Two First Edition packs in the same repack? Sure, one was an Update pack, but they could have done better than this!
Throw...
Throw...
Another Cub looking randomly out in the outfield bleachers. Must be plenty of hot topless women out in those bleachers. Wait, those are men? Ahhhh!
Throw...
Throw...
Throw...
Throw....
Throw... Yowsers. So many players in the process of throwing/pitching the ball.
And then there's this thing.
And then there's that thing. The two insert sets I have seen more than way too many times.
So we get another Upper Deck 2008 pack, but this time it's Documentary. While First Edition is an inexpensive version of the flagship Upper Deck, this set is just... bizarre.
Is this pack over yet? No?
Ah, crap. Let's get something better.
That is better! I'll have two RCs and a Rookie Sensation, per pack, on average! Plus, seven cards of players who actually played major league baseball!
Is this a night card?
Cook seems to be happily tossing the ball.
Mark Grudge.. Gruzz... Grudlez... Grizzleneck. That'll work.
I'll Hoff and I'll Poff and I'll blow your bat down!
Randy Johnson looks wrong as a Yankee. Maybe it's the lack of mullet.
Rookie!
Rookie!
Not rookie!
Rookie!
And insert!
UD didn't do too bad of a job with the inserts once taking over the Fleer name. But it just isn't like it was in the 1990s.
X marks the spot, again. This '09 pack was in the repack, while the '08 pack before was just in the markdown box.
This guy wins way too many Silver Slugger awards.
Haha.
There's my die-cut, complete with plenty of scanner artifacting going on.
Random inserts. I still don't know if the X3 is better than the X2 or X1. I like X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain though. That's a fun ride.
I think I might like Dan Haren as a ballplayer. That doesn't mean I'll collect his cards, though.
Randy Johnson on a third team! Wow!
Let's finish with something really fun. Robert, I think I sent you all these cards already.
Must look tough. Don't smile at the camera.
Popup. You're out.
This is an insert that I could have used several months ago. That's a fun design.
As you can tell from the top corners, this is the black bordered card.
I love these stadium shots. I really do.
We'll end with a guy who stole my first name.
And that's the end, finally! And I'll be leaving Georgia to return to California tomorrow. Until then, have a fantastic remainder of 2011! Sorry these posts have been quite plain at times. There are more important things going on this week.
This past week has been a fun ride through some totally random packs. If it wasn't for some of those 99-cent super cheap non-sport packs, I doubt I would have enjoyed these posts as much.
To go out with a bang, my twelfth pack was a 10-pack repack thing you find at Target. I'll split this post into two. Here are the first five packs:
Oh goody. I haven't seen enough of this. This silly pack was hiding in the back.
Hello! Way out there in left field! Can you come any closer? I don't have my zoom lens on the camera!
Ugh. Ugly. Ugh.
Hm. Chrome. Same design as Update, but extremely curly and shiny. I couldn't feed these through the photo scanner, so I had to go to the glass for the cards.
The chromey finish makes them look all dirty!
Panda throw ball!
That's a pretty cool picture.
Here we go, something I can enjoy!
Don't smile, Brandon. Uh oh, he's gonna smile! Quick, take the picture!
Why so serious?
"I'm just happy to be here."
"I'm just happy to still be here."
"You want me to hold the bat here? Okay, but this hurts my arms!"
Was this picture taken in the 1960s? He looks so young.
Hey, Mike Scioscia looks just a little bit like Chevy Chase.
What's that, off in the distance? Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Fleer Ultra was probably my favorite product of the 1990s. The cards were great and the insert sets were well thought out and innovative. Some would call them gimmicky.
Another pack, another Hafner.
Randy sure got around in the last few years of his career.
I have way too many Dan Haren cards.
Danks for nothin'! The background's kind of neat. I'm not sure what's going on though, and I don't really care enough to find out. It looks like someone took a ride on the Chicago El and just shot a picture out the window with a first-generation iPhone.
Let's end here. No foil, but great photography from Upper Deck, usually.
Not bad. I bet we can do better.
Now that's what I'm talking about. A great action shot, with both teams in the picture. Dust is flying everywhere, and Yunel probably got another triple on this play.
Hmmm... Getting kind of monotonous. I guess with the Update packs they just wanted shots of players in uniforms.
Not the best ending, but not bad. I think my scanner cut off part of the card.
