Base: Catfish Hunter Towelie RC Luke Hochevar RC Ichiro Adam LaRoche Brad Penny Jim Thome Mirror: Yankee Stadium Legacy: Moose Skowron #2930
Yes, I fully realize that this is not an Upper Deck Goudey card of Houston Astros catcher J.R. Towles. But after pulling a Towles in this pack of Goudey, I couldn't resist re-posting my Photoshopped masterpiece: A 2008 Topps Heritage "rookie" card of Towelie.
The final result was four votes for the pack of '96 Pacific Prisms and four votes for '98 Finest series two. So later tonight, I'm busting both.
1996 Pacific Prisms was a 144-card set, and each pack contained only one card. Here's the contest: Pick a number from 1-144 and post it to the comments section, the closest to the card number of the Pacific Prism I pull will win......
... something. In the meantime, in honor of the holiday, here's the greatest two minutes of South Park, ever.
Last pack in the Wal-Mart Value Pack, and its an Upper Deck Fatty from last year. Speaking of fattys...
There, much better. I needed that. (Do cards not drugs, kids.)
Anyway, in 2006 Upper Deck released three different kinds of Fat Packs. One with only series one cards, another with only series two cards, and a third with cards from both series one and two. This particular pack is a "one-&-two;" that is, all the base cards in the top compartment are from the first series and all the cards in the bottom compartment are series two. There's also a "one-&-two" Fatty exclusive "Season Highlights" insert that's seeded at the rate of one-per-compartment.
Top compartment
Base (all series one): Adam Kennedy Javy Lopez Neifi Perez Joe Crede Willy Mo Pena Andy Pettitte Dan Wheeler Carlos Silva Barry Zito Rich Harden Jim Thome Woody Williams Doug Clark (RC) Cristian Guzman Nick Johnson
Insert: Season Highlights: Johan Santana
Bottom Compartment
Base (all series two): Wilson Betemit Matt Belisle Miguel Ojeda Brian Moehler Todd Wellemeyer Rafael Furcal Julio Franco Ryan Doumit Victor Santos Josh Hancock Brad Wilkerson Robert Fick Val Majewski (RC) Ricky Nolasco (RC)
Inserts: Season Highlights: Alfonso Soriano Collect the Mascots and Win!: Phillie Phanatic
The Season Highlights inserts look virtually identical to the Player Highlights cards that were inserted into series two Hobby packs. In fact when I first saw these cards, I thought these were Player Highlights.
Collect the Mascots and Win! is a three-card one-&-two exclusive insert, featuring Mr. Met, The Phillie Phanatic, and Wally the Green Monster. By collecting all three cards, and entering the codes printed on the back, you can win prizes and stuff. I pulled the Phanatic, and yeah, the Big Green Guy is still the man. But don't take my word for it. Ask Mr. Met's wife.