’07 Topps Total Football pack 7

Here’s what I got:

#115 Jeremi Johnson, Reggie Kelly, Doug Johnson
#169 Deion Branch
#187 Roscoe Parrish
#206 Champ Bailey
#250 Marcus McNeill, Mike Goff, Nick Hardwick
#293 Boss Bailey, Paris Lenon
#501 Alan Branch [rookie]
#521 Lawrence Timmons [rookie]
#542 Michael Griffin [red parallel, rookie]
#AW1 Peyton Manning [2006 award winner]

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $ .91
Beckett NM/MT worth: $11.95
Insert odds I beat: 1:8 packs [2006 award winners, 1:4 packs [red parallel]
Most valuable card: Peyton Manning [2006 Award Winner] @ $3.00, Michael Griffin [red parallel, rookie] @ $3.00

2007 Upper Deck Baseball Series 1 & 2 Combo Pack

For a base set with over 1,000 cards to it, you would hope to find a little more to the mix than just player cards and checklists.. and the meaningless Triple Play inserts turned out to be just scratchits for UpperDeckKids.com points which I can’t even use. Funny thing, nowhere on these inserts does it say where you can type in the codes that were scratched off.. only after googling message boards did I come to find out they were for UpperDeckKids.com.

Not a big deal though.. otherwise, it’s a great set with brilliant photos and solid card design.

Here’s what I got:

#16 Alvin Colina [rookie]
#58 Kris Benson
#64 Sendy Rleal
#112 Magglio Ordonez
#127 John Buck
#171 Mike Mussina
#175 Jaret Wright
#249 Orlando Hudson
#301 David Weathers
#328 Jose Garcia [rookie]
#358 Jonathan Broxton
#376 Jose Valentin
#458 Nick Johnson
#462 Austin Kearns
#488 Adam Dunn [reds checklist]
#563 Pal Bako
#630 Josh Hamilton [rookie]
#632 Rheal Cormier
#683 Jason Grilli
#699 Ricky Nolasco
#704 Aaron Boone
#706 Miguel Cabrera
#755 Darren Oliver
#776 Marlon Anderson
#804 Pat Neshek
#817 Johan Santana [twins checklist]
#819 Aaron Sele
#875 Abraham Nunez
#914 Brian Giles
#952 Russ Springer
#TP-AS Alfonso Soriano
#TP-JR Jose Reyes

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $ 4.99
Beckett NM/MT worth: $18.10
Insert odds I beat: none
Most valuable card: Josh Hamilton [rookie] @ $5.00

’07 Topps Total Football pack 6

The Eagles checklist with McNabb on the front is a nice card, and I guess it doesn’t count as part of the 10 cards per pack.

Here’s what I got:

#143 Darren Sharper
#157 David Akers, Dirk Johnson, Reno Mahe [blue parallel]
#161 Shawne Merriman
#198 Carson Palmer
#200 Willie McGinest
#211 Ryan Pickett, Cullen Jenkins, Corey Williams
#375 Braylon Edwards
#391 Rashean Mathis
#526 Stewart Bradley [rookie]
#540 LaRon Landry [rookie]
#TC24 Donovan McNabb [eagles checklist]

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $ .91
Beckett NM/MT worth: $10.20
Insert odds I beat: 1:2 packs [blue parallel]
Most valuable card: LaRon Landry [rookie] @ $2.00

2007 Topps Turkey Red Baseball pack 2

Whoa, a short print! It was a nice surprise I didn’t know I had until I looked up the cards. Yay.

Here’s what I got:

#5 Cole Hamels
#10 Jimmy Rollins
#21 Adam Dunn
#44 Bill Hall
#123 Josh Willingham [short print]
#144 Jermaine Dye
#158 Jeff Kent
#178 Magglio Ordonez

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $ 2.99
Beckett NM/MT worth: $8.30
Insert odds I beat: 1:4 packs [short print]
Most valuable card: Josh Willingham [short print] @ $6.00

2002 Upper Deck XL Football

I wanted to try something a little older this time so I picked up one of these. The Urlacher, Hines and Deuce are great cards.. it’s a shame the XL Rookies card I pulled was someone who I don’t think ever got any playing time though.

