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Group Break 7: Least Flattering Baseball Card Ever?

Seeing how it is three-pack Saturday (new holiday, didn't you get the memo?)...I figured I ought to bust three more packs - this time out of the Topps Stadium Club box.  In the three packs I found two cards of particular note.  One was a "half-box hit" of sorts since it was a two-per-box insert card.  The other was perhaps the least flattering baseball card photo that I've ever seen...

2002 Topps Stadium Club:
Packs 13, 14, & 15:



1.  Pedro Martinez - Red Sox
6.  Bret Boone - Mariners
7.  Alex Rodriguez - Rangers
20.  Randy Johnson - Diamondbacks
27.  Reggie Sanders - Diamondbacks
33.  David Wells - White Sox

Would you take a close look at that photo...  Oh my goodness, it's bad on so many levels I don't even have the words to express how I feel about the card.  It's amusing that the word "yakker" is on the back of the card...as in, looking at this photo will make anyone yakker within seconds.
49.  Troy Glaus - Angels
54.  Magglio Ordonez - White Sox

I scanned this one too just so the White Sox had a good photo to look at in addition to the yakker above.
55.  Brad Penny - Marlins
56.  Omar Vizquel - Indians
62.  Terrance Long - Athletics
63.  Moises Alou - Astros
64.  Sandy Alomar - White Sox
71.  Barry Bonds - Giants
76.  Jeromy Burnitz - Brewers
79.  Shawn Green - Dodgers
80.  Jimmy Rollins - Phillies

SS7.  Stadium Shots:  Juan Gonzalez - Indians

Congrats to the Indians for landing one of the Stadium Shots cards.  The Stadium Shots cards happen to be seeded 1:12 packs which should mean that we find one more of these before the box is finished off.  Like the rest of the inserts in the set, the Stadium Shots cards are printed on the super thick relic type stock - it's amazingly easy to tell which packs have a "good" card in them just by picking up the packs!  I can't imagine how many of these boxes were wiped clean of relics and inserts before kids even had a chance to buy them in hobby shops.

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