2005 Topps Rookie Cup Hobby Edition

Hello again all. I have 2005 Topps Rookie Cup Hobby Edition pack from the Vend-O-Pack to show everyone. Check out the post about the baseball card vending machine I have near me over on my other blog  BA Benny's Baseball Card Buffet. These packs came with 7 cards per pack with 2 inserts and one sn'd parallel as part of the 7 cards.

2005 Topps Rookie Cup Hobby Edition

#17 Rick Monday (A's)

#82 Kenny Lofton (Indians)

#29 Gary Mathews (Giants)

#58 Pete Incaviglia (Rangers)

Red Parallel #86 J.T. Snow (Angels) Sn'd 337/499

Rookie Cup Reprint #19 Bobby Cox (Yankees)

Rookie Cup Reprint #117 Rafael Furcal (Braves)

Some backs.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 7
Teams Represented: 7
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 1 Sn'd /499
Inserts: 2
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 2 (Cox and Snow, the rest are available)

MY RATINGS:Front Design: 6.5 out of 10. Nice design, decent photos Rookie Cup logo, no team logos, same background logo on all cards.
Back Design: 6 out of 10. Nice design, rookie all-star season and total career stats only, no team logo gray and white only colors.
Player Selection: 7 out of 10. Good variety, all rookie cup winners, some stars.
FINAL OVERALL RATING:
Single into left field. I like these cards a whole lot even though the design is fairly simple and I got only two keepers. I like the idea of only all-star rookie cup winners in the set and am always a fan of the reprints of older cards. A different twist is the reprints of rookie cup cards that are usually second year cards of most players. I am thinking of finding a box of these to bust.


Give me your rating on these and check out another pack of these over on A Pack To Be Named Later as I got 2 packs to rip out of the Vend-O-Pack.

Also check out the Vend-O-Pack post over on The Buffet to enter a little contest I am having.
 
 

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2008 Topps Chrome Hobby Edition

Hello all. I am back from vacation with a pack of 2008 Topps Chrome Hobby to get back into the swing of things. 4 cards per pack.

2008 Topps Chrome Hobby

#94 Grady Sizemore (Indians)

#78 Brian McCann (Braves)

#96 Jared Weaver (Angels) REFRACTOR

#176 Milton Bradley (Rangers)

A couple of the backs.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 4
Teams Represented: 4
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 1 (Refractor)
Inserts: 0
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 0
MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 6.5 out of 10 Good pictures, nice design, very shiny, no team logo.
Back Design: 7.5 out of 10 Nice design, Full career stats, good player info, no team logo
Player Selection: 7 out of 10 Good, all quality players.

FINAL OVERALL RATING:

Fly Out to center field. Nice looking chrome set that mimics the standard set. Some good players but no HOF'ers or keepers for me. The refractor makes contact but still an out.

Check out anothet pack of 2008 Topps Chrome I ripped on A Pack To Be Named Later and see if I did any better with that pack.

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1994 Donruss Series One (Hobby Only)

Welcome back to the Pack Rip Cafe. Today I have a pack of 1994 Donruss Series One (Hobby Only). These came with 13 cards per pack

1994 Donruss Series One

#122 Carlos Hernandez (Dodgers)

#219 Carlos Quintana (Red Sox)

#16 Dennis Eckersley (A's)

#249 Joe Oliver (Reds)

#187 Trevor Hoffman (Padres)

#258 Tim Raines (White Sox)

#89 Cal Eldred (Brewers)

#283 J.T. Snow (Angels)

#74 Rob Deer (Red Sox)

# 109 Larry Casian (Twins)

#169 Rick Honeycutt (A's)

#44 Mickey Tettelton (Tigers)

Special Edition #2 Mike Piazza (Dodgers)

Some backs

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 13
Teams Represented: 10
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 1
Inserts: 0
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 2 (Piazza & Eckersley, the rest are up for grabs)

MY RATINGS:

Front Design: 6.5 out of 10. Nice team logos, glossy, some foil, decent photos, no borders.
Back Design: 6 out of 10. Decent photos, no team logo, only 1993 stats, good design

Player Selection: 6.out of 10. OK player mix, some stars.

FINAL OVERALL RATING:
Single to left. Any pack with a Piazza parallel is a hit to me. Over all an OK pack with some nice players and a cool parallel.

   The Pack Rip Cafe will be on vacation for 10 days or so as I travel down to North Carolina for a family vacation. I have a bunch of stuff ready to go and will return with more pack rips when we get back.

