I was very pleased with this blaster, and thoroughly enjoyed the variation in the cards that I received. Along with some great looking base cards, I also received at least one insert in every pack, which was a nice surprise. While opening the cards I was reminded of the early Score releases, where every pack contained a Dream Team, Franchise, or other insert or parallel set to keep things interesting.
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We'll start with the most important part of the break, the Oakland A's cards. I ended up with two A's in total, which considering my usual luck, is pretty good!
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Every blaster contains a separate pack with a game-used jersey cards, and I pulled the above Dan Uggla, with a small pinstripe jersey swatch in the J. It's already been set aside for Mario, who I know will enjoy it.
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I pulled on Starquest in the pack, this Blue Uncommon parallel of Alfonso Soriano.
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I also managed to pull three different O-Pee-Chee inserts, which I think was beating the odds. I still find it weird that Upper Deck owns the rights to O-Pee-Chee, since they're essentially just Topps cards with a different logo.
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These historical first inserts are a little weird, but this one is at least practical, unlike the Alien version that also exist. I got one of the 20th Anniversary Retrospective cards, of which I've still yet to see a checklist. I'm really holding out hope for a Rickey in there somewhere!
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Continuing on my run of inserts, are these two USA Retrospectives. I'm not too into the Team USA cards, but they do have a decent design.
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I added three more Yankee Stadium Legacy cards to my stack, in the hopes of eventually trading them for ones that I need. If anyone has any of these cards for trade, on games when Rickey hit a home run, I'd definitely be interested in working out a trade.
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I received a few Team Leaders cards in the packs, with the one above featuring current Athletic Matt Holliday.
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One of the interesting things about the break, however, is with the influx of inserts, there was actually a lack of "star" base cards. The Dan Haren above was actually the biggest star in the lot. Although I enjoyed the break, it's probably going to be the only UD blaster for me this year. I'm going to focus on collecting the A's cards, and I now have a nice lot to use for trading with others.