More 2008 UD Masterpieces

For 2007 UD Masterpieces, I bought mostly retail from Target, and only when it was in the $1.59 Powerpacks box. It took me quite a while to collect all 90, and only with the help of my fellow collectors.

This year, I have purchased two boxes of 2008 UD Masterpieces, and I'm happy to report that I have collected 87 of the 90 base cards, and 11 of the 30 short prints. In addition, I've managed to get two autographs (one a patch-auto), two relics, two numbered framed parallels, two red parallels, and eight black parallels. Not bad at all. I only had one double after the first box, and now I have 21 after the second box, but that can be forgiven for the nice collation out of the two boxes. 

The prime cards of the second box, besides a Brandon Phillips Strokes of Genius (my second Phillips auto from this set!) auto and a Jered Weaver relic, are the following two parallels:

The Chipper is really nice, and the Oswalt is numbered 036/100.

All in all, I'd say that the 2008 UD Masterpieces are very nicely done, save for some factual errors, well collated, and a pretty good value for what you get in a box.

I love trade days!

Got three - count 'em, one, two, three! - packages in the mail today. One from Ryan at Trader Crack, one from Chris H. at Stale Gum, and one from Gellman at Sports Cards Uncensored.

First, lets start with the star of the show: the Tulo autogamer that I won on SCU's Exquisite Baseball Rookies box break.

Now, THIS is a cool card. When my son saw it, he walked around saying "AWESOME!" for ten minutes. He had never seen anything like this (in my collection, at least) before. Well, I agree with him. It is slick-looking, with a nice pinstripe in the 0, a nice signature, and a rookie card to boot.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next up, Chris sent me some cards from a trade. I had sent him about 50 or so cards from his extensive list of sets that he is looking to complete. I think I sent him some from the 80's all the way up to the present. Glad I can help. He said he didn't have enough from my trade list, so he sent me a great surprise in addition to the Heritage and Goudey: two shiny inserts of Omar Vizquel ("ooooooohhhhh, shiny!!!!!!!), which I will post later, and this gem:

This is also a great card, and my son wholeheartedly agrees. "Awesome!" was the response to this one as well. He likes Chipper, and so do I. The back of the card is even more interesting, going over the details of his 1999 MVP season:

If you can't read it, I'll transcribe:

He just may be baseball's most perfect player. In 1999, Jones hit for average (.319) and power (45 home runs), drew walks (126) and stole bases (25). He excelled at third base, was a clubhouse leader and fan favorite, belted game-winning homers during the pennant race and led Atlanta to the World Series. Those are the quintessential MVP credentials.

I'll bet you never thought you'd see the word " quintessential" on a baseball card before, didja?

And last, but certainly not least, Ryan sent me a large package of '07 Goudey that his put a major dent in my collection. I must have filled out eight or nine more pages. And like dayf said, it is very cool to see a page completed.

Thanks Ryan, Chris and Gellman.