Monday, May 31, 2010

America's Next Cheap Blaster

I picked up a 2008 Spectrum blaster on eBay recently for just a shade under $7 including shipping. This isn't a product I would normally invest in, but the allure was the opportunity to at least get a guaranteed memorabilia card for a cheap price. With 7 packs at 4 cards per pack, this should be short and sweet.

Pack 1:

63 - Derek Jeter
46 - Vladimir Guerrero (Just as I had written off Vlad, he's put together a very nice season. He was only 6 RBI shy of his entire 2009 total heading into today's action.)

96 - Roy Halladay (The new Mr. Perfect. I wonder if Dallas Braden was bothered by someone stealing his thunder.)
18 - Carlos Zambrano

Pack 2:
7 - Mark Teixeira

RS-ME2 - Morgan Ensberg Retrospectrum Swatches (Morgan Ensberg? You're kidding me. This has to be some sort of joke.)
5 - Chipper Jones

YSL679 - Red Ruffing Yankee Stadium Legacy

Pack 3:
40 - Carlos Lee
1 - Chris Young

44 - Alex Gordon (I don't see how converting Gordon to an outfielder will make him hit better.)
70 - Eric Chavez

Pack 4:
14 - Manny Ramirez
92 - B.J. Upton

57 - Torii Hunter

DJ32 - Derek Jeter Retrospectrum (This product has Jeter all over it.)

Pack 5:
20 - Aramis Ramirez

87 - Albert Pujols (Nice.)
83 - Omar Vizquel

31 - Matt Holliday (I'm a fan of this pack.)

Pack 6:

79 - Jake Peavy
27 - Grady Sizemore
69 - Nick Swisher
43 - Hunter Pence

Pack 7:

53 - Ryan Braun
66 - Hideki Matsui
95 - Sammy Sosa

YSL704 - Babe Ruth Yankee Stadium Legacy

6 comments :

  1. That Ensberg would have been an insult to pull even back in 2008.

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  2. If you happen to have any of the three cards I'm still looking for from this set, I'd be interested in a trade! (#21, 34, and 64)

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  3. That's a rough pull with the Ensberg card. Every other available jersey card is probably a better pull.

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  4. Morgan Ensberg = the blogosphere's new golden boy

    Move over Curt Schilling and Brad Ziegler!

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  5. I would love to trade for that Jeter retrospectrum, and the YSL cards. Let me know

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  6. Nico, I sent you an e-mail yesterday about the extra Jeter cards I found. Let me know if you have a list of YSL cards that you want or need because I have around 20 of them and don't really need them.

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