Pack Wars I: Pack 15 - 2006 Upper Deck Series 2 Top Panel

Welcome back to another edition of Pack Wars. This time, the battle is the second of the rack packs - an Upper Deck rack pack. As before, I'll consider each of the two panels as individual packs. First up, the top panel.

Note: For complete scoring rules, check out the initial post.

Pack #15: 2006 Upper Deck Series 2 - Top Panel

Box 1:

508. Miguel Batista (0 points)
556. Wll Ohman (Ack, a Cub! -1 point)

570. Dave Williams (A Red, though certainly a disappointing one. +10 points)

620. Franklyn German (0 points)
626. Todd Wellemeyer (0 points, another Marlin...at least I've heard of Wellemeyer unlike German)
674. Rafael Furcal (Ugh, I really don't like this guy. 0 points)
682. Jeff Cirillo (A Brewer...so that knocks another point off the 'ol total. -1 point)

721. Mike Myers (A Yankee...the bad "hits" keep on coming. -4 points)
753. Humberto Cota (A Pirate gets the scoring back in the positive direction. Not only that, but the photo is of him in catcher gear applying a tag at home plate on Aaron Harang...the Reds pitcher who has something like 2 career hits. Awesome card! +2 for being a Pirate, then +1 for being "awesome", then x2 as per the multiplier rules. Total = +6 points)

777. Mark Bellhorn (A decent player for a long time, but not worth points for me. 0 points)
882. Jason Schmidt - San Francisco Giants Checklist (0 points)
826. Sean Burroughs (0 points)
858. Brian Schneider (0 points)
983. Boone Logan (Wasn't this guy supposed to be something special? 0 points)
959. Fabio Castro (Never heard of him. 0 points)
ATL-20: Reggie Jackson All-Time Legends insert. (+10 for being an insert, but -4 for being a Yankee. Total, +6 points)

Total points: 0 - 1 + 10 + 0 + 0 + 0 -1 - 4 + 6 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 6 = 16 points.

Definitely NOT a good total for a pack with a guaranteed insert... Too many negatives which means Box 2 has a great chance to make up points (plus gain another pack win). The big question is, can Box 2 do any better?

Box 2:

503. Eric Byrnes (0 points)
551. John Mabry (Another Cub, -1 point)
559. Brandon McCarthy (The other Chicago team. 0 points)
635. Eric Munson (An Astro, -1 point)
643. Esteban German (0 points)
699. Willie Eyre (0 points)
740. Arthur Rhodes (Now one of the Reds best relievers, this guy has been around since 1991! +5 points for that.)

748. David Dellucci (0 points)
796. Todd Greene (0 points)
817. So Taguchi (The wrong NL Central team in red, yet again. -1 point)
873. Barry Zito - Oakland Athletics Checklist (0 points)

881. JD Drew - Los Angeles Dodgers Checklist (I wonder how Dodger fans feel about Drew being the "poster boy" for the team checklist in series 2? 0 points)
907. Sendy Rleal (I'm going to give Rleal 2 points for making me say "wow" and check his spelling of his name, first and last, twice. +2 points)
931. Reggie Abercrombie (0 points)
955. Skip Schumaker (Yet another Cardinal. -1 point)

ATL-16: Bob Feller - All-Time Legends Insert (+10 points)

Total points: 0 - 1 + 0 - 1 + 0 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 0 - 1 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 0 - 1 + 10 = 13 points

Unbelievable, Box 2 managed to throw up a worse 15 cards than Box 1...despite Box 1 having a Yankee as the guaranteed insert. Ouch. Let's update those totals with only 4 packs remaining.

Running tally:
Box 1: 9 pack wins and +168 total points
Box 2: 6 pack wins and +113 total points