Blaster Box Break: Box 7 - 1992 Leaf Series 2

Good Sunday afternoon, everyone! I tried to run through all the boxes in the wee hours of the morning, but I ran out of gas. So, this afternoon, I opened the final box in the Blaster Break.  Since this was a full box of cards and not just a blaster, I'm not listing every card. Instead, I'm posting the Gold Leaf cards and the Gold Leaf Rookies that went to participants. The rest of the cards (including other Gold Leaf and Gold Leaf Rookies) will be distributed randomly with the rest of the unclaimed cards from the break!

Eric Bell - Indians - Gold Leaf
John Doherty - Tigers - Gold Leaf Rookies
Travis Fryman - Tigers - Gold Leaf
Kevin Ritz - Tigers - Gold Leaf
Eric Davis - Dodgers - Gold Leaf
Trevor Wilson - Giants - Gold Leaf

Johnny Ruffin - White Sox - Gold Leaf Rookies
Mark Whiten - Indians - Gold Leaf
Ramon Martinez - Dodgers - Gold Leaf
Donovan Osborne - Cardinals - Gold Leaf Rookie
Tom Candiotti - Dodgers - Gold Leaf
Mike Sharperson - Dodgers - Gold Leaf

Congrats to everyone that took part! The true upside to having such a small group of participants is that we will get a huge amount of cards between us! Wahoo!!  I will try to get these sent out sometime this coming week. I will let you know when they've shipped so you can be looking for them!

Blaster Box Break: Box 6 - 1998 Pacific Online

There are 8 red foil cards and one gold web card per pack. I don't know if I have any of these in my collection or not. Let's rip 'er open!

• Raul Mondesi Gold - Dodgers - Stealing Home
• Bartolo Colon - Indians - Tribecards
• Robb Nen - Giants - Workman
• Tino Martinez Gold - Yankees - CattleRustler
• Darren Bragg - Red Sox - CattleRustler
• Mike Piazza Team Checklist - All the checklists are laid out like this. Very cool!
• Jose Mesa - Indians - Tribecards
• Matt Karchner - White Sox - JediJeff

• Darren Dreifort - Dodgers - Stealing Home
• Deivi Cruz - Tigers - Chris
• Todd Stottlemyre - Cardinals - Madding
• Carlos Castillo - White Sox - JediJeff
• John Johnstone - Giants - Workman
• Shawon Dunston - Indians - Tribecards
• Jim Corsi - Red Sox - CattleRustler
• Barry Bonds - Giants - Workman

 

Blaster Box Break: Box 5 - 1998 Pacific Paramount

I am hoping to find at least a few die cuts or something in this box. Pacific was known for doing crazy things with their cards. Let's see what we've got:

• Ivan Rodriguez Die Cut Team Checklist - Cool die cuts!!
• Todd Stottlemyre Red Parallel - Cardinals - Madding
• Justin Thompson- Tigers - Chris
• Rickey Henderson - A's - Because it is freakin Rickey Henderson, that's why!
• Jaime Navarro - White Sox - JediJeff
• James Baldwin - White Sox - JediJeff
• Tim Naehring - Red Sox - CattleRustler
• David Justice - Indians - Tribecards

• Robb Nen - Giants - Workman
• Wilton Guerrero - Dodgers - Stealing Home
• Gary Gaetti - Cardinals - Madding
• Brian Johnson - Giants - Workman
• Chuck Knoblauch - Yankees - CattleRustler
• Andy Pettitte - Yankees - CattleRustlers

There was 1 Red parallel per pack. As it turns out, everyone gets one!

Blaster Box Break: Box 4 - 2004 UD R-Class

Two Rookie cards per pack on average!! I'm just repeating what the box says on it... Let's see if we can find some cards to add to our collections.

• Scott Rolen - cardinals - Madding
• Frank Thomas - White Sox - JediJeff
• Merkin Valdez - Giants - Workman
• Nomar Garciaparra - Red Sox - CattleRustler
• Shawn Green - Dodgers - Stealing Home
• Ryan Wing - White Sox - JediJeff
• John Gall - Cardinals - Madding
• Merkin Valdez/Robb Nen "Taking Over" 046/650 - Giants - Workman
• Orlando Rodriguez - Dodgers - Stealing Home

• Mike Mussina - Yankees - CattleRustler
• Magglio Ordonez - White Sox - JediJeff
• Even Rust - Cardinals - Madding
• C.C. Sabathia - Indians - Tribecards
• Enemencio Pacheco - White Sox - JediJeff
• Ivan Ochoa - Indians - Tribecards
• Pedro Martinez - Red Sox - CattleRustler
• Jim Edmonds - Cardinals - Madding
• Mariano Gomez - Indians - Tribecards

 

