December 30, 2009 - 2009 Piece of History and 2009 Ticket to Stardom

2009 Ticket to Stardom

152 Matt Kemp
23 Edgar Renteria
87 Jason Giambi
132 Dan Haren
54 Victor Martinez
2 Ichiro
9 Joe Saunders
185 James Shields
18 Erick Aybar
110 Chad Billingsley
43 Tim Lincecum
196 B.J. Upton - simulated perforation parallel

2009 Piece of History

63 Derek Jeter
16 Derrek Lee
184 Historical Moments - Brooklyn Bridge completed
124 Lou Marson
972 20th Anniversary Retrospecive - Mario Lemieux
POH-SB Piece of Hollywood - Ben Stiller's jacket in "Along Came Polly"

December 29, 2009 - 2009 Ticket to Stardom and 2009 Piece of History

2009 Ticket to Stardom

159 Lance Berkman
92 Erik Bedard
68 Torii Hunter
140 Hank Blalock
26 Adrian Gonzalez
121 Johan Santana
17 Glen Perkins
149 Jeremy Bonderman
16 Gary Matthews Jr.
137 Troy Tulowitzki
TTS-6 Ticket to Stardom Jay Bruce
103 Edinson Volquez - simulated perforation parallel

2009 Piece of History

144 Jason Pridie
41 Miguel Tejada
9 Nick Markakis
57 Jose Reyes
152 Historical Moments - Eisenhower Inaugurated
200 Historical Moments - Czechoslovakia splits in two
20 Rich Harden - blue parallel - #'ed 254/299

December 28, 2009 - 2009 Ticket to Stardom and 2009 Piece of History

2009 Ticket to Stardom

187 A.J. Burnett
59 Ubaldo Jimenez
8 Justin Morneau
80 Scott Rolen
99 Paul Maholm
35 Felix Hernandez
138 Luis Castillo
13 Alex Rodriguez
42 Nick Swisher
93 Prince Fielder
138 Luis Castillo - simulated perforation parallel
98 Tim Hudson - Gold parallel - #'ed 20/50

2009 Piece of History

180 Historical Moments - Pilgrims land at Plymouth
146 Justin Thomas
62 Alex Rodriguez
94 Ian Kinsler
14 Jonathan Papelbon
46 Torii Hunter
992 20th anniversary retrospective - 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton
BSM-VM - Box Score Memories - Victor Martinez white jersey swatch

December 27, 2009 - 2009 Ticket to Stardom and 2009 Piece of History

2009 Ticket to Stardom

11 Grady Sizemore
40 Joe Crede
7 Jimmy Rollins
167 Cole Hamels
63 Milton Bradley
94 Kurt Suzuki
30 Pat Burrell
41 Miguel Tejada
189 Jim Thome
134 Yadier Molina
BT-7 Big Ticket Jose Reyes
98 Tim Hudson - simulated perforation parallel

2009 Piece of History

78 Jake Peavy
30 Matt Holliday
83 Ichiro Suzuki
141 Jason Motte
194 Historical Moments - New Orleans Founded
143 Fermando Perez
FH-BC - Franchise History - Oakland Athletics - Bobby Crosby

December 26, 2009 - 2009 Ticket to Stardom and 2009 Piece of History

2009 Ticket to Stardom

144 Gavin Floyd
124 Daisuke Matsuzaka
15 Brad Hawpe
58 Hideki Okajima
118 Dustin Pedroia
125 Geovany Soto
161 Chipper Jones
28 Paul Konerko
3 Aubrey Huff - simulated perforation parallel
TSAR-UJ Ubaldo Jimenez Auto/Gray jersey swatch - #'ed 135/489

2009 Piece of History

67 Mariano Rivera
19 Aramis Ramirez
174 Historical Moments - Golden Gate Bridge Completed
147 Luis Valbuena
158 Historical Moments - Germany Leaves League of Nations
SS-JC Stadium Scenes - Great American Ballpark - Johnny Cueto
987 20th Anniversary Retrospective - Dolly the Cloned sheep

Another in the long line of FUUD - 3 packs of Piece of History opened so far and two copies of the same stadium scenes card. There is more than just the Great American Ballpark in the Stadium Scenes checklist, right???

December 25, 2009 bonus - 2008 Documentary

I decided to have some family fun after presents and split up a $11 special of 2008 Documentary among all family members to help me open. It's the first time I've opened a whole box at one sitting. It certainly isn't as much fun to do it that way because it's hard to appreciate each card when opened in mass and the cataloging will take quite a bit longer compared to doing a couple packs a night. I'll spare you the whole box non-hit content listings and save the details for when I open future boxes a pack at a time.

The box hit:

December 25, 2009 - 2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia Update

On Christmas, I open one pack that is fairly premium (at least by my box-purchasing standards). For the last 4 Christmas', I've been working on a box of 2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia Update. Today was the final pack of the box and here is the image:




the Strawberry jumbo is numbered 96/100, and the Ensberg Spectrum parallel is numbered 41/50.

Previous years' "hits" have been a Pujols 5 item (including a piece of prime patch) card, a Paul LoDuca two item card, and a Michael Young auto (I can't remember offhand if that included a jersey swatch or just the auto).

I haven't decided yet which relatively premium product to buy and start busting beginning next Christmas.