First, let's rip the second pack out of the 2005 UD Classics box:
2005 UD Classics
Pack 02
9. Bob Feller (Indians)
16. Buck Leonard (Homestead Greys)
Mr. Leonard will go into the Pirates stack since Homestead is right near the city of Pittsburgh. The card uses the spelling "Greys" but most online resources seem to say the team name was spelled with an "a" as in Grays...
48. Jim Bunning (Phillies)
49. Jim Palmer (Orioles)
52. Casey Stengel (Yankees)
64. Kirk Gibson (Tigers)
88. Ted Kluszewski (Reds)
96. Warren Spahn (Boston Braves)
Spahn will go into the Atlanta Braves pile since I belive the Boston Braves became (eventually) the Atlanta Braves. I really should go back and review my old baseball history though so if I'm mistaken someone let me know in the comments!
Wow, that was a star-packed pack! I love sets the feature lesser known players from baseball's history - so the UD Classics set is great since it features guys besides the typical Mantle, Ruth, Maris that Topps so often trots out in its sets.
With that pack, let's take a look at the updated leaderboard!
Arizona Diamondbacks/Los Angeles Dodgers - BA Benny - 10 base / 1 insert
Atlanta Braves - Flywheels - 16 base / 2 insert
Baltimore Orioles - RyanMemorabilia 11 base / 2 inserts
Boston Red Sox - Cardsplitter 7 base / 0 inserts
Chicago Cubs - D. Cottilo 10 base / 1 inserts
White Sox / Athletics - RGBCards 15 base / 0 inserts
Cleveland Indians - Baseball Dad 12 base / 1 insert
Detroit Tigers - Grand Cards 9 base / 0 inserts
New York Mets - The Brooklyn Met 5 base / 1 insert
New York Yankees - NMCLax24 8 base / 1 insert
Philadelphia Phillies - Deal 7 base / 2 inserts
Pittsburgh Pirates - NY Hitman 23 4 base / 2 inserts
St. Louis Cardinals - Ike's Cards 9 base / 0 inserts
San Francisco Giants - dfwbuck2 6 base / 1 insert
Seattle Mariners - Dan 9 base / 1 insert
Summary:
19 packs in and most teams have been well-represented so far. Only four teams are without at least one insert, while three teams already have two inserts. The Mets (who were way behind in total cards) have crept up the leaderboard slightly and still have the best "pull" of any pack up to this point. Judging by the numbers, the Braves are the big winners so far with 16 base cards, just ahead of the White Sox / Athletics pile which has 15 cards combined. The insert race is too close to call, though as mentioned above, I'd put the Mets in first currently since they have the most unique of the inserts so far.
Still plenty of packs to go though - what else will we end up? Only one to find out... Just keep rippin'!
2005 UD Classics
Pack 02
9. Bob Feller (Indians)
48. Jim Bunning (Phillies)
49. Jim Palmer (Orioles)
52. Casey Stengel (Yankees)
88. Ted Kluszewski (Reds)
Spahn will go into the Atlanta Braves pile since I belive the Boston Braves became (eventually) the Atlanta Braves. I really should go back and review my old baseball history though so if I'm mistaken someone let me know in the comments!
Wow, that was a star-packed pack! I love sets the feature lesser known players from baseball's history - so the UD Classics set is great since it features guys besides the typical Mantle, Ruth, Maris that Topps so often trots out in its sets.
With that pack, let's take a look at the updated leaderboard!
Card Breakdown Leaderboard
Arizona Diamondbacks/Los Angeles Dodgers - BA Benny - 10 base / 1 insert
Atlanta Braves - Flywheels - 16 base / 2 insert
Baltimore Orioles - RyanMemorabilia 11 base / 2 inserts
Boston Red Sox - Cardsplitter 7 base / 0 inserts
Chicago Cubs - D. Cottilo 10 base / 1 inserts
White Sox / Athletics - RGBCards 15 base / 0 inserts
Cleveland Indians - Baseball Dad 12 base / 1 insert
Detroit Tigers - Grand Cards 9 base / 0 inserts
New York Mets - The Brooklyn Met 5 base / 1 insert
New York Yankees - NMCLax24 8 base / 1 insert
Philadelphia Phillies - Deal 7 base / 2 inserts
Pittsburgh Pirates - NY Hitman 23 4 base / 2 inserts
St. Louis Cardinals - Ike's Cards 9 base / 0 inserts
San Francisco Giants - dfwbuck2 6 base / 1 insert
Seattle Mariners - Dan 9 base / 1 insert
Summary:
19 packs in and most teams have been well-represented so far. Only four teams are without at least one insert, while three teams already have two inserts. The Mets (who were way behind in total cards) have crept up the leaderboard slightly and still have the best "pull" of any pack up to this point. Judging by the numbers, the Braves are the big winners so far with 16 base cards, just ahead of the White Sox / Athletics pile which has 15 cards combined. The insert race is too close to call, though as mentioned above, I'd put the Mets in first currently since they have the most unique of the inserts so far.
Still plenty of packs to go though - what else will we end up? Only one to find out... Just keep rippin'!
you are correct on the Braves. And I believe that Spahn is the only man to play for the Braves in all three cities.
ReplyDeleteSo the big G-R-A-Y on the guy's jersey didn't convince UD that it was spelled that way?
ReplyDeleteI knew Mr Feller had to show up somewhere in this box! We're going to see his museum ,in Iowa, this summer.
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