Let's open some packs

Bought a couple packs of '08 Heritage and a blaster of '08 Upper Deck tonight. Let's see what I got:

Heritage pack 1

Dan Haren D-Backs 243
James Loney 288
Adam Jones 104 -- still pictured with M's
Troy Tulowitzki Baseball Thrills 367
Ricky Nolasco 213
Marlon Byrd 386
Mickey Mantle Flashbacks BF8 -- i guess if nothing else I got a Mantle insert
Jerry Owens black back 198

Heritage pack 2

Carlos Gomez 240
Conor Jackson 89
Ray Durham 215
Tim Wakefield 343
Coco Crisp 382
Mitch Stetter RC 135
Magglio Ordonez AS SP 494 -- nice to get a short print
Joey Gathright black box 7

Upper Deck pack 1

Brandon Morrow 134
Jermaine Dye 290 -- nice pic of him breaking bat
Brian Bannister 251
Brandon McCarthy 212
Justin Ruggiano RC 339
Matt Holliday CL 375
Willie Collazo RC 312
Chipper Jones StarQuest Common SQ10 -- StarQuest inserts would be nicer if they didn't have chipping problems

UD pack 2

Michael Cuddyer 277
Mark Ellis 28
Albert Pujols 67
Francisco Cordero 54
Brad Hennessey 114
Gregg Zaun 36
Jim Leyritz Yankee Stadium Legacy Game 5239 YSL5239
Derek Jeter StarQuest Rare SQ9 -- not too bad a pack, two OK inserts plus a Pujols

UD pack 3

Chris Ray 173
Brandon Lyon 95
Chase Utley 197
Dave Roberts 119
Johan Santana SH 393
Josh Newman RC 333
Babe Ruth House That Ruth Built HRB25
Ken Griffey Jr. StarQuest Uncommon SQ4 -- nice Griffey, plus a Ruth, I'll take it

UD pack 4

Lee Gardner 145
Chad Durbin 262
Julian Tavarez 223
Orlando Hernandez 153
Bronson Arroyo 231
Magglio Ordonez 270
Ryan Dempster 75
Chase Utley StarQuest Common SQ27 -- more chipping

UD pack 5

David Ross 236
Eric Gagne 1998 style UD Game Jersey (grey) 98EG
David Wright CL 366
Eugenio Velez RC 348
Matt Holliday SH 396
David Ortiz StarQuest Common SQ14

UD pack 6

Andrew Brown 25
Scott Olsen 142
Edwin Encarnacion 238
Travis Buck 30
Hanley Ramirez 147
Bobby Seay 264
Kevin Maas Yankee Stadium Legacy Game 5264 YSL5264
Magglio Ordonez StarQuest Common SQ13 -- can't believe they put Maas on the YSL cards

UD pack 7

Aaron Heilman 155
Boof Bonser 272
Bengie Molina 116
Aramis Ramirez 77
Alex Rodriguez CL 380
Ryan Hanigan RC 317
Babe Ruth House That Ruth Built HRB1
Hanley Ramirez StarQuest Uncommon SQ17 -- another not so bad pack

UD pack 8

Aaron Rowand 199
Carlos Delgado 160
Fausto Carmona 121
Scott Podsednik 288
Brian Moehler 15
Brad Hawpe 249
Xavier Nady 210
Frank Thomas StarQuest Common SQ25

UD pack 9

Frank Thomas 38
Antonio Alfonseca 194
Brad Ausmus 17
Johnny Estrada 56
Clay Buchholz SH 384
Albert Pujols CL 357
Rob Johnson RC 321
Justin Morneau StarQuest Common SQ12 -- chipping galore

UD pack 10

Livan Hernandez 93
Andy Sonnanstine 82
Buddy Carlyle 43
Justin Speier 4 -- all of these last 3 have about the same pose in each action shot....weird...just pre throw, lead leg in the air
Erik Bedard 171
Jeff Weaver 132
Barack Obama Presidential Predictor PP4 -- at least it wasn't Giuliani....got 2 of those
Grady Sizemore StarQuest Common SQ22

-- all in all a pretty mediocre haul. A few solid pulls, but nothing too spectacular.