Today's a big day for me - the Reds play the Pirates in the one game "coin flip" to determine who advances to the real playoffs. Since I can't directly control the Reds, I figured I'd use this morning's three packs as sort of a scoreboard of sorts. Who wins between the Reds and Pirates? Let's find out using three packs of Skybox Dominion as our inspiration.
Pack 17:
Todd Zeile - Rangers
Mark McGwire - Cardinals
Sammy Sosa - Cubs
Matt Lawton - Twins
Brian Giles - Pirates
Uh oh, the Pirates get off to an early lead - Giles was a solid player for Pittsburgh during his tenure there.
Will Clark - Orioles
E. Gagne & J. Williams - Dodgers
Cristian Guzman - Twins
Rafael Palmeiro - Rangers
13 of 20 NE. New Era: Shea Hillenbrand - Red Sox
After one pack, I'd say it's 1-0 Pirates. Let's hope my Reds can get on the board in the next pack.
Pack 18:
Ivan Rodriguez - Rangers
Aaron Sele - Rangers
Roger Clemens - Yankees
Tim Wakefield - Red Sox
Adrian Beltre - Dodgers
Mike Sweeney - Royals
Rey Ordonez - Mets
M. Darr & W. Gonzalez - Padres
Wilton Veras - Red Sox
Bret Boone - Braves
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Sure, Boone may be pictured as a Brave in the card but he was a solid player for the Reds for a few years. I'm giving it to Cincinnati. 1-1 heading into the final pack.
Pack 19:
Ken Griffey Jr. - Mariners
Another Reds' great in a different jersey - it's still enough to put the Reds ahead. 2-1 Cincy.
Kevin Tapani - Cubs
David Nilsson - Brewers
Rickey Henderson - Mets
Jose Offerman - Red Sox
Magglio Ordonez - White Sox
W. Pena & E. Yarnall - Yankees
Pena ended up a Red...and the Reds traded him for Bronson Arroyo. I'd say that deal worked out pretty sweet for Cincinnati. +1 Redlegs. 3-1 now.
Tony Armas Jr. - Expos
Jorge Posada - Yankees
7 of 10 DP Plus: Juan Gonzalez (Rangers) & Manny Ramirez (Indians)
We already got the regular version of this Double Play card in an earlier pack. The Double Play Plus cards are much rarer (seeded 1:90 packs as opposed to 1:9 packs for the regular Double Play inserts). Since the Indians were claimed and the Rangers weren't, this goes to Cleveland - Congrats to Baseball Dad!
Speaking of congrats, by my count, the Reds beat the Pirates in the three packs by a score of 3-1. Oh sure, you might complain since technically we landed one Pirates' card and zero Reds cards....but it's my blog, my rules!
Put awesome on that! That's quite the angle to put on a catcher'c card!
ReplyDeleteThe Rangers are my random team anyway !!
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