Went back to K-Mart to see if they still had any two blasters for the price of one left. They did have one of those left, but they also had some newer stuff priced to move as well. Some formerly $19.99 boxes were marked down to $10.99, and I ended up with three 2008 Upper Deck Heroes blasters that were $7.49 marked down from their standard $14.99. This here is the contents of the first box. The next boxes will follow soon after.
Pack 1
77 Hunter Pence
7 John Smoltz
188 Alex Rodriguez/Derek Jeter/Robinson Cano
109 Billy Wagner
151 Omar Vizquel Black Parallel
Pack 2
101 Joe Mauer
135 Chase Utley
78 Luke Hochevar Royals RC
40 Aramis Ramirez
156 Albert Pujols Black Parallel
Pack 3
157 Troy Glaus
72 Josh Willingham
183 Steve Carlton/Johan Santana
68 Hanley Ramirez
177 Carlton Fisk/Carl Yastrzemski Black Parallel
Pack 4
48 Adam Dunn
93 Chin-Lung Hu Dodgers RC
195 Mike Schmidt/Ernie Banks/Frank Robinson
YSL4299 Bucky Dent Yankee Syadium Legacy
47 Ken Griffey Jr. Black Parallel
Pack 5
25 Kevin Youkilis
117 Jorge Posada
100 Justin Morneau
136 Cole Hamels
21 David Ortiz Black Parallel
Pack 6
13 Tim Hudson
42 Jim Thome
200 Albert Pujols/Derek Jeter/Prince Fielder/David Ortiz
167 Michael Young
70 Dan Uggla Black Parallel
Pack 7
128 Eric Chavez
66 Ivan Rodriguez
16 Cal Ripken Jr.
80 Matt Cain
150 Rich Hill Black Parallel
Pack 8
111 Mariano Rivera
193 Nolan Ryan/Greg Maddux/Randy Johnson
112 Chien-Ming Wang
YSL4274 Ron Guidry Yankee Stadium Legacy
121 Yogi Berra Black Parallel
Pack 9
147 Tony Gwynn
90 Matt Kemp
152 Ichiro Suzuki
23 Jonathan Papelbon
46 Corey Hart Black Parallel
That’s it for this one. I really like this set, it looks good, and it is a pretty top heavy set with very few scrubs. This is a great one for set collectors, as far as I’m concerned. And the black parallels are made of win.
For this box, any Cubs, the Griffey and Ortiz parallels, the quad featuring Ortiz, Ichiro, Hanley, and maybe Pence and Wang are keepers. The Red Sox are already reserved, dupes (there will be some, as of later) not withstanding, and the triple with A-Rod has a destination in mind.
A few other teams have destinations in mind, but I haven’t sent any e-mails inquiring trade, so everybody not mentioned above is up for grabs, for player or team collection or set completion consideration. Let me know if anything catches your interest.
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