2023 CARD SHOW - PART 3: THE DEALER WHO COLLECTS - MISCELLANEOUS

THERE WERE OTHER CHEAPO CARDS IN THE BOX ALONG WITH THE ARCHIVES AND IT IS THE LAW THAT I HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE CARD IN ANY BOX WHERE I FIND ONE (1) COOL CARD. THERE WERE NOT ONLY RANDOM-ASS QUARTER CARDS BUT ALSO DOLLAR CARDS AND A FEW TEAM BAGS FULL OF STUFF FROM ASSORTED ODDBALL SETS. THIS LAST THING WILL BECOME VERY IMPORTANT LATER. I ADDED A FEW THINGS TO MY ARCHIVES PILE SHORTLY BEFORE THINGS WENT COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS. LET'S START WITH THE EXPENSIVE CARDS THAT COST A WHOLE DOLLAR

IF YOU SEE A CARD FROM 1954 FOR A BUCK, YOU BUY IT NO QUESTIONS ASKED NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. IF IT'S A 1954 TOPPS SCOOP CARD OF THE FRIGGIN MOON YOU GRAB IT IMMEDIATELY. LONG TIME READERS KNOW I LOVE CARDS OF SPACE SO THIS FITS INTO THE COLLECTION VERY NICELY. THE SET FEATURES A TON OF HISTORICAL EVENTS INCLUDING QUITE A FEW THAT PRE-DATE AMERICA SO IT'S NEAT TO SEE A CARD LIKE THIS THAT CELEBRATES SOME REAL CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY

THE BACKS ARE COOLER THAN THE FRONTS IN MY OPINION. THEY ALL HAVE A NEWSPAPER HEADLINE DESIGN AND THEY USE ACTUAL EXISTING  NEWSPAPER MASTHEADS. SOMETIMES THE CITY CORRELATES TO THE NEWS EVENT, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. THE ATLANTA JOURNAL STORY IS FOR THE WRIGHT BROTHERS' FIRST FLIGHT AND THE CONSTITUTION TELLS OF A FLOOD ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. I SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT TRACKING DOWN THOSE TWO CARDS ALONG WITH THE CARD DETAILING THE BRAVES' MOVE TO MILWAUKEE EVENTUALLY

THE DOLLAR BOX ALSO HAD ABOUT A DOZEN 2007 GOUDEY SHORT PRINTS WHICH MADE ME SUPER EXCITED. I HAVEN'T ADDED TO THAT SET IN YEARS AND WAS HOPEFUL TO FIND SOME NEW ADDITIONS TO THE BINDER. UNFORTUNATELY THIS MUSIAL WAS THE ONLY ONE I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE BUT I FOUND A SHORT PRINT MUSIAL FOR A BUCK WHICH IS PRETTY GREAT

THERE WERE SOME RANDO EIGHT FOR A BUCK CARDS ASIDE FROM THE ARCHIVES THAT WAS STUFFED WITH OLD TOPPS INSERTS AND LEGENDS SETS AND SUCH. THE ONLY THINGS I PICKED OUT WERE THESE HORRIBLY ANNOYING 2003 BLUE/RED BACK INSERTS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DISASTROUS INSERT SETS OF THE 00S. NOT ONLY DID TOPPS NOT INCLUDE CARD NUMBERS OF ANY KIND ON THE TWO SETS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF PLAYER OVERLAP BETWEEN SERIES ONE AND TWO. THE SET ISN'T EVEN 52 CARDS! IT'S 40 EACH SERIES! THE SET WAS COMPLETELY HALF-ASSED BUT I BOUGHT A TRUCKLOAD OF PACKS IN 03 SO I HAVE LIKE HALF THE SET ALREADY. HAD I NOT GOT MY TOPPS INSERT WANTLISTS SORTED THROUGH 2009 THESE WOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE BOX

THESE RED BACKS ARE FROM SERIES TWO. SERIOUSLY, WHY IS THERE NO CARD NUMBER ANYWHERE ON THE CARD? NOT ON THE FRONT, NOT ON THE BACK. THIS ISN'T EVEN THE STUPIDEST INSERT FROM 2003! THE RECORD BREAKERS SET DOES THAT STUPID INITIAL NUMBERING SYSTEM THAT WRECKED SO MANY SETS IN THE 00S