Blaster Box Break: Box 3 - 2004 Topps Series 1

Wow! There are a lot of cards to go through: 22 packs with roughly 6 cards each. Let's hope for a relic! I am not going to list every card pulled for participants on this one. Let's look at some highlights:

• Palmeiro Joins 500 Club - Because I think it's a cool card
• Postseason Highlights Red Sox/Giants featured - CattleRustler/Workman
• Bill Mueller Sporting News - Red Sox - Thought these were neat designs
• MLB Sportsclix w/ Barry Bonds - Giants - Doubles of this card will be given to participants
• Alex Gonzalex - Cubs - Because in 2004, should there be miscut cards!?
• World Series Highlights Foil - Jim Palmer - Because it is FOIL and SHINY!
• Javier Vazquez Gold - Because it is GOLD!
• 100th Anniversary program cover - Mets/Red Sox - Two words: Old Glory
• Todd Helton Own the Game - Rockies - Because this looks freakin awesome. What a cool card!

Well, given the number of Giants cards in this box, we have no one getting Punk'd or Skunk'd!

Blaster Box Break: Box 2 - 2012 Topps Chrome

Let's keep things going and break open a blaster box of 2012 Topps Chrome!

We had a couple of "hits" in this box, plus we reach the point at which no one got Skunk'd! Only Workman has the potential to get Punk'd, and with 5 more boxes to open, I'm pretty sure he'll pull another Giants card ... eventually.

• Austin Romine - Yankees - CattleRustler
• Andre Ethier - Dodgers - Stealing Home
• Adam Dunn - White Sox - JediJeff
• Carlos Santana - Indians - Davidinark
• Derek Lowe Refractor - Indians - Davidinark
• Jacoby Ellsbury - Red Sox - CattleRustler
• Allen Craig - Cardinals - Madding
• Jon Lester - Red Sox - CattleRustler
• Ivan Nova - Yankees - CattleRustler

• Jacob Turner - Tigers - Chris
• Derek Jeter - Yankees - CattleRustler
• Lance Berkman - Cardinals - Madding
• Matt Moore Die Cut - Because it is a VERY cool die cut! Man, these rock!
• Josh Beckett - Red Sox - CattleRustler
• Yadier Molina Purple Refractor - Cardinals - Madding
• Matt Hague Purple Refractor - Pirates - It's a purple refractor, that's why!
• Elvis Andrus Purple Refractor - Rangers - See above!
• Michael Taylor Purple Refractor - A's - Take on down, pass it around...

Blaster Box Break: Box 1 - 2010 Allen & Ginter

In honor of Gint-A-Cuffs coming to a close, I thought it befitting to start the break off with some A&G. Though we didn't score any game-used or other relic cards, there were some cards worth noting:

• Betelgeuse - Just because the movie was better than this card.
• Sherlock Holmes - Weird rendering.
• Gordon Beckham This Day in History- White Sox - JediJeff
• Randy Winn Mini - Yankees - CattleRustler
• Mahlon Duckett - Newark Eagles Negro Leagues
• Johnny Damon - Tigers - Chris G
• A.J. Pierzynski - White Sox - JediJeff
• Russell Martin - Dodgers - Stealing Home
• Daniel Hudson - White Sox - JediJeff
• Sacagawea - Because we all know how to say it thanks to "Night at the Museum"

• Drew Brees - Because his kid is what makes this card!
• Alex Rodriguez This Day in History - Yankees - CattleRustler
• White-Tailed Deer Mini - Because when I was a kid, I did a preso on them for 4-H
• Brandon Inge - Tigers - Chris G
• Alex Rodriguez - Yankees - CattleRustler
• Jake Peavy - White Sox - JediJeff
• Pablo Sandoval - Giants - Workman
• Andre Ethier This Day in History - Dodgers - Stealing Home
• Ichiro Baseball Sketches - Because these are way cool!

• Curtis Granderson Mini Black - Yankees - CattleRustler
• A.J. Pierzynski - White Sox - JediJeff
• Mariano Rivera - Yankees - CattleRustler

 

Blaster Box Group Break happening tonight!

I had seven people sign up, claiming 8 teams for the Blaster Box Break. Oh, I know, it is already 11:30pm CST on Saturday. Well, I decided I was too anxious to check out some of these boxes, so I am busting them tonight!  There will be no video. Sorry. Instead, I will break each box and show off highlights, oddities, etc.

As per the rules, all unclaimed teams will be divided among each slot taken (meaning Cattle Rustler gets two slots!).

I will post each box as a separate entry on the blog, So keep watching! The only box that probably won't be fully busted tonight is the full box of Leaf.  Then again, as the wee hours of the morning creep in, I may just have to take a break. We'll see how it goes!

Stay Tuned!