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1999 Pacific: Look Out for Bat Shrapnel!

The 1999 Pacific box promises a small sampling of inserts.  Seeing as how we are about to crack open pack #16, I figured it was time to take a look at how we've done thus far..and we might yet expect to find in our box.

Platinum Blue Parallel:  1:73
With 36 packs in a box, the blue parallels are almost seeded one in every other box.  Thus, we have a 50% chance of finding one in our box...but I suppose those odds are lower now that we've already ripped over a third of the box open.

Dynagon Diamond:  4:37
Seeded almost four-per-box, we've only found one such insert so far.  It stands to reason that we should expect two more for sure, plus most likely a third.

Team Checklists:  2:37
We've already found our allotted two of these which is too bad because I was definitely hoping to discover the Barry Larkin version.

Gold Crown Die-Cuts:  1:37
We have yet to find the so-called box hit insert of the set.  At 1:37 packs, there should be one in almost every box, so we'll keep an eye out for this one yet.

Titanium Diamond Variation:  99 serial-numbered sets
Cramer's Choice Awards:  299 serial-numbered sets
Timelines:  199 serial-numbered sets
I don't think we can expect to get any of the serial-numbered sets.  I have no idea what the production numbers were like for the 1999 Pacific set, but I'm guessing the number was quite high!

It's nice to take a step back for a second to see how we've done to date...and what more we can expect to find.  Hard to believe that the odds would suggest we are due to find only four more inserts in the remaining 21 packs (counting the pack I am about to open).  Of course, we only found three inserts in the first 15 packs so 1 insert for about every 5 packs is seemingly on point!

Pack 16:
51.  Scott Erickson
66.  Sammy Sosa

Nice card of Sammy.

104.  Magglio Ordonez
132.  Charles Nagy
148.  Darryl Kile
171.  Dave Berg
196.  Russ Johnson
270.  Fernando Seguignol
296.  Mike Lowell

There's another image variation card for my set.

394.  Russ Davis

You don't see a lot of images of a guy shattering his bat.  Look at all the shrapnel!

Well, no inserts in this pack but given the stated odds that shouldn't be surprising.  Still, plenty more goodies could possibly remain (including at the very least a new Larkin base card for my collection).

More to come soon.

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