THESE CARDS ARE A WHO'S WHO OF DISREGARDED 00S STARS. J-ROLL HAS AN MVP AT LEAST. I GENERALLY LIKE THE ORIGINAL 51 SET (NOT SO MUCH THE RECENT REIMAGININGS) BUT THE ACTUAL GAME ASPECT OF THE CARDS SEEMS KIND OF AWFUL. HALF THE CARDS ARE BALLS OR STRIKES OR FOULS OR EVEN BALKS AND IT SEEMS LIKE A GAME WOULD TAKE FOREVER WITH ALL THE FULL COUNTS YOU'D END UP WITH AND YOU'D HAVE TO RESHUFFLE THE CARDS A HUNDRED TIMES TO GET THROUGH 9 INNINGS. NOT TO MENTION THE INEVITABILITY OF SOME ASSHOLE KID WITH TOO MUCH POCKET MONEY HOARDING ALL THE AL ZARILLA CARDS AND STASHING A COUPLE IN HIS SOCK TO THROW OUT AT OPPORTUNE TIMES. ANYWAY, WHY DO I COLLECT THIS STUFF

1983 TOPPS FOOTBALL INSERT STICKERS I KNOW WHY I COLLECT. I FRIGGIN LOVE 1983 TOPPS FOOTBALL. IT'S GOT A GREAT DESIGN AND HAD A COOL INSERT GIMMICK WITH THE STICKER CARDS. I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF PACKS IN THE DAY BUT A LOT OF THE STICKERS DETERIORATED AND THE BORDERS FELL OFF. THERE WAS A TEAM BAG FULL OF THEM FOR A QUARTER A POP AND I MANAGED TO FIND FIVE I NEEDED. JOE THEISMANN WAS A HUGE STAR IN THE 80S AND IS STILL A POPULAR ANNOUNCER BUT WHEN I HEAR ABOUT HIM TODAY IT'S USUALLY IN REFERENCE TO THAT LEG INJURY. LIFE AIN'T FAIR

THESE ARE SOME GREAT 80S FOOTBALL NAMES. THIS LITTLE PILE BROUGHT A WHOLE LOT OF NICE NOSTALGIA TO ME. THE DESIGN IS PRETTY AWESOME AS WELL. CAN YOU TELL I WAS RUNNING ON FUMES WHEN I WROTE THIS. IT'S BEEN A ROUGH YEAR

THERE'S NOT ONLY STICKERS, BUT PUZZLES! THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT PUZZLES ON THE BACK WITH PICS FROM THE SUPER BOWL I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO A COMPLETE PUZZLE BUT A LOT OF THE CARDS HAVE THESE COMPLETED PUZZLE BACKS SINCE THE SET IS NOT DIVISIBLE BY NINE

THERE WERE ALSO A DECENT PILE OF 1991 ARCHIVES CARDS IN THE BOX. I'M FAIRLY CLOSE TO COMPLETING THAT SET SO THE ONLY ONE I NEEDED WAS THIS SATCHEL PAIGE CARD. I WOULDA BOUGHT IT ANYWAY OF COURSE BUT I DID JUST PROUDLY PUT IT INTO THE BINDER TO COMPLETE A PAGE JUST MOMENTS AGO. REMEMBER WHEN I SAID THE SELLER WAS CHATTING WITH ME ABOUT ARCHIVES SETS IN THE LAST POST? THAT WAS PLOTTING, THAT WAS SCHEMING. HE SAW A BIG FAT FISH IN FRONT OF HIM AND THAT FISH WAS ABOUT TO GET A HOOK. HE ASKED IF I WAS COLLECTING THE 91 ARCHIVES SET AND I REPLIED WITH A HELL YEAH. WOULD I LIKE SOME MORE 91 ARCHIVES? HE ASKED AND PULLED OUT A MONSTER BOX OF CARDS. A MONSTER BOX PRICED AT TWENTY-FIVE BUCKS (SOUND FAMILIAR?) THAT WAS FILLED WITH CARDS INCLUDING AN ENTIRE ROW OF ARCHIVES AND OTHER ASSORTED LEGENDS SETS 

OH NOEZ! YA BOY'S IN TROUBLE. WILL I ESCAPE THE LURE OF YET ANOTHER BOX FULL OF JUNK OR AM I WALKING OUT OF THE SHOW EARLY WITH A GIANT BOX-O-CRAP UNDER MY ARM? IF YOU READ THE FIRST POST YOU CAN PROBABLY FIGURE IT OUT, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T! YA GOTTA WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT

OH LAWD YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR 😱

Joy of a complete set: 2007 Goudey base set

After years of searching the Shawn Green green back card that had eluded me for years popped up in a dime box. I don't have all the short prints yet, but I'm so happy to finish off the base that I'm going to murder all you dial up readers and spam the whole base set for ya. Enjoy.

