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Group Break: The Final Five Packs (and one last surprise hit)!

It's been a lot of fun guys and gals - I hope you have all enjoyed the packs as much as I have.  It's now time to open one more pack from each of the boxes - the very last pack for each box!

1997 Collector's Choice:
267.  Jeff Blauser - Braves
270.  Chipper Jones - Braves
323.  Walt Weiss - Rockies
368.  Wilton Guerrero - Dodgers
372.  Mike Matheny - Brewers
377.  Roberto Kelly - Twins
417.  Mark Leiter - Phillies
422.  Rex Hudler - Phillies
425.  Lou Collier - Pirates
456.  Mark Lewis - Giants
467.  Aaron Boone - Reds
480.  Jay Buhner - Mariners
498.  Carlos Delgado - Blue Jays
11 of 45.  Roberto Alomar - All-Star Connection - Orioles

It's strangely fitting that the last card in the pack is an Oriole insert...especially since it took so long for us to find a single Oriole in the group break!

1999 Pacific:
51.  Scott Erickson - Orioles
70.  Mark McGwire - Cardinals

158.  Raul Casanova - Tigers
220.  Trenidad Hubbard - Dodgers
227.  Jeff Shaw - Dodgers
291.  Joe Girardi - Yankees
303.  Mariano Rivera - Yankees
332.  Scott Rolen - Phillies
339.  Freddy Garcia - Pirates
405.  Dan Wilson - Mariners

2000 Fleer EX:
20.  Roger Clemens - Yankees

37.  Jim Thome - Indians

59.  Kevin Brown - Dodgers

Checklist 2 of 2

2003 Bazooka:
7.  Bazooka Joe - Cardinals
62.  Franklyn German - Tigers
88.  Roberto Alomar - Mets
127.  Kerry Wood - Cubs
193.  Shannon Stewart - Blue Jays
233.  Adrian Gonzalez - Marlins
135.  Richie Sexson - Mini - Brewers
238.  Kevin Cash - Silver Chunk - Blue Jays

Well, that's a disappointment - the Bazooka box cheated us out of a promised hit.  Again, I doubt Topps will care or do anything about it - especially since I've thrown out the pack wrappers one by one as I open the packs.  At least the EX box and Cracker Jack box both gave us an unexpected hit...but are we done yet?  There's one pack left - and let me tell you what - it surprised me...

2004 Cracker Jack:
5.  Abreu - Phillies
36.  Bonderman - Tigers
110.  Beltran - Royals
119.  Vina - Tigers
131.  Byrd - Phillies
133.  Rickey - St. Louis (goes to Cardinals I guess)
211.  Hawksworth - Cardinals

This is a short print card (seeded 1:3 packs)
53.  Hunter - Mini - Twins
Secret Pack:
104.  Brown - Sticker Mini - Yankees
TB-KW.  Kerry Wood - Take Me Out To The Ball Game - Relic - Cubs

Wow!  A second relic out of the box that didn't promise any hits...that's the same number as in the Bazooka box that promised three relics per box.  This is a really nice relic card, complete with a Cubs stripe - and it makes the second hit for the Cubs (they also got the autograph from the EX box).  Kerry is in group G - seeded 1:211 packs - another really nice pull!!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the group break!  I'll be updating the individual teams, pulling all the duplicates out of the stacks, and then mailing off the cards.  Chances are, by the time you read this the cards will be in the mail (or if I'm really ambitious, you'll already have them in hand)!

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