2008 Upper Deck X

Welcome to another pack here on The Pack Rip Cafe. This go around will be a 2008 Upper Deck X that I picked up at a dollar store for , you guessed it, a dollar.

2008Upper Deck X

#67 Hideki Matsui (Yankees)

#18 Derrek Lee (Cubs)

Xponential #X-JC Joba Chamberlain (Yankees)

# 46 Lance Berkman (Astros) Die Cut

#17 Carlos Zambrano (Cubs)

#31 Edison Volquez (Reds)

The insert, die cut, and base backs. The Xponential is embossed so the light reflects oddly and creates the appearance of lines that aren't really there.

BY THE NUMBERS:
Total Cards: 6

Teams Represented: 4
Rookie Cards: 0
Sub Sets: 0
Parallels: 1 (Die Cut) 
Inserts: 1 (Expontial) 
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 2 (Matsui and Joba, the others are available except Berkman)

MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 6.5 out of 10 Good pictures, all standard batting or pitching in game shots, decent design,  no team logo.
Back Design: 5 out of 10 Plain design, only last 3 years of stats with career totals, has team logo
Player Selection: 7.5 out of 10 Good, all well established stars on their teams.
FINAL OVERALL RATING:Single up the middle. It seems I get many more Yankees then Mets when I do these packs here on the Cafe but thats ok. While I find the base set to be average in design, I love the Xponential inserts and the die cuts are ok too so with the 2 keepers and good players across the board, I have to give this pack a hit.