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2008 – Upper Deck Baseball – Bust #0022

Tony — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:26:55 +0000

This is the last post in my last burst of wax busting that ended a few months ago. I put a bunch of posts together with the plan to slowly post them over a period of time. Of course, best laid plans always work out, right? Either way, I’m now all caught up on my past wax busts and it’s now time to move on to some actual current products. But before we can get to that one, let’s bust one more pack of 2008 Upper Deck Baseball.

The Contents

22 – Lenny DiNardo – We have to point out Mr. Dinardo’s card here, with the close-up on ol’ Lenny’s OH! face. That is some high quality photography there. Catching Lenny in the heat of the moment gets a highlight in my book.

205 – Shawn Chacon
139 – Ichiro
217 – Hank Blalock
98 – Mark Reynolds
293 – Mike Mussina
230 – Coco Crisp
266 – Brandon Inge

97-AP – Albert Pujols Game Used Jersey – This is a pretty strong pack (Ichiro, Chamberlain, Fielder) but this Pujols GU takes this pack from strong to absolutely solid. Sure, game used cards like this one are becoming common place, but it’s better than 90% of the common GU’s out there.

57 – Prince Fielder
18 – Ty Wigginton
291 – Andy Pettitte
255 – Joel Peralta

294 – Joba Chamberlain

316 -Alberto Gonzalez RC
343 – Seth Smith RC
352 – Lance Berkman Team Checklist
340 – Clint Sammons
394 – Justin Verlander Season Highlights

108 – Nomar Garciaparra Gold (84/99) – This is the first numbered UD 08 card I’ve hit, and I do love me some numbered cards. Numbered Nomars if you will.

To recap:
Pack: 2008 Upper Deck Baseball (Hobby)
Cost: $5.60

The pulls: 97-AP – Albert Pujols Game Used Jersey, Prince Fielder, 294 – Joba Chamberlain, 108 – Nomar Garciaparra Gold (84/99)

The verdict: This is a hobby pack, so some good cards should be expected, but a Game Used and a Numbered in the same pack makes this pack buster very happy.

2008 – Upper Deck Baseball – Bust #0015

Tony — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:37:25 +0000

I liked the way the previous post looked that I’m just going to follow it up with another 2008 Upper Deck Baseball wax bust. I have been having some pretty decent luck with this product, so why not keep the mojo flowing?

Another side view, another thick card. What does this pack hold?

The Contents

289 – Jerry Owens
55 – Matt Wise
16 – Mark Loretta
133 – J.J. Putz
8 – Casey Kotchman
281 – Mark Buehrle
86 – B.J. Upton
203 – Shane Youman
89 – Josh Wilson

99-RW – Rickie Weeks Game Jersey – Hmmm, another 08 UD jersey card, this one a “Game Jersey” but I can’t get excited about this one, because I have no idea who Rickie Weeks is. Any Brewers fan out there want to enlighten me?

6 – Mike Napoli
45 – Peter Moylan

123 – Cliff Lee – Another Indian as well. Cliff Lee had a rough go this past year, Indians fans are hoping he gets his stuff back. The word out of training camp is that his stuff looks good so far.

279 – Torii Hunter
240 – Adam Dunn
375 – Matt Holliday Team Checklist
312 – Willie Collazo RC

393 – Johan Santana Season Highlights – Another Upper Deck picture that I love love love. The K’s in the background are awesome. The fact that Santana is in the National League is awesome, as well.

333 – Josh Newman
366 – David Wright Team Checklist

To recap:
Pack: 2008 Upper Deck Baseball (Hobby)
Cost: $5.00

The Pulls:
99-RW – Rickie Weeks Game Jersey

The Verdict – I’m enjoying Upper Deck’s first baseball offering. The Weeks’ jersey card is nice, but this pack isn’t anything to write home about.

2008 – Upper Deck Baseball – Bust #0014

Tony — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:45:25 +0000

This post contains couple of firsts for Busting Wax dot com. First, is my new photo/camera set up. Gone are my fat fingers from the pictures. I’ve set myself up a little stand for my cards, so the pictures look a little better. I’ll also be cropping the cards differently, so hopefully that improves the look of things as well. I am still working out kinks like proper lighting, but I think it’s an improvement. This is also my first 2008 product that I’ve busted. I bought it at a card show last month, I’m just now getting around to posting it. Finally, I’m not including a picture of every player for this pack, since the hobby UD packs have 20 cards and I just don’t have anything to say about most of these guys. I’ll give the list of the contents, then post some pictures of a few of these cards.

Let’s get on with the bust!

This isn’t my best side-view shot, but you can see that one of those cards in there is not like the others. Jersey city, here we come.

The Contents

49 – Willie Harris
10 – Garret Anderson
208 – Adam LaRoche

130 – Franklin Gutierrez – Goot! The first Indian of the year is the young, promising Gutierrez. He had a strong July last year, which unfortunately didn’t carry into October, but I think Franklin has a strong future. Hopefully it’s in Cleveland.

247 – Todd Helton
272 – Boof Bonser
116 – Bengie Molina
56 – Johnny Estrada
136 – Brandon Morrow

UD-JP – Jake Peavy UD Jersey – Not the best jersey card, but I’m not going to complain. First HIT of the year is a jersey from a decent pitcher. It could have been worse!

12 – Wandy Rodriguez
186 – Josh Bard
108 – Nomar Garciaparra
225 – Manny Delcarmen

69 – Jim Edmonds – A lot of people are commenting on the excellent photography that Upper Deck is hitting us with in this set. This nice Edmonds shot convinces me to concur.

350 – Bill White RC
341 – Bronson Sardinha
359 – BJ Upton Team Checklist
315 – Harvey Garcia
386 – Frank Thomas Season Highlights

To Recap:
Pack: 2008 Upper Deck Baseball (Hobby)
Cost: $5.00

The Pulls:
(I’m not going to list everything again, just the good ones)
UD-JP – Jake Peavy UD Jersey

Verdict – Yeah, outside of the Peavy Jersey, this pack was kind of a disappointment. Nevertheless, this was a fun first pack for 2008. Here’s to hoping the hits keep coming.