Baseball Cards 101

When this product first came out I was not very interested in it.  I skipped it until the price came down.  This case came from blowoutcards for just over $500 shipped.

A case of Heroes come in a 10 box configuration with 24 packs of 8 cards.  Each pack contains 1 parallel, YSL insert, or autograph/memorabilia card.  Upper Deck actually printed some generalized odds on the back of this products packs.  Yankee Stadium Legacy cards come 1:4 packs, Memorabilia cards 1:8, Autograph cards 1:24, Autographed Memorabilia cards 1:120, and Yankee Stadium Legacy Memorabilia 1:240.  These odds are really just a mirror of what the sales sheet promises.

Heroes has 10 base card parallels, 6 memorabilia parallels, 6 autograph parallels,  4 autograph memorabilia parallels, 3 patch parallels and 1 autograph patch parallel.  A couple parallels are retail only.

Base: Charcoal (retail), Emerald, Black, Red, Beige, Navy Blue, Brown, Sea Green, Light Blue, Purple
Memorabilia: Charcoal (retail), Light Blue, Black , Red, Navy Blue, Emerald
Autograph: Charcoal, Navy Blue, Black, Beige, Red, Purple
Autograph Memorabilia: Light Blue, Red, Navy Blue, Emerald
Patch: Light Blue, Beige, Purple

Onto the break results…

Box 1:

141 Base, 31 Doubles

#/499 Emerald –  Justin Morneau, Joe DiMaggio, Vernon Wells
#/399 Black — Brian McCann, Johnny Bench, Tom Gorzelanny, Chris Duncan
#/299 Beige — Chris Young, Alfonso Soriano, Yankee Quad #197
#/249 Red — Ben Sheets
#/199 Navy Blue — Dan Harren
#/149 Brown — None
#/99 Sea Green — Daisuke Matsuzaka
#/49 Light Blue — None
#/25 Purple — Ivan Rodriguez, Hideki Matsui

Hits:

Kevin Kouzmanoff - Jersey Light Blue 178/200

Jeter / Reyes - Jersey Black 68/125

Chien-Ming Wang - Jersey Emerald 20/25

No Autograph card in this box.

Box 2:

158 Base, 13 Doubles

39 cards went to help complete set #1

#/499 Emerald –  Carlos Zambrano, Edinson Volquez, Scott Kazmir, Ian Kinsler, Red Sox Trio #187, Schmidt/Banks/Robinson
#/399 Black — Nick Markakis, Jimmy Rollins
#/299 Beige — Miguel Cabrera
#/249 Red — None
#/199 Navy Blue — Paul Konerko
#/149 Brown — Magglio Ordonez, Luke Hochevar
#/99 Sea Green — None
#/49 Light Blue — None
#/25 Purple — None

Hits:

Derek Jeter - Jersey Light Blue 095/200

Pujols / Jeter / Fielder / Ortiz - Jersey Light Blue 50/200

Mattingly / Winfield / Jackson - Jersey Black 26/75

2 - John Maine - Autograph Charcoal 69/150 & 123/150.

Well, an extra auto makes up for the lack of one in the first box.  However the exact same auto?

Box 3:

162 Base, 7 Doubles

18 cards went to help complete set #1
#/499 Emerald — Josh Beckett, Carlos Zambrano, Robin Yount, Tim Lincecum, Ian Kinsler, Ichiro/Dice-K, Guerrero/Ichiro/Ramirez
#/399 Black — Jimmy Rollins, Chris Carpenter, Pujols/Musial
#/299 Beige — None
#/249 Red — Frank Robinson
#/199 Navy Blue — C.C. Sabathia, Joe Mauer
#/149 Brown — Freddy Sanchez
#/99 Sea Green — None
#/49 Light Blue — None
#/25 Purple — None

Hits:

Eric Chavez - Jersey Navy Blue 2/50

Bill Hall - Jersey Navy Blue 49/50

Tom Glavine - Patch Beige 5/10

John Maine - Autograph Charcoal 133/150.

A beautiful HOF-to-be.  Think it will stay in my PC without a huge offer.  Another John Maine, ugh.  Upper Deck just might be hearing from me.

Box 4:

158 Base, 10 Doubles

3 cards went to complete set #1
#/499 Emerald — Pat Burrell, Ripken/Gwynn
#/399 Black — Josh Hamilton, Dan Uggla, Carlos Delgado
#/299 Beige — Jacoby Ellsbury, Eric Chavez, Bob Gibson
#/249 Red — Kevin Kouzmanoff
#/199 Navy Blue — Derrek Lee, Todd Helton, Andre Ethier, Steve Carlton
#/149 Brown — None
#/99 Sea Green — Chone Figgins
#/49 Light Blue — None
#/25 Purple — None

Hits:

Tim Lincecum - Jersey Light Blue 21/200

Rich Hill - Jersey Light Blue 69/200

Edinson Volquez - Jersey Black 17/125

John Maine - Autograph Charcoal 3/150.

John Maine again?  Hmm, that’s some poor collation there.

Box 5:

158 Base, 10 Doubles

#/499 Emerald — Mike Schmidt, Stan Musial
#/399 Black — Hanley Ramirez, Don Mattingly
#/299 Beige — Randy Johnson, Mariano Rivera
#/249 Red — Clay Buchholz, Carl Yastrzemski, Jeff Francis, Jose Reyes
#/199 Navy Blue — Phil Hughes, B.J. Upton
#/149 Brown — None
#/99 Sea Green — James Loney, Ryan Howard
#/49 Light Blue — None
#/25 Purple — NoneHits:

Lance Berkman - Jersey Light Blue 56/200

Michael Young - Jersey Navy Blue 16/50

Derrek Lee - Patch Beige 3/10

Chin-Lung Hu - Autographed Jersey Red 3/50.

Whew, no John Maine.  Derrek Lee is nice, just barely a 3 color patch.