Dime Box Kryptonite #4 - Goudey SPs

Okay, these cards didn't come out of a dime box, they were in a 50 cent box. I am still powerless in their presence.

Killer! I've actually driven on Killebrew drive. I regret not going to a Twins game in the old BaggieCheaterDome when I was up there for work a decade ago. I did get a cool Chipper Jones MLB showdown box and a Corey Koskie promo card from the Wizards of the Coast shop at Mall of America though.

Wright! I played third base in my softball days so I have a soft spot for Davey even though he plays for the enemy. Yes, the Mets are still the enemy even though they've been rendered a joke due to a Ponzi scheme. Of course, right now the Braves are fiercely fighting them for fourth place in the East. Why oh why can't we have a decent April??

2007 Goudey Want List

Base set
COMPLEEEEEEEEEETE!!!

SPs
202 Nolan Ryan
204 Harmon Killebrew
205 Reggie Jackson
206 Johnny Bench
210 Alan Trammell
211 Bill Mazeroski
212 Bob Gibson
213 Brooks Robinson
214 Carl Yastrzemski
217 Jim Rice
219 Rod Carew
220 Stan Musial
225 David Wright
232 Derek Jeter

Heads Up - no cartoons
244 Cal Ripken Jr.
250 Reggie Jackson
253 Nolan Ryan
258 Alex Rodriguez

Heads Up - cartoons
266 Derek Jeter
268 Cal Ripken Jr.
272 Babe Ruth
273 Johnny Bench
275 Carlton Fisk
279 Mike Schmidt
280 Brooks Robinson
286 Justin Verlander

Treats from Treecat

This trade started a little strangely. I bought a pack of 2008 Topps Baseball Updates & Highlights Presents 2008 Topps Heritage High Numbers Series when it first hit the local hobby store and I ripped it on a A Pack A Day. The big hit was a Jermaine Dye jersey card, but one reader spied a different card out of the pack. Here's the exact comment:

Why do I feel like Charlie Brown and I'm looking at you like you're Lucy, holding my coveted Joe Shlabotnik?

That comment came from morineko of Olagato House and it referred to this guy:


She is a big fan of Seth, who just happens to be a short print in the series. Since it would be extremely difficult to pull this SP out of packs and since I don't care a lick for Seth (or this entire set, for that matter) I offered to send her the card. I identify greatly with Charlie Brown also, and I couldn't live with myself if I was denying someone their Joe Shlabotnik.

So I sent off McClung and some stuff of her want list and got back some goodies in return. The '07 Goudey Ichiro above is one of them. Dang I love that Heads Up set. But wait, there's more...



Morineko is famous for really nifty stationary. I got the fairy paper.

Included were some Braves Timelines cards. The Timeless Teams Smoltz is above, the '95 SP short print of Brandon Jones is below. Both are needed for the set and greatly appreciated. My box is scheduled to arrive on the 5th so get ready for a retro UD gimmicky box break! Also included were the base cards of Smoltzie and Chipper.


There were a bunch of random Braves in there too, including 5 Chippers. This one here is from 2007 Ultra, and it reminds me why I miss the set so much. I had a bit of a Stadium Club mania yesterday, but you know what would be a better deal than Stadium Club right now? Picking up a bunch of boxes of '07 Ultra Hobby. For a little over the price of a pack of Stadium Club, you can get a hobby box of Ultra SE and get more cards and jerseys and autographs than in the Stadium Club. Then, next year when Topps has turned Topps Total into a $1000 a pack high end product that no one can afford, you can go back and scoop up all those unbought Stadium Club packs cheap. Along with this Ultra Chipper there's also an Infield Power insert, a 50th Anniversart Topps insert, a green StarQuest and a Target T205 card.

There's a few other Bravos in there including Smoltz, McCann, Kotchman, Sammons and Nunez.

Wrapping it up is five cards from my 2007 Updates & Highlights want list. I'm pretty sure that list is out of date now. I think I'm going to delete it until I can properly catalog the set again. I know for a fact I need the McCann card though, I'm surprised I didn't have it already.

