2008 Topps U&H, Hobby Box 1
Decided I needed a change of pace with this product. I’ve been doing Jumbo boxes on the base Topps issue since 2007 series 1. This time I went Hobby and only bought 2 boxes.
Not too much new stuff with U&H. They continued a couple of the inserts for the year with Mickey Mantle Story, and Year in Review. Additional they added in some World Baseball Classic preview cards, Ring of Honor and First Couples. Ring of Honor highlights World series MVPs. Ring of Honor also comes in a 1986 Mets World Series Champs flavor. Why 1986? No clue! First couple is all about past US Presidents and their wives. Yes, I can’t wait for election year to be over too.
So with those in mind here are the stated pack odds with the hobby packs:
Gold Foil Parallel 1:2; Gold Parallel 1:5; Black Parallel 1:59; Platinum Parallel 1:9,434; Printing Plates 1:457; Year in Review 1:6; First Couples 1:6; WBC Preview 1:9; Ring of Honor 1:18; 1986 Mets Ring of Honor 1:18; Mantle Story 1:18; Ring of Honor Gold 1:11,743; 1986 Mets Ring of Honor Gold 1:12,787; Ring of Honor Auto 1:2,569; 1986 Mets Ring of Honor Auto 1:2,849; Sketch Cards 1:214; All-Star Stitches 1:44; All-Star Stitches Gold 1:373; All-Star Stitches Platinum 1:23,017; All-Star Stitches Auto 1:6,394; All-Star Stitches Dual 1:5,994; All-Star Stitches Triple 1:5,994; All-Star Jumbo Patches 1:4,496; All-Star Jumbo Patch Auto 1:23,017; Baseball Card History Buybacks 1:1,384; Silk Collection 1:246; Presidential Stamp Collection 1:867; Take Me Out To The Ballgame 1:72; 2008 Highlights Auto Group A 1:38,362; B 1:11,066; C 1:4,082; D 1:5,587; E 1:6,851; F 1:1,116; G 1:1,109; H 1:1,985; Topps 2008 Presedential Pick 1:15,984
Watch the video to see what I pulled in box 1 -
Or read the full post to get a listing with scans
Almost perfectly in line with the stated odds,
18 Gold Foil - Best of the bunch, Jay Bruce
7 Golds - 34:McClouth, 50:Garza, 73:Albaladejo, 153:Galarraga, 198:LaRoche, 227:Quentin, 327:Iribarren
6 Year in Review - 127, 141, 147, 152, 154, 175
6 First Couples - Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
4 World Baseball Classic - Iwamura, Utley, Bell, Catalanotto
2 Ring of Honor - Johnny Podres, Mike Lowell
2 1986 Mets Ring of Honor - Kevin Mitchell, Ray Knight
2 Mantle Story - 70 & 74
The box topper - Chrome Rookie #18 Chris Carter
The box hit?
Alfonso Soriano - All-Star Stitches
