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Monday, August 6, 2012

2008 Upper Deck First Edition Update

   Hello all. We continue through the repack box with an offering from Upper Deck from 08. First Edition was their answer to Topps Opening Day in the lower priced simple set and took it one step further by adding an update set.


2008 Upper Deck First Edition Update

#359 Edgar Renteria (Tigers)
#386 James Loney (Dodgers)
#397 Eric Gagne (Brewers)


#341 Aaron Harang (Reds)
#368 Miguel Tejada (Astros)
#473 Troy Glaus (Cardinals)


#339 Alexei Ramirez RC (White Sox)
#418 Ramon Castro (Mets)
#472 Skip Shumaker (Cardinals)


#SQ-60 Starquest (Common) Vladimir Guerrero (Angels)

The backs.


BY THE NUMBERS:
Total Cards:
10
Teams Represented: 9
Rookie Cards:
1 (Ramirez)
Sub Sets:
0
Parallels:
 0
Inserts:
1 (Starquest, as promised)
Hits:
0
Keepers for Me:
 2 (Vlad, Castro)

MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 6.5 out of 10 Good pictures, all action shots, plain design, no foil,  no team logo.
Back Design:
 8.5 out of 10 Nice design, team logo, good player info and factoid, full career stats, player picture.
Player Selection:
7 out of 10
Good, all relevant players.

FINAL OVERALL RATING: Sacrifice  Fly Out  to center field.  Only 20% keepers and a plain front puts an out in the book but the great backs and Vlad insert moves the runner from second to third.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

1988 Donruss

    Hello all. Today I continue with the repack box and go back to 1988, the heart of the overproduction era.

 
1988 Donruss

 
#288 Jaun Samuel (Phillies)
#156 Julio Franco (Indians)
#629 Dave Hengel (Mariners)
#623 Ed Romero (Red Sox)

#496 Bill Madlock (Tigers)
#365 Luis Quinones (Cubs)
Diamond Kings #13 Shane Rawley (Phillies)
#582 Rene Gonzales (Orioles)


 
#449 John Smiley (Pirates)
#317 Mark Langston (Mariners)
#183 Jack Clark (Cardinals)
#51 Roger Clemens (Red Sox)


 
#157 Charlie Liebrandt (Royals)
#289 Cal Daniels (Reds)
#656 George Bell (Blue Jays)
 #'s 13, 14, 15 Stan Musial Puzzle (Cardinals)


 
Some backs.


BY THE NUMBERS:
Total Cards:
16
Teams Represented: 13
Rookie Cards:
0
Sub Sets:
 1 (Diamond Kings) 
Parallels:
0
Inserts:
 1 (Stan Musial puzzle)
Hits:
0 n/a
Keepers for Me:
  1 (Clemens)

MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 7 out of 10 Good but mostly posed pictures, nice border design, team logo.
Back Design:
 7out of 10 Nice layout,  good player info, 3 colors used, only last 5 years + career stats, no pictures, no team logo
Player Selection:
 6 out of 10
Decent, mostly known players from that era, only a few stars.

FINAL OVERALL RATING:  Foul pop  Out to the catcher. Only one keeper and an average group of players scores an out. The Clemens makes this pack hardly makes contact.


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Thanks For Reading!