More cool stuff from a fellow blogger. Thanks again!

I Love Old Crappy Looking Cards

Unfortunately I was too busy to do a Valentine's Day post where I wax poetic about my man-crush on Mark Teixeira or showed the mutant batting helmet card of Ellis Valentine, but I still got a nice Valentine's card in the mail today.

Here's another great old Tipton for my pre-war collection, this time of Hall of Famer Rabbit Maranville. The R327 Diamond Stars set from National Chicle is one of my all-time favorites. I already had 4 of the 8 cards for my Braves team set, but other than common card Shanty Hogan, all the rest of them were going to be tough to find. Two of them are from the tough 1936 high series, Hall of Famer Al Lopez and Wally Berger who also happens to be the last card in the set. I didn't think this card would be in my collection anytime soon either, but one popped up on eBay in my price range.


Ok, it's been around the block a few times, but it's a pre-war Hall of Famer and a Brave to boot. It's not even my worst looking Diamond Star card, you can take a look at that in my 12 Days of Cardmas Post. There's a couple of heavy creases, the corners have gone beyond rounded to annihilated, and it's kind of grimy looking. That just shows that this card worked for a living, much like Rabbit himself. Rabbit is usually the first name to pop up in stat-nerd discussions on who should be booted out of the Hall of Fame. I don't really blame them, he's easily one of the lousiest hitters in the Hall, but stats can't effectively capture his fielding prowess and leadership. Plus he was one of the great practical jokers of the era, which adds points in my book.

The back of the card gives tips on how to be part of an effective double play combination. Rabbit was part of a very effective DP combo in 1914 as he paired up with fellow Hall member Johnny Evers to lead the Bravos to their Miracle championship. This card is from 1935 though, which had the Braves finishing up with one of the worst records of all time: 38 wins, 115 losses. Johnny missed the '34 season with a badly broken leg and he never really came back from the injury. 1935 would be his last in the majors although he went on to have some success in the minor leagues. I didn't have a card of Rabbit from his playing days, the oldest ones I had were from the Fleer and Bazooka legends sets of the early '60s. I'm lucky to have found this card as his Goudey issues are tough, especially the 1935 Goudey card which he shares with some guy named Babe. Here's another cool thing about this card:



Hmmm. A certain company (who is still banned, they get special dispensation just this once) copied the backgrounds very closely for their '07 set didn't they? Now you know why I'm such a fan of the set.

Cool Things on Other Blogs

Since I'm having issues creating my own content, here's some links to some other cool baseball card related schtuff on teh internets.

Chris Harris scooped us all on the unveiling of Upper Deck's 2008 set. Check out his review here:
Stale Gum: 1st Impressions: 2008 Upper Deck Series One
Chris does a great job at summing up the 2008 edition and I agree with pretty much everything he said. These were my initial thoughts from checking out the sell sheet.

• Whoever decided it was a good idea to distribute your sell sheet via a powerpoint presentation is an evil, evil person.
• Still charging 5 bucks a pack is bad. Upping the cards per pack to 20 is better, but not quite good. They better not still be charging 3 bucks for 8 cards on the retail packs. Fat packs too. I want to see 35-40 cards a pack if they're still gonna charge 5 bucks. moar cardz plz. kthx.
• I don't understand the redemption cards either. Series 1 doesn't need every damn rookie card in it, people will buy the set anyway. It's February, what else is there to do? Save the rookies for series 2.
• This MLB licensing agreement has got to be tweaked. It's causing too many problems like this redemption crap and Bowman 'insert' sets. Let companies put rookies in the series 1 sets that haven't technically made their debut, but are virtually assured a roster spot like the Japanese imports and the Rule V picks.
  
• Base design looks better this year, but it still looks like they are using foil for the names. I would have never made the connection to the 1995 set, good catch, Chris.
• The fact we are at the point of retro game used card designs blows my mind. I'm ashamed to admit I kind of like it.
• I saw packs of O-Pee-Chee hockey in the store and even though I knew that UD has a monopoly on the hockey market, I never put 2 and 2 together and wondered if UD bought O-Pee-Chee. It's a pretty genius move actually, they did an end around on Topps to gank their vintage designs. Everyone knows that O-Pee-Chee design = Topps design with a different logo.
• Then they go and screw it up by slightly fudging the design like they did with the Vintage sets. That is NOT a 1969 O-Pee-Chee design. The circle design with the team and the position they are using looks really familiar though and I don't mean '69 Topps. I swear it's from an old oddball TCMA set or something like that.