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2009 O-Pee-Chee presented by Upper Deck

Hey all. I'm back with a pack of 2009 O-Pee-Chee presented by Upper Deck as the wrapper says. These came 6 cards per pack.

2009 O-Pee-Chee

#166 Felipe Lopez (D-Backs)

#550 Moments Jonathan Papelbon (Red Sox)

#191 Ryan Madson (Phillies)

#192 Hideki Okajima (Red Sox)

#330 BLACK Bordered Jake Peavy (Padres)

#434 Jody Gerut (Padres)

Three backs.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 6
Teams Represented: 4
Rookie Cards: 0
Parallels: 1
Inserts: 0
Hits: 0
Keepers for Me: 0 (All are up for grabs)
MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 6 out of 10. Simple classic design, nice position in baseball logo, no team logos,OK photography.
Back Design: 5 out of 10. Decent write up on player, full career stats, team logo,  black and white with one color border, good layout.
Player Selection: 4.5 out of 10. OK player mix, some stars.

FINAL OVERALL RATING: Pop Out to shortstop.

An OK product that tries to capture the old school look with the modern parallels and such. Seems boring to me.
I will be doing another one of these packs on A Pack To Be Named Later in the next day or so so check to see if is any better then this one. They are also running a cool 90's wax contest so get on in.

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2007 Topps Flashback Fridays

Welcome back to BA Benny's Pack Rip Cafe. Today I have a  Starter pack from the 2007 Topps Flashback Fridays set. This was a 25 card set that HTA shops gave out. These starter packs had cards 1 thru 5 and then each subsequent card was given out week by week until all 25 cards were issued.

2007 Topps Flashback Fridays

FF1 Ryan Howard (Phillies)

FF2 Derek Jeter (Yankees)

FF3 Ken Griffey Jr. (Reds)

FF4 Miguel Tejada (Orioles)

FF5 David Wright (Mets)

The backs

A back closeup.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 5

Teams Represented: 5

Rookie Cards: 0

Parallels / Refractors: N/A

Inserts: N/A

Hits: N/A

Keepers for Me: N/A

MY RATINGS:

Front Design: 7 out of 10. + Cool art background, nice design. - No team logos or colors.

Back Design: 6  out of 10.+ Nice write up on player's career, good layout. - No team logo, no picture, no stats, no color.

Player Selection: Very Good. All good players.

FINAL OVERALL RATING:
Hard hit single. Hard to rate a starter pack since they are all the same. I liked putting the set together so naturally I like the cards. It was like an insert set without having to by the packs.

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2008 Topps Finest (Hobby Only) pack 2

Hello again all. I am back with a pack of 2008 Topps Finest (Hobby Only) for the Cafe. This is pack #2, pack #1 is featured on A Pack To Be Named Later as my first contribution to a cool spot out here in Blogoland. That pack rated a single, lets see if this one can do better.

2008 Topps Finest

#56 John Smoltz (Braves)

#65 Grady Sizemore (Indians)

A nice start, a future HOFer and a solid player.

#21 Chase Utley (Phillies)

#FM-ROH Finest Moments Roy Halladay (Blue Jays)

An all-star and a sweet insert.

#153 Chin-Lung Hu (Dodgers) AUTO

A hit! Not a player I collect but a great on card auto.

Three backs.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards: 5
Teams Represented: 5
Rookie Cards: 1
Parallels / Refractors: 0
Inserts: 1
Hits: 1
Keepers for Me: 0 (all are up for trade)
MY RATINGS:
Front Design: 7.5 out of 10. +Very shiny, good photos, nice design. - No team logo, cards curled a little.
Back Design: 7 out of 10.+ Nice write up on player highlight from 2007, good layout. - No team logo, no picture, only one year stats.
Player Selection: Very Good. All good players with a two future HOFers,
FINAL OVERALL RATING:
Triple down the line. An on card auto, 2 future HOFers, a nice insert, no keepers.

Hope you liked it. Tell everybody what you think. Check out pack #1 on A Pack To Be Named Later.

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2006 Upper Deck Series Two

I am back today with a pack of 2006 Upper Deck Series Two. These come with 8 cards per pack.

