Late Bloomers and Scout's Choices

It's on to part 2 of 3 in the 1999 Bowman box break. I'm planning on heading to a card show on Saturday and will likely try to purchase something like this again - hopefully in the $20 or less price range. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

We didn't see any inserts last time, so this time I am promising inserts galore. Inserts galore!

Pack 9:

100 - Corey Koskie

124 - Lariel Gonzalez (I wonder if anyone ever called him L'Oreal when he was growing up. Probably not...)

166 - John Curtice

111 - Julio Ramirez

55 - Eric Karros

211 - Alex Hernandez

178 - Kevin Witt

170 - Gabe Molina

165 - Jason Dellaero

133 - Carlos Febles International

Pack 10:

16 - Al Leiter

7 - Vladimir Guerrero

38 - Jeff King

42 - Darin Erstad

LB10 - Trevor Hoffman Late Bloomers (I wish you could see just how... amazing... this card looks in person. You'll just have to take my word for it. Just, wow...)

137 - Nathan Haynes

130 - Andy Brown

73 - Jack Cust (Ah, to be young again... and also on a Bowman card.)

106 - Kit Pellow

113 - Eric Valent International

Pack 11:

199 - Chris Gissell

127 - Tony Torcato (Torcato... isn't that what Taco Bell invented to sell in their annoying commercials recently?)

2 - Kerry Wood (I used to like athletes with the name Kerry as a rule until this guy came along.)

142 - Aramis Ramirez

193 - Gil Meche

146 - Brian Simmons

131 - Ryan Mills

182 - Ryan Glynn

179 - Keith Luuloa (No, I don't know who any of these guys are, either.)

198 - Amaury Garcia International

Pack 12:

36 - Mark Kotsay

67 - Brad Fullmer

32 - Andruw Jones

200 - Austin Kearns

LB4 - Vinny Castilla Late Bloomers (These are a 1:12 pack insert. I'd love to get the Edmonds card if anyone has one.)

217 - Brent Butler

132 - Andy Abad

204 - Chris Enochs

69 - John Smoltz (I keep getting updates on Smoltz's wannabe golf career with my Cardinals news. Bleh.)

100 - Corey Koskie International

Pack 13:

47 - Juan Guzman

40 - Ray Durham

12 - John Valentin

14 - Tony Clark

102 - Rick Elder

90 - Chris Haas

72 - Adam Kennedy (Back to back Cardinals! I think I already have this one, though.)

109 - Jason Dewey

52 - Ken Griffey Jr. (The Mariners slogan this season is "Believe Big". I'm not really sure what that's supposed to mean. Also, there's a joke here, but... nah. I don't feel like it.)

19 - Pedro Martinez International

Pack 14:

78 - Ricardo Aramboles

80 - Jason Rakers

76 - Darnell McDonald

208 - Nate Bump

SC10 - Carlos Lee Scout's Choice (These are also 1:12 inserts. These look pretty nice and basic, though. I wouldn't mind it if the entire base set looked like this.)

210 - Matt LeCroy

95 - Pat Cline

184 - Michael Cuddyer (Something possessed me to draft Cuddyer on multiple fantasy teams this year.)

88 - Scott Randall

47 - Juan Guzman International

Pack 15:

66 - David Cone (Cone's "Now & Then" photo shows him back in his Mets days, but he actually pitched for the Royals first if I recall.)

68 - Andy Benes

44 - Pat Hentgen

28 - Jeff Shaw

1 - Ben Grieve (It's the cover guy!)

191 - Chuck Abbott

157 - Danny Klassen

121 - Jacque Jones

65 - Raul Mondesi

32 - Andruw Jones International (Jones has his native Curaçao pictured in the background, but he may as well be from the moon's surface as far as this scan is concerned.)

Pack 16:

101 - Ricky Ledee

77 - Adam Everett

151 - Sean Spencer

110 - Cesar King

SC17 - Jeremy Giambi (I think the Scouts made the wrong choice here.)

213 - Troy Cameron

92 - Matt Belisle

114 - Roosevelt Brown

143 - Cristian Guzman

106 - Kit Pellow International