 Joe Mauer
62 Joba Chamberlain
62 Joba Chamberlain
64 Victor Martinez
64 Victor Martinez
74 Rich Harden
74 Rich Harden
80 Ryan Braun
80 Ryan Braun
82 Manny Ramirez
82 Manny Ramirez
85 Matt Holliday
85 Matt Holliday
87 Jimmy Rollins 1st Day
88 Hideki Matsui
92 Mickey Mantle
92 Mickey Mantle
93 Ty Cobb 1st Day
99 Ted Williams 1st Day
100 Tom Seaver
109 Garrett Mock RC
109 Garrett Mock RC
119 Jed Lowrie RC
119 Jed Lowrie RC
125 Josh Banks RC
125 Josh Banks RC
126 Mitch Boggs RC 1st Day
129 Elliot Johnson RC 1st Day
130 Brian Barton RC 1st Day
131 Sean Rodriguez RC
133 Chin-Lung Hu RC
133 Chin-Lung Hu RC
135 Jeff Niemann RC 1st Day
136 Jay Bruce RC
136 Jay Bruce RC
141 Mike Aviles RC 1st Day
142 Greg Smith RC
142 Greg Smith RC
143 Nick Blackburn RC
143 Nick Blackburn RC
144 Justin Ruggiano RC 1st Day
145 Clay Buchholz
147 Radhames Liz RC 1st Day
So, um... Yeah. Looks like a candy cane. I think this can be accurately described as a blaster disaster. To that guy who stated he needed a lot of cards out of that first box? E-mail me dude... Albuqwirke gets first dibs though, as this isn't the last Stadium Club post for today.
6 comments:
That Ted Williams card is awesome! I only picked up a couple of retail packs of this stuff, didn't pull any of the legends cards and gave up...
I posted my blaster comparison with your blasters here:
http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2008/12/stadium-club-deja-vu-again.html
I don't have the doubles you have, but I have a feeling all I'd have to do is go out to the store right now and buy another blaster, and I'd get me yet another Nick Blackburn, Joba Chamberlain, Joe Mauer, etc.
IF you are willing to get rid of the Ted Williams I need it.
You think that's bad?
When I bought my first two packs of UD Timelines, I got THREE DOUBLES.
So are all of your rookies the "a" variation (that is, photo on front matching the back), or do you also have some of the "b" variations?
I noticed the same thing. I bought only two retail packs of TSC this year, and when I compared them to two other packs I saw on APAD, they matched up at a rate of 60-70%. The collation is just really bad in this set.
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