2005 Upper Deck Classics

Continuing with my Hobby pack binge from this weekend is another pack of 2005 Upper Deck Classics. I've been picking up a pack of this stuff every time I hit this dealer. This is my fourth or fifth pack and since the guy only shows up once or twice a month, you can tell that these packs don't sell very well. I ripped one with an Eddie Mathews wrapper a couple of months ago, I chose Don Drysdale this time. Let's see how my luck holds out...


15 Brooks Robinson
75 Pee Wee Reese
42 Harmon Killebrew
96 Warren Spahn
MA-RY Robin Yount
99 Willie Stargell
63 Kevin Mitchell
53 Joe Morgan
51 Joe Carter

Pretty dang good pack, I would say. Spahnnie and Pops are two of my favorite players. If you don't like Pee Wee Reese, you don't like baseball. Killer's another fine pull. Yeah I got Joe, but that adds that little touch of bitterness that enhances the flavor of a dish. Gives the pack a consistent flavor if you really concetrate on it. I don't know why I don't just pick up a box of this stuff. two relics and an auto per box and the set is filled with stars. I can pick up one right now for under 50 bucks and it doesn't look like anyone's going to release an All-Legends set this year anyway. Speaking of relics, here's what you've been waiting for:

Finally pulled a jersey out of one of these packs. A really good one too! Robin Yount with a stripe even! This was the lone pack I ripped at the table and oddly enough, the seller told me that the other relic that came out of that box was... Robin Yount with a stripe. The exact same card. Hmmm, maybe I don't want to buy a box after all. Especially since I bought this from the same seller who pulled it out of another UD Classics box last year:

Oops. How many Yount jerseys did Upper Deck wreck anyway? The dumb thing is I almost sent that card to Thorzul in his trade contest, but I figured he already had it. Shoulda sent it, even though it wouldn't have kept me from coming in third in the contest.

2005 Upper Deck Classics

I got this pack for 2 bucks. For a legends product with 3 relics and 1 auto for box it sure is cheap. You can get a box for under 50 bucks if you look around. It's not the greatest looking set in the world as the bronzed borders are kind of strange, but it's full of a bunch of great players. I picked a pack with Eddie Mathews on the wrapper for good luck.

100 Yogi Berra
18 Carl Hubbell
40 Graig Nettles
61 Ken Griffey Sr.
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13 Boog Powell
89 Ted Lyons
44 Howard Johnson
39 George Kell

No inserts or short prints but not a bad pack at all. Yogi is a bona fide Legend with a capital L and is worth it all by himself. Carl Hubbell, Ted Lyons and George Kell bring up the Hall of Fame count to four. Ken Griffey had a kid who will be in the Hall eventually. Boog Powell isn't in the Hall but he's a Baltimore icon for his barbecue as much as his playing days. Graig Nettles played for 22 years but card collectors know him as the guy with the misspelled name. Howard Johnson is a hotel. Not too bad, one of these days a box will prove too tempting.