2006 UPPER DECK Series Two

#891 Jason Bay (Pirates) Checklist

#835 D'Angelo Jimenez (Rangers)

#901 Macay McBride RC (Braves)

#984 Brian Wilson RC (Giants)

#528 Corey Patterson (Orioles)

#653 Jason Bulger RC (Angels)

#720 Kyle Farnsworth (Yankees)

#584 Eduardo Perez (Indians)

Some Backs

BY THE NUMBERS:

Total Cards:  8

Teams Represented:  8

Rookie Cards:  3

Parallels:  0

Inserts:  0

Hits:  0

Keepers for Me:  1 (Farnsworth, the rest are up for grabs)

MY RATINGS:

Front Design: 5 out of 10. OK team logos, can't read player names very well, simple layout, ok photography.

Back Design: 7 out of 10. Nice write up on player, full career stats, nice team logo, good layout.

Player Selection: 3 out of 10. No Mets, one so-so Yankee, few other stars except Bay, 3 rookies I don't know much about after 4 years.

FINAL OVERALL RATING:  Foul Out on first base side.

Overall not a very exciting pack. One Yankee keeper and a couple of  notable players leave little to be excited about.

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2008 SP Authentic

Back again with another pack today. After the last pack (91 Leaf) was so bad I had to come back with another and hope it was better. I will try with this pack of 2008 SP Authentic. Five cards per pack only leaves only a few chances.

2008 SP Authentic

#82 Ryan Zimmerman (Nationals)

#29 Joe Blanton (A's)

#55 Alex Rios (Blue Jays)

Three nice players already beats the last pack.

Marque Matchups #MM-21 Hanley Ramirez/Pedro Martinez (Marlins/Mets)

#77Dontrelle Willis (Tigers)

Nice, a Met and a Dontrelle, two keepers for me.

      While I am not a big SP collector due to it's price, I have to say this was a pretty good pack. All very good players, an insert, two keepers for me, and  real nice clean looking cards. I will rate this pack a Two RBI Single with an advance to second on the throw home.

Let me hear your rating!

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1991 Leaf Series One

Welcome again to the Pack Rip Cafe. Today we go back to 1991 and open a pack of Leaf Series One. These came with 15 cards plus one more with 3 Harmon Killebrew puzzle pieces.

1991 Leaf Series One

1991 Leaf Series One

#163 Len Dykstra (Phillies)

#168 Barry Larkin (Reds)

#245 Pete Harnisch (Astros)

#250 Kevin Brown (Rangers)

#255 Junior Naboa (Expos)

#260 Paul Marak (Braves)

As a Met fan, it will always be Lenny Dykstra. I know somebody who may want the Larkin.

#199 Kirk McCaskill (Angels)

#204 Pedro Guerrero (Cardinals)

#149 Travis Fryman (Tigers)

#154 Duane Ward (Blue Jays)

159 Mark Knudson (Brewers)

#164 Tom Brunansky (Red Sox)

Not much to say about this group.

#169 Scott Sanderson (Yankees)

#175 Chris James (Indians)

#251 Milt Culver (Tigers)

Killabrew Puzzle Pieces 4, 5, 6.

A no big deal yankee and some shiny puzzle pieces.

Over all not a very good pack at all. No inserts, bland cards, no Mets and one  two season Yankee.

My rating is a pop out in foul territory behind the catcher. The only reason it's that high is that the Yankee had a decent winning record record in NY over the 2 seasons (28-21) and a .533 winning percentage over a 19 year career. Also 14 different teams were represented. The rest are available if anybody wants them. Tell everyone what you think in the comments section.

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2010 Allen & Ginter (Hobby Edition)

Welcome back to the Pack Rip Cafe. Today I figured I would go with what is hot right now, a pack of 2010 Allen & Ginter Hobby Edition. I don't buy much of this product but I have jumped into a case break over at Long Fly Ball to Because to try and grab some Mets goodies. There are still spots open so check it out.

2010 Allen & Ginter (Hobby Edition)

#255 Robert Scott (Black Yankees)

#121 Francisco Rodriguez ( Mets)

#167 Dan Haren (Diamondbacks)

A good start with a Negro League player and a Mets player.

#14 Shane Victorino (Phillies)

#298 Jorge Cantu (Marlins)

#120 Nick Swisher (Yankees)

A Yankee and 2 stars.

#LO18 Lords of Olympus mini Eros

#TDH56 This Day in History Jimmy Rollins (Phillies)

The two inserts.

    I am not a huge fan of the non baseball subsets in the Ginter products and that probably is why I don't by much of it. I do like this years look very much as the background color makes a nicer card to me. Over all I think this pack is so-so and I will rate it a walk only because I got 2 keepers, K-Rod and Swisher and they added some Negro League players. The others are up for trade. Let's hear your ratings in the comments section.

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