Friday, September 16, 2011

A Tribe-or-no-Tribe Marathon (Part 3 of 3)

Let's head into the stretch!  Here we have the final four packs of the Tribe or no Tribe marathon!  Let's see what we have here.

First up, Junior visits us again!  2006 Fleer Ultra (8 cards, 4 points for .500)

Wait a minute... The packs are identical except one has 5 cards and one has 8 cards!?  What is up with that?  Anyone care to share the logic/idea?

Derek Lee (Cubs, Home Run Kings) - +0.5, total = 0.5
Juan Pierre (Cubs) - +0.5, total = 1.0 (Hmm, two Cubs in a row)
Carlos Lee (Brewers) - +0.5, total = 1.5
Ryan Jorgensen (Marlins) - +0.5, total = 2.0
Ken Griffey Junior (Mariners, Midsummer Classic Kings) - +0.5, total = 2.5
Carlos Delgado (Mets) - +0.5, total = 3.0
Ben Sheets (Brewers) +0.5, total = 3.5
Luis Gonzalez (Diamondbacks, Gold) - +0.5, total = 4.0

Well, we nailed the average mark.  Very weird about the whole cards-per-pack thing.





Time to open up some Topps:

1993 Stadium Club Series 2 (14 cards, 7 points for .500)

Daryl Boston (Rockies) - +0.5, total = 0.5
Kurt Stillwell (Padres) - +0.5, total = 1.0
Cecil Fielder (Tigers) - +0.5, total = 1.5
Kevin Maas (Yankees) - +0.5, total = 2.0
Stadium Club "Special Cards" checklist - -0.5, total = 1.5 (stupid Info Card)
John Valentin (Red Sox) - +0.5, total = 2.0
Jesse Levis (TRIBER! Bonus!) - +2.0, total = 4.0 (Wahoo!! Triber!!)
Travis Fryman (Tigers) - +0.5, total = 4.5 (Indians player pictured on card!)
Bob MacDonald (Blue Jays) - +0.5, total = 5.0
Mark Langston (Angels) - +0.5, total = 5.5
Greg Goldbrunn (Expos) - +0.5, total = 6.0
Pedro Astacio (Dodgers) - +0.5, total = 6.5
Shawn Jeter (White Sox) - +0.5, total = 7.0 (Batting .500!)
Tony Gwynn (Padres) - +0.5, total = 7.5 (Tony *explative* GWYNN!!)
Nolan Ryan (Rangers) - +0.5, total = 8 (NOLAN *Super-explative* RYAN!!)

Holy smokes!  Gwynn and Ryan come out of nowhere to finish out the pack!  Sweet!!  Wait, what was I doiong? Oh yeah, Tribe or no Tribe!  I ended up with a Triber in the pack *and* Ryan and Gwynn to boot!  That made my day.  I should stop here.  I won't. But, I should.





Next up, how about a little Studio action?

1991 Studio (10 cards, plus a puzzle - 5 points for .500)

Puzzle pieces don't count for anything - no plus, no minus.

Ed Whitson (Padres) - +0.5, total = 0.5
Darryl Strawberry (Dodgers) - +0.5, total = 1.0
Matt Williams (Giants) - +0.5, total = 1.5
Bill Sampen (Expos) - +0.5, total = 2.0
Tony LaRussa (A's, checklist) - +0.5, total = 2.5
BJ Surhoff (Brewers) - +0.5, total = 3.0
Dave Magadan (Mets) - +0.5, total = 3.5
Terry Pendleton (Braves TRAP!) - -1.0, total = 2.5
Roger McDowell (Phillies) - +0.5, total = 3.0
Mark Grace (Cubs) - +0.5, total = 3.5
Mike LaValliere (Pirates) - +0.5, total 4.0

If you notice, the numbers don't quite add up - 10 cards, only one trap... A closer look reveales that this pack 11 cards in it, counting the checklist.  Yoy.  In any case, no .500 average here.




And, so, we arrive at the last pack of the TonT marathon:

1991 Leaf Series 2 (15 cards, plus a puzzle - 7.5 points for .500)

Puzzle doesn't count

Mike Huff (TRIBER! Bonus! And GOLD!) - +2.0, total = 2.0
Charlie Hough (White Sox) - +0.5, total = 2.5
Carmelo Martinez (Royals) - +0.5, total = 3.0
Jack Armstrong (Reds TRAP!) - -1.0, total = 2.0 (Tartar Sauce!)
Rich Rodriguez (Padres) - +0.5, total = 2.5
Vicente Palacios (Pirates) - +0.5, total = 3.0
John Franco (Mets) - +0.5, total = 3.5
Benito Santiago (Padres) - +0.5, total = 4.0
Mark McGwire (A's) - +0.5, total = 4.5
Wally Backman (Phillies) - +0.5, total = 5.0
Edgar Martinez (Mariners) - +0.5, total = 5.5
Danny Neagle (Twins) - +0.5, total = 6.0
Scott Erickson (Twins) - +0.5, total = 6.5
Rafael Belliard (Braves TRAP!) = -1.0, total = 5.5 (Aw, man! Negated the Triber!!)
Steve Decker (Giants) - +0.5, total = 6.0

Well, the final pack turns out to be full of ups and downs!  Started off great witha  Gold Leaf Indians card then I hit a snag with TWO trap cards.



Overall, though, I think did okay considering the years of the packs used - not real biggies for the Indians on any front.  Funny how that worked out. But, I can't complain!  I had fun walking through the packs as I posted each player!  haha, probably more fun for me than you reading along.

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