Upper Deck ESPN trove

I found a stack of '05 ESPN cards at the local Target for only $1.59 apiece. Gotta love that, compared to $3 for everything else. I like the design, and it isn't too difficult a set to amass, with only 90 base cards, so I took them with me.

Pack 1:

30 Todd Helton

8 J.D. Drew

74 Jake Peavy

41 Roy Oswalt

MC15 Kazuo Matsui

46 Shawn Green

2 Troy Gluas

68 Bobby Abreu

24 Magglio Ordonez

Started strong...stronger...and...the big letdown! Helton was a good pull. Did you know that he ranks pretty high on some lists of all-time production, as measured by one of those complicated, Bill James-type lists. Peavy-Oswalt was a good one-two punch, also. Arguably two of the best pitchers in the NL. The rest? Eh. (Yawn)

Pack 2:

3 Vladimir Guerrero

33 Josh Beckett

80 Larry Walker

47 Steve Finley

WG17 Miguel Tejada

87 Michael Young

32 Carl Pavano

1 Garrett Anderson

78 Albert Pujols

Only by the grace of Albert and Vlad is this pack saved. One lying cheater. One invalid money-grubber. And some average guys thrown in. Beckett and Walker, OK, I'll give you those, too.

Overall, I'd have to give these two packs 5 out of 10 for a few good men and some average inserts. Next two another day.