For all your "Indians fan losing their mind over the Tribe in the playoffs" needs, check out Indians Baseball Cards. Always. It's also got lots of great oddball stuff that only a team collector could love such as Doug Jones' Flaming Balls.

If you're not reading The Brill Report, you should be. Lots of good stuff on there. I never even knew there was a Donruss Americana set coming out. Those guys are desperate for that license aren't they...

Squeezeplaycards.com has been doing a really cool thing this year with their $10 weekly wax challenge. Joey spends 10 bucks on packs every week and posts the pulls for our enjoyment. Kind of like A Pack A Day, only with focus and a healthy bit of self-discipline. It's a good example on how frustrating the hobby can be for anyone who can't afford to bust boxes and cases like the high rollers out there.

Ben's still chugging along with the Great Goudey Trade-Away. I love this idea as it serves to showcase a great looking set, show off some truly random cards and encourage something that has been lost in the hobby, trading!

I've been lurking in here a lot lately.

I've pimped this before, but I really like SportsLizard's news reader. They've also a neat price guide thingamajig, but I'm more interested in the cards than the prices.

Thorzul Will Rule is in the finals of the 1981 Topps Tournament. This is a true battle royale between Ellis Valentine's mutant batting helmet and the Mad Hungarian's angry, angry mustache. Go Vote!!!

Also on Thorzul's blog is the most awesomest thing you will ever see on the internet. I'm not even going to tell you what it is. You just have to click to see it for yourself. I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

If you have a card blog that didn't get mentioned, or isn't in my sidebar, please post a comment and let me know about it. I'm planning clean up a bit and separate out all the blogs into their own category. I'd love to have a few more over there to steal from check out!

2007 Goudey Review

My impression of Upper Deck Goudey has not really changed much from my previous post on Goudey now that I actually have some of the stuff in my hands. The set looks fantastic. The photos are almost all portraits slightly touched up to look more like the paintings on the original cards. The backgrounds are all in the style of original 1934 Diamond Stars and 1941 Play Ball cards. Many are taken directly from the vintage cards, as seen with the Glavine/Rice cards above. The Heads Up cards look great as well, and also use the poses from the original set. It appears that SPs are inserted 1:2 packs which makes completing a set with 88 short prints possible, if not easy.

The inserts are typical of recent retro style sets. There are two relic sets, one which is basically the base set with a jersey piece slapped on. The is also one other relic set, The Immortals, that appears to be inserted one a case. The big pull from that set is a Babe Ruth Jersey. I'm not sure if it's a hobby only insert or not. There are lots of autos from a wide range of players. The color scheme from the auto set could be headache inducing if you had pages of them, but if you land one or two it's worth it for the good pull. The rest of the inserts I think can only be obtained in the box topper packs, but I'm not really sure to be honest with you. Double Play mimics the 1941 set with 200 subjects over 100 cards numbered to 15. Diamond Stars is supposed to be an homage to the original set from the mid-thirties, but since the design was already taken for the base set, they don't really look like them except for the back. Most of the ones I've seen have a solid background or are an action shot. The set has three tiers of rarity, one numbered to 15, one numbered to 5 with a variant pose, and one numbered one of one and autographed. They are all pretty darn rare and the extreme short printing of these and the Double Play cards are the biggest disappointment to me about this set. There is also a Sport Royalty Box Topper card that mimics the 1933 Goudey Sporting Kings set in the design and in its subjects from a wide range of sports. This set also has an autographed variety, but none of them appear to be serial numbered. Buyback cards can also be found with a UD certificate at about one a case. Other than the base relic and auto cards, I do not believe any of the inserts can be found in retail packs.

Still overall I'm impressed. The set looks great and these packs delivered some good stuff. The cards are the original 30's gum card size at 2 3/8" by 2 7/8". This set isn't doing a pack with 7 modern size cards and one mini parallel, these are all minis. There are 2 back variations, the first 4 cards in the pack are printed with green ink like the original Goudeys, the other 4 cards are printed with red ink. I suppose this is so obsessive compulsive master set builders have to bust twice as many boxes for a set, but I don't think you'll get your membership in the Card Collecting Guild revoked for building a mixed color set. I was lucky enough to pull a SP card my first pack, it looks like they will be seeded as the 4th green card in the pack. The cards have a real vintage feel to them, the only way they could feel more authentic is if the corners were well rounded.

