Oh momma. I've been waiting for you....
The base cards....
one of the many insert sets, the All Rookie Team. I really like the looks of these cards...
the retro card (one per box) done in the '79/80 OPC hockey style)
the black border inserts, one per pack, and the mini black, one per box.
Black Border - 36 - no doubles
Double prints - 36 - no doubles (if anyone calls these SP's, I will personally beat you with an abacus. )
Double prints - 36 - no doubles (if anyone calls these SP's, I will personally beat you with an abacus. )
Faces of the Franchise - 3 (Bruce / Tulowitzki / Gordon)
Gold Glove Award - 2 (Sizemore / Suzuki)
Walk Off - 1 (Lowrie)
Midsummer Memories - 1 (Teixeira)
Highlights and Milestones - 1 (Shoppach)
All Rookie Team - 1 (Fukudome)
'79/80 Retro - 1 (Griffey Jr)
New York New York - 1 (Jeter)
20th Anniversary waste of space - 6 (who cares)
Mini Black Border - 1 (Kelly Johnson ... YEAH BRAVES!)
Triple Jersey - 0
Autographs - 0
Awesome collation... way too many inserts to chase. It was nice to get a mini of a guy I collect. I will definately go after this set with guns blazing. I may even go after a master set. (except for the black borders.... too redundant.)
And I'm not sure if anyone has talked about the Hi# cards yet. Cards 501 to 600. They are, according to Upper Deck, short prints. Found only one per pack. Excuse me? Short prints?
Let's take a look. Sp's are a 100 card set, found at one per pack. Regular base cards are a 500 card set and found at a rate of 3.47 per pack. (125/36=3.47...)
So the chances of me finding a Jordan Schafer rookie (#597) are 1:100 or 1%. The chance of me finding a Jo-Jo Reyes base card (#308) is 3.47:500 or 0.69%.
It's the base cards that are short printed...
Box two results coming up tonight...