Baseball Cards 101

The first major change in the format of Heritage since Topps started the Heritage series.  High Numbers focuses on the rookies of this past year and younger stand out players.

Still 24 packs, but they made an odd choice.  Every pack contains 2 base cards from 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights and 6 cards from Heritage High Numbers.  The average response to this has been poor.  Might have been a better move if both products had been released at the same time.

High numbers contains 1 new insert set called Rookie Performers, replacing New Age Performers from the normal issue.  Everything else is identical to the regular Heritage.

Here are the stated pack odds with the hobby packs:
Short Print 1:3; Chrome Parallel 1:3; Chrome Refractor Parallel 1:11; Black Chrome Refractor Parallel 1:99; Rookie Performers 1:12; Then and Now 1:12; 2008 Flashbacks 1:12; Clubhouse Collection Group A 1:3,600; B 1:74; C 1:55; Clubhouse Collection Dual 1:1,900; Clubhouse Collection Auto Relic 1:1,815; Flashback Stadium Relics 1:3,175; Real One Autos 1:110; Real One Dual Autos 1:1,850; Real One Special 1:439; 1959 Cut Sig Relic 1:100,000; 1959 Cut Sig 1:65,000

Ustream was having issues.  Took me almost 30 mins just to get sound working.  After that it killed my video connection 7 mins into the break.  It even failed to record the rest of the break.  So if you want, here’s what I do have recorded -

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The box contained a 1959 buyback card#436 Granny Hamner, these come as box loaders 1:2 boxes.

Almost perfectly in line with the stated odds,
9 Heritage Chrome - Best of the bunch, Jay Bruce
2 Heritage Chrome Refractors - 242: Curtis Granderson, 258: Darrell Rasner
2 Rookie Performers - Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Gonzalez
2 Then & Now - McCovey/Braun, Wynn/Peavy
7 Black Back Variation, unknown how many are in the set yet

Box states 1 Game Used or Auto per box, well I got lucky and got 1 of each!

Clubhouse Collection Relic - Steve Pearce

Real One Auto - Hector Lopez

Another box on 11/21.