Group Break 3: Donruss Studio - Packs 15, 16, & 17 (Hit!)

Happy Sunday everyone.  Here we are with another three packs out of the Donruss Studio box - and there's a hit lurking in one of the packs!

Pack 15:
74.  Freddy Garcia - Mariners
94.  Vernon Wells - Blue Jays
98.  Luis Gonzalez - Diamondbacks
150.  Michael Barrett - Expos
153.  Mike Piazza - Mets
BLC-2.  Big League Challenge:  Magglio Ordonez (White Sox) #115/400

There you go Chicago - congrats on your first serially numbered card of the break!

Pack 16:
28.  Omar Vizquel - Indians
38.  Carlos Beltran - Royals
99.  Mark Grace - Diamondbacks
146.  Terrmel Sledge - Expos
182.  Ray Durham - Giants
MS-3.  Masterstrokes:  Alex Rodriguez - Rangers #0367/1000

I have to admit, boxes like this one are a lot of fun to open because in addition to the nice base cards there are lots of cool (and numbered) inserts.  I'm not really a huge collector of numbered cards but they are fun to open in packs!  Even better for the Rangers, this is the third such serially numbered card for Texas in the break!

Pack 17:
8.  Melvin Mora - Orioles
13.  Johnny Damon - Red Sox
41.  Jimmy Gobble - Royals
155.  Cliff Floyd - Mets
158.  Tom Glavine - Mets
E-26.  Enshrinement:  Catfish Hunter - Athletics #034/750

BLC-47.  Big League Challenge Relic:  Lance Berkman - Astros

Would you look at that?  The Astros land a nice little hit in the Berkman while the Athletics score a nice grab with the Catfish Hunter card.  A really nice pack for a pair of teams that needed something good at this point in the break!