Topps 2010 Jumbo Pack Showdown: Pack #7

2010 MLB Topps Jumbo Box Jumbo Pack Showdown I
Jumbo Pack #7:

Base Cards:
1.  Prince Fielder (again, I like this photo a lot = +1 point)
9.  Tim Lincecum
11.  Orlando Cabrera
13.  Melvin Mora
28.  Jonathan Sanchez
35.  Rick Porcello
46.  Chad Tracy
51.  Eric Young Jr.
53.  Craig Counsell
54.  John Lackey
69.  Kansas City Royals
81.  Ryan Theriot
89.  J.A. Happ
99.  Garrett Jones (Pirate = +2)

107.  Scott Hairston
111.  Ty Wigginton
117.  David DeJesus
128.  Garrett Mock
130.  Vladimir Guerrero
134.  Philadelphia Phillies
137.  Oakland Athletics
142.  Tim Hudson
144.  Rich Harden
162.  Wade Davis
170.  Jason Bay (ex-Pirate, now-Red Sox = -2 points)
174.  Mike Gonzalez
176.  Yovani Gallardo
187.  Will Venable (+1 for the photo)

191.  Mat Latos
202.  San Francisco Giants (+5 Franchise History)
208.  Tim Wakefield (-2 Red Sox strikes again)
211.  Kelly Shoppach
220.  Randy Johnson
243.  Asdrubal Cabrera
256.  Akinoir Iwamura (+2 Pirates well represented in this pack)
267.  Toronto Blue Jays
277.  Jarrod Washburn
284.  Ross Ohlendorf (Man, another Pirate!  +2)
290.  Orlando Hudson
298.  Baltimore Orioles

Base cards total points = +9 points

Ho hum.  A pretty boring bunch of base cards, and for the first time, a whole bunch of duplicates!
Inserts:
237.  Brew Crew Knockout Checklist - Gold Parallel (#0518/2010) (+1 plus 1 more point for a cool photo = +2 points)

TMC-10. Million Card Giveaway (+1 /2 for showing Yastrzemski as a Red Sox = 0.5 points) 
TR3. Nolan Ryan - Turkey Red (+1 point x2 for a player I like = +2 points)

PP19. Tris Speaker - Peak Performers (+1 point)
FCTTT20. Adam Jones - Topps Town (+1 point)
LL19.  Whitey Ford and CC Sabathia - Legendary Lineage.  (Blech 2 Yankees = 1/8 = 0.125 points)
CMT48.  Ivan Rodriguez - Cards Your Mother Threw Out regular back (+1 point)
TOG3. Ruth Calls His Shot - Tales of the Game (+1 /4 for being a Yankee, but then x2 for being a true "tale of the game" = 0.5 points)

HOTG24.  Interleague Play Introduced 1997  (+1 point)
WTWY-JB.  Jason Berken - When They Were Young (1x2 = +2 points)

Insert card total points = 11.125 points

Base card points = 9 points

Total points = 20.125 points

Final thoughts:

Some packs are exciting, some packs are boring...this pack was definitely the latter.  Not a whole lot to get excited about!  Even so, it still didn't register as the worst pack of the box, so that's good at least!

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.  21.75 points:  Jumbo Pack 6 (best cards:  Ichiro Hat Patch relic, Mazeroski Tales of the Game)
5.  20.75 points:  Jumbo Pack 4 (best cards:  Josh Beckett Black Parallel, Colorado Rockies Franchise History)
6.  20.125:  Jumbo Pack 7 (best cards:  Nolan Ryan Turkey Red, Prince Fielder Gold Parallel)
7. 10 points: Jumbo Pack 3 (best cards: Collin Balester Autograph, Carl Crawford Gold Parallel)
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