Topps 2010 Jumbo Pack Showdown: Pack #10

2010 MLB Topps Jumbo Box Jumbo Pack Showdown I
Jumbo Pack #10:

Base Cards:
4.  NL Batting Average Leaders
23.  Shane Victorino
28.  Jonathan Sanchez
43.  Marco Scutaro
53.  Craig Counsell
77.  Kenshin Kawakami
89.  J.A. Happ
99.  Garrett Jones (+2 Pirate)
101.  Scott Baker
102.  Minnesota Twins
111.  Ty Wigginton
119.  Wilkin Ramirez
123.  Jeff Samardzija
126.  John Smoltz
138.  AL Homerun Leaders (-7 for having both Teixiera the Yank and Bay the Sawx)
142.  Tim Hudson
144.  Rich Harden
147.  Huston Street
156.  Tony Gwynn Jr.
159.  Vernon Wells
162.  Wade Davis
170.  Jason Bay (-2...two Bays in the same pack)
199.  Seattle Mariners
208.  Tim Wakefield (-2, man I get a lot of Red Sox and Yankees)
213.  Ricky Nolasco
221.  Russell Branyan
225.  David Price
233.  AL RBI Leaders (-7 for Teixeira and the third Bay of the pack)
250.  Mark Teixeira (-5, seriously, 3 Texieras already in this pack)
265.  Angels
268.  Juan Pierre

275.  Chris Coghlan
284.  Ross Ohlendorf (+2, finally a positive scoring card)
290.  Orlando Hudson
297.  Ben Zobrist
306.  Milton Bradley
315.  Scott Kazmir
317.  Ryan Doumit (at least the base cards ended well, +2 points)

Base cards total points = -17 points

Wow, -17 can be attributed directly to Jason Bay and Mark Teixeira.  I managed to pull three of each player, and not a single Red...and people wonder why many baseball fans don't like the Yanks and Sox...

Inserts:
97.  Luis Durango - Gold Parallel (#1720/2010) (+1 point)
TMC-9. Million Card Giveaway (+1 point) 
TR24. Clayton Kershaw - Turkey Red (+1 point)

PP15. Alex Rodriguez- Peak Performers (+1 /4 for being aYankee = 0.25 points)
TTT18. Vladimir Guerrero- Topps Town (+1 point)
LL17.  Reggie Jackson and Adam Dunn- Legendary Lineage.  (I like Dunn so x2 but then Jackson the Yankee cuts the score 75%.  Total = 0.5 points)
CMT12.  Stan Musial - Cards Your Mother Threw Out regular back (+1 point)
TOG24. Josh Hamilton - Tales of the Game (1 point x2 for a player I like = +2 points)
HOTG22.  Ryan Throws Seventh No-Hitter 1991 (+1 point)
WCR-MT.  Mark Teixeira - World Champion Relic - (10 points /4 for being a Yankee...grr.  Not only that, but this is the fourth Teixeira card in the pack. Un-freaking-believable! = +2.5 points)

Insert card total points = 11.25 points

Base card points = -17 points

Total points = -5.75 points

Final thoughts:

Eesh.  Each pack with a hit seemed to offer nothing else but crap, crap, crap.  It's amazing that of the 3 packs that contained a hit, the highest any of those packs finished was #5.  This pack, with arguably the best hit in terms of value, had the lowest of any pack score...mostly because of not one, not two, not three, but four different Mark Teixeira cards, including the aforementioned hit.

Scoreboard:

1.  34.375 points:  Jumbo Pack 1 (best cards:  Daniel McCutchen When They Were Young Insert, Ozzie Smith Turkey Red)

2.  27.25 points:  Jumbo Pack 5 (best cards:  History of the Game Pirates World Series, Cincinnati Reds team card)

3.  26.875 points:  Jumbo Pack 2 (best cards:  Pittsburgh Pirates Franchise History, Ty Cobb Peak Performer)
4.  25.375 points:  Jumbo Pack 9 (best cards:  Nolan Ryan Card Your Mother Threw Out Original Back, Jackie Robinson Tales of the Game)
5.  21.75 points:  Jumbo Pack 6 (best cards:  Ichiro Hat Patch relic, Mazeroski Tales of the Game)
6.  20.875 points:  Jumbo Pack 8 (best cards:  Francisco Cordero Gold Parallel, Cal Ripken Jr History of the Game)
7.  20.75 points:  Jumbo Pack 4 (best cards:  Josh Beckett Black Parallel, Colorado Rockies Franchise History)
8.  20.125:  Jumbo Pack 7 (best cards:  Nolan Ryan Turkey Red, Prince Fielder Gold Parallel)
9. 10 points: Jumbo Pack 3 (best cards: Collin Balester Autograph, Carl Crawford Gold Parallel)
10.  -5.75:  Jumbo Pack 10 (best cards:  Mark Teixeira World Series Relic, Adam Dunn Legendary Lineage)