Here’s what I got:

#23 Doug Johnson
#83 Brian Urlacher
#210 Terrence Wilkins
#229 Marvin Minnis
#284 Deuce McAllister
#316 Matthew Hatchette
#351 David Akers
#367 Hines Ward
#472 Mike Green
#575 Freddie Milons [xl rookies]

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $4.25
Beckett NM/MT worth: $6.35
Insert odds I beat: 1:2 packs [xl rookies]
Most valuable card: Freddie Milons [xl rookies] @ $2.50

’07 Topps Total Football pack 5

Here’s what I got:

#1 Carnell Williams
#14 DeShaun Foster
#17 Ed Reed
#46 Michael Bennett, Kris Wilson
#252 Walt Harris, Michael Lewis [blue parallel]
#271 Wayne Gandy, Todd McClure, Kynan Forney
#359 Jimmy Williams, Lawyer Milloy, Chris Crocker
#418 Shaun O’Hara, Chris Snee, Kareem McKenzie
#484 Chansi Stuckey [rookie]
#504 Justin Harrell [rookie]

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $ .91
Beckett NM/MT worth: $8.05
Insert odds I beat: 1:2 packs [blue parallel]
Most valuable card: #252 Walt Harris, Michael Lewis [blue parallel] @ $1.50 and #504 Justin Harrell [rookie] @ $1.50

2007 Topps Turkey Red Baseball

Nothing too impressive out of this one. Don’t really care for the Bonds.. kindof an ugly card. I do like the Kenji.. go Seattle!

Here’s what I got:

#11 Kenji Johjima
#30 Barry Bonds
#41 Barry Zito
#49 Brandon Inge
#59 Carlos Bletran
#116 Vladdy Goes Yard [checklist]
#147 Joe Mauer
#168 Hit Streak (Chase Utley) [checklist]

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $ 2.99
Beckett NM/MT worth: $5.15
Insert odds I beat: none
Most valuable card: Barry Bonds @ $1.50

2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces

This set has quickly become my favorite set of last year. It’s just so beautiful with the canvas style surfaces and gold foil, lots of different parallels, a few great insert sets, and it’s chock full of historical cards like Ruth and Cobb.. even Presidents Nixon and Clinton wearing their gloves at a game.. and Michael Jordan in his Sox uniform! What a mix! The only downside to this set is it’s so damn small.. only a 90 card base. I’ll be opening more of these for sure so watch for them.
Here’s what I got:

#20 Ty Cobb
#31 David Ortiz
#64 Jered Weaver
#77 Phil Hughes [rookie]

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $ 2.99
Beckett NM/MT worth: $8.00
Insert odds I beat: none
Most valuable card: Phil Hughes [rookie] @ $3.00

Favorite Card of the Week [1.4.08-1.10.08]

This first round draft pick got off to a great start last season in Buffalo passing the 1,000 yard mark in his rookie season, making him the fourth Bills rookie to pass that mark, the first since Greg Bell in 1984. In addition, he did this while missing 3 games during the season for an ankle injury. If Marshawn continues down this path and maybe if the Bills pick up some playoff wins with him in the next few years, his rookie cards’ worth have the potential to pick up a lot of momentum.

’07 Topps Total Football pack 4

Alright, here we go.. finally got my first insert card out of this box, a Rudi Johnson Total Topps foil. A couple more worthwhile cards in this pack too, a Marshawn Lynch rookie and a Randy Moss red parallel. This one definitely one-ups the last Topps Total pack.

Here’s what I got:

#107 Daimon Shelton, Robert Royal, Ryan Neufeld
#125 Al Harris, Marquand Manuel, Nick Collins
#133 Byron Leftwich
#202 Phil Dawson, Dave Zastudil, Joshua Cribbs
#210 Greg Jennings
#258 Steven Jackson
#327 Randy Moss [red parallel]
#457 Marshawn Lynch [rookie]
#469 Brian Leonard [rookie]
#TT19 Rudi Johnson [total topps insert]

Pack Stats:

What it cost me: $ .91
Beckett NM/MT worth: $12.95
Insert odds I beat: 1:4 packs [red parallel], 1:8 packs [total topps insert]
Most valuable card: #327 Randy Moss [red parallel] @ $3.00, #457 Marshawn Lynch [rookie] @ $3.00