Baseball Cards 101

At this point I’ve pulled the average on all the bigger hits except the Yankee Stadium Legacy memorabilia card.  I thought this would be a good stopping point if I wanted to sell the rest.

In the past a messed up box has brought better than average return, or the next box in the case makes up for it.  So, I decide to press on and open the other half.  Must be something in there to make up for all those John Maine autos.

Box 6:

117 Base, 52 Doubles - including 4 A-Rod cards!

#/499 Emerald –  Randy Johnson, Josh Beckett, Derrek Lee, Mark Mulder, Bob Gibson, B.J. Upton
#/399 Black — Aaron Harang
#/299 Beige — Pat Burrell
#/249 Red — Todd Helton, Phil Hughes
#/199 Navy Blue — Ryan Howard, Kenji Johjima
#/149 Brown — Don Mattingly
#/99 Sea Green — Steve Carlton
#/49 Light Blue — Josh Willingham
#/25 Purple — None

Hits:

Curtis Granderson - Jersey Light Blue 100/200

Roy Oswalt - Jersey Light Blue 7/200

Vladimir Guerrero - Jersey Light Blue 156/200

No Autograph card in this box.  Shoot, now I’m really thinking I should stop.

Box 7:

152 Base, 20 Doubles

#/499 Emerald –  Justin Verlander, Chin-Lung Hu, Cole Hamels
#/399 Black — Grady Sizemore, Travis Hafner, Rod Carew, Omar Vizquel
#/299 Beige — None
#/249 Red — Wade Boggs, Ryan/Maddux/Johnson
#/199 Navy Blue — Alfonso Soriano, Pedro Martinez, Ozzie Smith
#/149 Brown — None
#/99 Sea Green — Griffey/Clemente/Guerrero/DiMaggio
#/49 Light Blue — None
#/25 Purple — None

Hits:

Jermaine Dye - Jersey Light Blue 75/200

Brian McCann - Jersey Black 102/125

Roberto Clemente - Patch Beige 7/10

Matt Cain - Autograph Charcoal 109/150

The Clemente patch is odd, all 1 color and feels like felt.  I must have hit my best stuff by now.

Box 8:

119 Base, 50 Doubles - just keeps getting worse!

#/499 Emerald — Mike Lowell, Carlos Delgado, Andre Ethier, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Ripken/Gwynn
#/399 Black — Jacoby Ellsbury
#/299 Beige — Tom Glavine, Eric Chavez
#/249 Red — Dan Uggla
#/199 Navy Blue — Josh Hamilton, Joe Blanton
#/149 Brown — Tim Hudson, Manny Ramirez
#/99 Sea Green — Chone Figgins
#/49 Light Blue — None
#/25 Purple — None

Hits:

Brad Penny - Jersey Black 83/125

Brian Roberts - Jersey Navy Blue 41/50

Alfonso Soriano - Jersey Navy Blue 32/50

Edinson Volquez - Autograph Jersey Light Blue 58/75

Box 9:

155 Base, 11 Doubles + 3 damaged

#/499 Emerald — Curt Schilling
#/399 Black — Garrett Atkins, Delmon Young, Alex Rodrigues, Joba Chamberlain
#/299 Beige — John Smoltz, Matt Holliday
#/249 Red — Brad Penny
#/199 Navy Blue — Howie Kendrick
#/149 Brown — Roberto Clemente, Luke Scott, Murray/Fielder
#/99 Sea Green — None
#/49 Light Blue — Jermaine Dye
#/25 Purple — None

Hits:

Jorge Posada - Jersey Black 122/125

Todd Helton - Jersey Navy Blue 38/50

Carlos Beltran - Patch Purple 3/5

Joe Blanton - Autograph Jersey Navy Blue 2/10

That Beltran is awesome.  Nearly the best patch card I’ve ever pulled.  I’ve now gotten twice over what I should have for a full case.

Box 10:

133 Base, 35 Doubles!

#/499 Emerald — Robin Yount
#/399 Black — Bench/I-Rod, Guerrero/Ichiro/Ramirez, Jones/Braun/Cabrera
#/299 Beige — Kevin Youkilis, Carl Crawford, Mattingly/Boggs
#/249 Red — Frank Robinson, Ben Sheets
#/199 Navy Blue — Joe Mauer
#/149 Brown — Freddy Sanchez
#/99 Sea Green — Kelly Johnson, Papelbon/Ramirez/Varitek/Ortiz both 4/99 & 3/99
#/49 Light Blue — None
#/25 Purple — None

Hits:

Troy Tulowitzki - Jersey Light Blue 171/200

Ryan Braun - Jersey Black 101/125

Johnny Bench - Patch Light Blue 6/25

John Maine - Autograph Charcoal 54/150

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHH!  Another John Maine charcoal auto?

I’m torn.  Everything else was above expectations, so I can’t really point the finger at Upper Deck.  On the other hand I really don’t know what I’m going to do with 5 copies of this card.