The two main beefs I have with the set is the price point for hobby packs and the inserts numbered to 15. Goudey Hobby packs retail for $4.99 each, but it's hard to find them at this price. I bought mine for $5.50 each or 4 for $21, and I've seen them as high as 7 dollars a pack. I did pretty well with mine as you can see below, but other than the 1 auto seeded a box the packs are indistinguishable from the retail packs that can be found for $2.99 each everywhere now. The packs have the same number of cards, and both have the Green/Red back variations at 4 per pack. You can't tell me that a 1 in 24 chance at an autograph card is worth paying literally twice as much per pack for the exact same cards. The inserts are all seeded in the bonus box toppers as well, so there's no chance at getting one of them unless you drop $120+ on a box. It really doesn't make any sense to buy individual packs at all in a hobby shop, especially since the ones I've gone to wouldn't sell a box topper pack at any price. For $120, you'd be better off buying three Box Blasters at Target for 60 bucks and using the leftover money to buy individual insert cards on eBay. I'm guessing with a little digging you could probably get a Sporting Royalty, one of the serial numbered cards and maybe even a buyback of a common player for that money. Allen & Ginter Hobby packs are also about two times the cost of a retail pack, but in the hobby version you get a Dick Perez per pack plus 2 more cards than in the retail pack.

Like I said before, the inserts numbered to 15 are the thing I'm most unhappy about. I just don't see the point to putting in the effort to recreating (very well I might add) a set like 1941 Double play, making it really faithful to the original set, then making it completely impossible to come even close to building a set. A collector literally has a better shot at building an original 1941 set than these new cards. What's the point? A better solution in my opinion would have been to make the serial numbered case loader inserts all autographed and then insert one Diamond Stars and one Double Play card per Hobby pack. That way, the tough serial numbered cards actually have some value other than their artificial scarcity, there is a bonus for those spending the extra money on Hobby packs and the inserts can be enjoyed by people other than the hard core collectors. I collected the 1941 Play Ball reprints from UD's earlier Play Ball set, and I certainly would have collected these sets had they not been rendered unobtainable.

Still, I love the set and I'll be trying to complete the common set albeit through retail packs. I've taken way too long to get this review out, so I'll post it as is and come back later this weekend to post more pics and go over the packs. Here are the pulls from my 4 hobby packs, you can see my first retail box on A Pack A Day.

-No.38- Eric Chavez
-No.121- Brad Penny
-No.145- Luis Castillo
-GG-JB- Jason Bay Auto
-No.91- Scott Rolen
-No.42- Gary Sheffield
-No.149- Raul Ibanez
-No.173- Paul Konerko

-No.73- Livan Hernandez
-No.3- Aaron Rowand
-No.130- Matt Cain
-No.172- Rickie Weeks
-No.51- Jason Bay
-No.2- Aaron Boone
-No.139- Brandon Phillips
-No.163- Ryan Langerhans

-No.19- Brian Roberts
-No.54- Jason Varitek
-No.189- Noah Lowry
-No.101- Alex Rodriguez
-No.24- Carlos Zambrano
-No.43- Grady Sizemore
-No.157- David Eckstein
-No.143- Luis Gonzalez

-No.47- JD Drew
-No.110- Ray Durham
-No.134- Michael Cuddyer
-No.201- Mike Schmidt SP
-No.97- Trevor Hoffman
-No.27- Chipper Jones
-No.113- Brandon Webb
-No.137- David DeJesus
Not a bad 4 packs at all, Jason Bay auto in the first pack plus a Schmidt SP. Plus I got a little added value as the shop I bought the cards from had a promotion where if you bought $20 worth of Upper Deck product, you got a ticket for a free autograph from Braves prospect Yunel Escobar. I know it's Yunel since I saw him sign it in person, but future generations may never be able to decipher that auto. You can kinda see Yun, but there's no way the second word is Escobar. To complicate matters all his authenticated autos from card sets not only do not look like mine, but none of them looks remotely like each other, even among the same set. He adds his #19 to the autograph so as long as no other player ever uses that number I'm set for authentication. Since it looks like I've used up all my luck on the Bay card, I'd better stick to retail from now on.