2009 Goodwin Champions Pack Break

For a $3.00 pack that I picked up at Wal-mart while waiting in line, it sure delivered. I don't expect much from the retail stuff, except hot the cards feel in my hand. These feel pretty good, and I was able to get some value out of the pack too. Here's what I got.

Daisuke Matsuzaka-A fantasy favorite of mine, although I dropped him at the beginning of last season because he pretty much sucked.



Chien-Ming Wang-I like the Yankee Stadium Inaugural Season badge. Really helps you notice that instead of Wang's butt sticking in your face.



Gary Sheffield-It's always nice to have a Sheffield in your back pocket.



Gordie Howe-Mini. Obviously, my favorite card of the pack. Nice lithographed image of Howe. I almost dropped this card on the floor when I opened the pack. I wasn't expecting to get anything good, but here it was/is. And what do you know, it's the first hockey card in the blog.



Overall I liked the way the cards feel in my hand. They came out of the pack flat. No warping at all unlike cards with a gloss a la Bowman Chrome, which I also picked up, but didn't get anything worth mentioning out of. Only the Howe is available through my fan page, but the others can be had by making me an offer.

2008 Topps Series 1 Box Break

Much like the Timeline break I did last week, the Series 1 cards that I broke this week came to me on the cheap. Let me just say, that I am glad I didn't pay too much for this box. Because I basically broke even on it.

Kendry Morales gold


Mickey Mantle, Most Home Runs


Mickey Mantle, Mickey Mantle Story


Brad Penny, Own The Game


Ron Swoboda, All Star Rookie Team


Hillary Clinton, Campaign 2008


I'm not sure what I like more about the Clinton card. The fact that it's a politician's card, or that it came right in front of (Bill's) checklist. Cards will be available on my Facebook Fan Page shortly.

2008 Upper Deck Timeline Box Break

Here's my first foray into the baseball card world since 1987.

So me and the woman just busted open a box of the Upper Deck Timeline. She got most of the good pulls. But here are three of the highlights.

Yankee Stadium Legacy Collection, Babe Ruth, #YSL 566



Evan Longoria rookie card, #65



Now my personal favorite, and not just because it's the one that I pulled. Jermaine Dye memorabilia card, #TM-JD.



Being a Chicago fan (yeah the Cubs too), I always like pulling someone with a Chi-town jersey on. So for my first box of baseball cards in over 20 years, I'm pretty happy, but nothing for me to really keep for my PC.

Anyways, they're all for sale through my Facebook Fan Page (Fan Page folks get first dibs on anything that I come across). I have another box of 2008 Topps Series 1 coming soon, so look for that break. Let me know if you're interested in any of them.