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I'm back with another Breaker's Club recap - this time it's for the box of 2002 Fleer Triple Crown that we ripped a couple of weeks ago. It took me awhile to get around to writing this recap post mostly because I knew there'd be a lot scanning involved! 
The regular base set for the 2002 Fleer Triple Crown set is quite nice. You've got white borders, nice photography, quality UV-spot treatment, and team logos! There are a few different subsets in the base set including those focused on the stars of the day and another on upcoming rookies, to name a couple.
Moving on to the inserts and parallels, let's start with the two parallels we found: 
The Gabe Kapler is #157/267 on the back while the Cliff Floyd is #075/317. I like the green foil on these - you'll have to trust me that the foil is green since it didn't scan well!
On the insert front, we found a number of quality cards beginning with a pair of Diamond Immortality inserts.
The design of this set is quite nice though with the "white space" at the bottom of the card it does kind of look like maybe an autograph should go there!
We also found a pair of Season Crowns cards. Since each card features three teams, I had to randomize them using the roll of a die (which I did during the live video break). For posterity, the Canseco/Bonds/Rodriguez card goes to the Mariners stack while the Martinez/Jeter/Ripken goes to the Orioles.
Before I get to the last few inserts, I have to show off two of the more strange cards I've ever found while opening up packs:
Each of those are double (or maybe even triple) printed cards. Definitely weird...and luckily only two cards popped out of the box looking like that.
Back to the inserts, our next is a RBI Kings card of Shawn Green.
I know Night Owl has a huge Dodgers collection but hopefully this is one that he can use since he claimed LA. The card didn't scan very well (my scanner particular seems to hate scanning foil board) but I assure this card does look better in person!
The other single insert we found was a Home Run Kings card of Sammy Sosa.
The Cubs went unclaimed in this edition of Breaker's Club (which shocked me) so into my pile this one goes. Seriously, what happened to all the Cubs collectors out there?!
And finally, we get to our one promised hit of the box:
Three featured teams on the front...and yet this relic doesn't actually go to any of them! Instead, it goes to the Yankees because Giambi is clearly marked as a Yankee on the card back.
Overall, the 2002 Fleer Triple Crown box was a fun box to rip. Plenty of neat inserts plus a couple of parallels kept things fresh. Personally, I like the base set a lot here so for me that was actually the main draw! The box provided plenty of nice base cards for all teams which means it's the perfect sort of box for a big group break.
Speaking of the big group break, I've got more boxes to recap still...look for those in the near future (hopefully)!
Oh man... I was just thinking how I missed out on not signing up for the A's. Then I saw that the Yankees screwed them again. Some things never change ;D
ReplyDeleteOh wow those multi-printed cards are wild (which team did they go to). Looks like they didn't get foil stamped either. Is there spot UV on them? (also props to noticing that detail as it's one of my favorites)
ReplyDeleteYup, that Green card is new to me!
ReplyDeleteThat Giambi relic card is weird. That is the most tenuous Yankee connection ever for a card.
Although now that I think of it, all 3 of the players pictured played for the Yankees.
DeleteDid Pudge play for the Yankees?
DeleteWow he did. I totally forgot about that short run.
DeleteThe weirdest part about those double exposure cards is that the back was different than both front pictures. It would be understandable if one of the front photos matched the back. Then you could say they must have just accidentally stamped a completed card. Those would be worth something to error card collectors I bet because I have never seen anything like them.
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