Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Leader of the Pack: 1993 Upper Deck Series 2

Here's another 1993 UD S2 pack from Night Owl Cards.

Time to play Leader of the Pack!

#810 Joe Boever: Player 2/5, Photo 2/5: they should used this photo for Eckersley's card, since Boever's head is blocking the "D" so the card just says "Upper Eck", At the Time 1/5, nobody wanted a Boever card, and no intangibles. Total = 5/20

#773 Trevor Hoffman: WHOA! Player 5/5, Photo 3/5 for a nice grunty closeup on the back, At the Time Hoffman was an unknown rookie 2/5, and Intangibles 4/5. He gets credit both for being on the first-year Marlins and for going on to have a HOF career. Pretty sweet card to pull. Total = 14/20



#809 Dave Burba: Player 3/5, Photo 2/5: well I'll be damned--he's blocking the "D" in "Deck" too! At the time 1/5 and no intangibles. Total = 6/20

#811 Jeremy Hernandez: Player 2/5, Photo 4/5 for excellent color uniformity, At the Time 1/5 and no intangibles. Total = 7/20

#633 Tom Bolton: Player 2/5, Photo 2/5: HE'S BLOCKING THE "D" TOO!! At the Time 1/5 and no intangibles. Total = 5/20

#728 Tracy Woodson: Player 2/5, Photo 2/5: the photo on the back is totally worthless. At the Time 1/5. Intangibles 3/5 for getting a photo with his wearing the green Cardinals cap. Total = 8/20

#695 Greg Swindell: Player 3/5, Photo 3/5 for a nice horizontal shot, At the Time 3/5 for one of the better big-league starters, and no intangibles. Total = 9/20

#701 Steve Bedrosian: Player 4/5, Photo 4/5: holy crap, you can't see his face on the front, but it's just an awesome shot, At the Time 2/5, no intangibles. Total = 10/20

#531 Frank Bolick: Player 1/5, Photo 1/5: face obscured on both the front AND back photos, At the Time 1/5 and no intangibles. Total = 3/20

#608 Kirk McCaskill: Player 3/5, Photo 4/5 for a good clear action shot on the front and a nice head shot on the back, At the Time 1/5 and no intangibles. Did I mention that he is also blocking the "D"? Total = 8/20

#542 Felix Jose: Player 2/5, Photo 4/5: Great horizontal closeup on the front and action shot on the back, At thie Time he was a bit of a rising star 3/5, and no intangibles. He's blocking the "D" too. Total = 9/20



#574 Rafael Palmeiro: Player 5/5, Photo 1/5: his face is blocked on the front, and he's making an error on the back. Awesome. At the Time he was a pretty big star 4/5 and no intangibles. Total = 10/20

#434 Marc Newfield: Player 2/5, Photo 4/5 very nice closeup, At the Time he was a nice prospect 3/5, and the special full-bleed card makes gives this 2/5 intangible points. Total = 11/20

#470 Bernie Williams Inside the Numbers: Player 4/5, photo 4/5 for a pretty nice action shot, At the Time he was a promising young player 3/5, and 2/5 intangibles for the insert. Total = 13/20



#466 Geronimo Pena Inside the Numbers: Player 2/5, photo 2/5 for a hunched-over shot, At the Time he'd had a few good partial years for the Cardinals and seemed like he might become a star 3/5, and 2/5 for intangibles. Total = 9/20

Not a great pack, but Bernie Williams takes it with his 13/20. Trevor Hoffman takes it with his 14/20.

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6 comments:

  1. I like the Felix Jose card. I'm trying to figure out who he's talking to. Reggie Sanders?

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  2. I was trying to figure that out too. The only name I came up with that seems to fit the player's complexion and back of jersey is Ray Lankford.

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  3. Uh, shouldn't Trevor Hoffman take it with a 14/20?

    Night Owl: In lieu of saying he's talking to Reggie Sanders, you could just say he was talking to god. Everyone would know who you mean.

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  4. Doesn't the fact McCaskill was fairly attractive count as an intangible?

    (It's probably why they went with that great head shot on the back. XD)

    /girl

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  5. Yeah! If you don't want to give Trevor his rightful leadership of this pack... You should send him to me :)

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