Wednesday 16 June 2010

LOOSE PACKS 2010 Heritage Blaster vs Loose Packs

I was fortunate to have been gifted some 2010 Topps Heritage packs. Although they were from the same friend who recently gifted a large selection of cards, this time it wasn't through volcanic delayed guilt.
The packs came in the form of a blaster of 8 packs from Walmart and 9 loose packs from Crackerbarrel. (Whatever that might be!) The packs look obviously different, the blaster packs contain gum for a start. But is this the only difference? In the name of baseball science and card collecting curiosity, I will conduct an experiment to see if there is a difference in the number of short prints, inserts and hits.
I will open the loose packs first, and throw out this hypothesis -
The loose packs, being retail and possibly searched, will be inferior to the blaster packs.
To keep it above board and in the true sense a scientific endeavour, I will open each pack, list and scan.As an aside there are still about 14 Red Sox I need to complete the team set, but that is for another blog.

Loose Pack 1:
#15 Grady Sizemore Indians
#22 Ross Ohlendorf Pirates
#34 Fausto Carmona Indians
#88 Alfonso Soriano Cubs
#105 Tim Hudson Braves
#320 Pittsburgh Pirates 2009
#378 Francisco Liriano Twins
#NF1 Peace Corps
Loose Pack 2:
#45 National League ERA leaders
#113 Jonathan Papelbon Red Sox
#200 Javier Vazquez Yankees
#216 Carlos Pena Bay Rays
#248 Kevin Millwood Orioles
#310 Game 5 2009 World Series
#354 Minnesota Twins 2009
#475 Justin Morneau Twins SP

Loose Pack 3:
#70 Lastings Milledge Pirates
#137 Bobby Cox Braves
#198 Chris Iannetta Rockies
#214 Tyler Colvin Cubs
#265 Dexter Fowler Rockies
#321 Aramis Ramirez Cubs
#379 Randy Wells Cubs
#424 Chien-Ming Wang Yankees

Loose Pack 4:
#71 Robert Andino Orioles
#185 John Danks White Sox
#260 Manny Ramirez Dodgers
#276 Tyler Flowers White Sox
#297 Oakland Athletics 2009
#353 Brett Cecil Blue Jays
#403 Robinson Breaks Color Barrier
#426 David Price Bay Rays SP
Loose Pack 5:
#43 NL Home Run Leaders
#61 Ryan Church Pirates
#90 Gavin Floyd White Sox
#122 Chicago Cubs 2009
#249 Cincinnati Reds 2009
#267 Michael Young Rangers
#272 Roy Oswalt Astros
#327 Henry Rodriguez Athletics

Loose Pack 6:
#41 NL Batting Average Leaders
#89 Martin Prado Braves
#101 Jhonny Peralta Indians
#169 Ted Lilly Cubs
#186 Denard Span Twins
#212 Omir Santos Mets
#268 Chris Young Padres
#318 Aubrey Huff Giants

Loose Pack 7:
#107 Rich Harden Rangers
#124 Daniel Hudson White Sox
#173 Boston Speed Party
#322 Michael Dunn Braves
#348 Julio Borbon Rangers
#399 Jason Bartlett Bay Rays
#402 Sisler Collects 257 Hits
#BF8 Luis Aparicio White Sox
Loose Pack 8:
#24 Andrew Bailey Athletics
#190 Chad Billingsley Dodgers
#215 Derek Jeter Yankees
#294 Josh Hamilton Rangers
#323 Shin-Soo Choo Indians
#423 Checklist 6th Series
#489 Josh Hamilton Rangers SP
#NAP8 Derek Jeter Yankees

Loose Pack 9:
(since there are 8 packs in the blaster this will not be included in the experiment, whatever it reveals)
#59 Neil Walker Pirates
#111 Brett Myers Astros
#187 Nyjer Morgan Nationals
#204 Brandon Phillips Reds
#240 Elvis Andrus Rangers
#262 Andrew McCutchen Pirates
#366 CC. Sabathia Yankees
#405 Gehrig Benched after 2,130


So from the 8 loose packs there was:

58 base cards (13.6% of 425 base)
3 Short Prints 426, 475, 489
3 Inserts BF8, NAP8, NT1
0 Heritage Chrome
0 Relics

Tomorrow the blaster...

2 comments:

dayf said...

Cracker Barrel is an odd southern country restaurant/general store type of place. They are usually located off of highways to draw in travelers and tourists. It's a good place if you want to eat decent food that is terribly unhealthy. Pretty much everything is fried and slathered with gravy. I was unaware that they had baseball cards in the souvenir shop, I might be going out for dinner tonight...

night owl said...

I have wandered aimlessly through the gift section of Cracker Barrel a time or a thousand. Not once have I seen baseball cards (most of what I see I would never buy even if it was dipped in gold).

I'm not crazy about the food there, but I may have to find a reason to go now.