Sunday's Afternoon Blaster - 2008 Upper Deck Timeline

I am back with the Sunday Afternoon Blaster following last week's group break.  I have previously opened one blaster of this set and it got a few trades going.  So I figured why not try again especially since there is 1 guaranteed jersey card in the blaster.  My goals are to get a Rockie jersey of course or at least a team that is tradable and to get 1 or 2 of the 5 Rox I need for the team set. 

Card coloration is it's availability

white = I'm keeping it

green = available for trade

red = already claimed/traded

Today's blaster is 2008 Upper Deck Timeline.  10 6 card packs, one guaranteed jersey.

On with the show.

pack one

9 Mark Teixeira - Angels

27 Alex Rodriguez - Yankees

18 Ryan Braun - Brewers

SPs

319 Max Scherzer - Diamondbacks - Night Owl

105 Clay Timpner - Giants

251 J.R. Towles - Astros

pack two

45 Vladimir Guerrero - Angels

50 Erik Bedard - Mariners

23 Matt Kemp - Dodgers

SPs

51 Daric Barton - Athletics

170 Ryan Howard - Phillies

207 Ryan Garko - Indians

pack three

5 Johan Santana - Mets

41 Justin Verlander - Tigers - Potch Wheeler

14 Derrek Lee - Cubs

SPs

83 Eugenio Velez - Giants

173 Chin-Lung Hu - Dodgers

199 Kosuke Fukudome - Cubs - Night Owl

pack four

32 Daisuke Matsuzaka - Red Sox

15 Jason Bay - Red Sox

33 B.J. Upton - Rays

6 Hanley Ramirez - Marlins

SPs

114 Fred Lewis - Giants

223 David Ortiz - Red Sox - Night Owl

pack five

42 Joe Mauer - Twins

24 Matt Holliday - Rockies

43 Alex Gordon - Royals

16 Lance Berkman - Astros

SPs

56 Blake DeWitt - Dodgers

155 Carlos Zambrano - Cubs

pack six

34 Nick Markakis - Orioles

7 John Smoltz - Braves

25 Brandon Webb - Diamondbacks

SPs

122 Matt Joyce - Tigers

181 Brandon Boggs - Rangers - Night Owl

305 Carl Crawford - Rays - Night Owl

pack seven

22 Jake Peavy - Padres

40 Miguel Cabrera - Tigers - Potch Wheeler

13 Alfonso Soriano - Cubs

too large set of the year

YSL 4494 Reggie Jackson - Yankees

SPs

74 Justin Ruggiano - Rays

137 Jake Peavy - Padres - Night Owl

pack eight

49 Felix Hernandez - Mariners

4 Pedro Martinez - Red Sox

31 Manny Ramirez - Dodgers

12 Jimmy Rollins - Phillies

SPs

119 Joey Votto - Reds - Potch Wheeler

227 Jed Lowrie - Red Sox - AdamE

pack nine

48 Ichiro - Mariners

21 Tim Lincecum - Giants

39 C.C. Sabathia - Brewers

SPs

92 Robinzon Diaz - Blue Jays

146 Felix Hernandez - Mariners - Night Owl

208 Seth Smith - Rockies

pack ten

29 Chien-Ming Wang - Yankees

SPs

130 Tyler Clippard - Nationals - Night Owl

263 Justin Morneau - Twins - Night Owl

Memorabilia

TM-AJ Andruw Jones - Dodgers (Braves uniform)

IMPRESSIONS
Design: B+
I like the design of this set.  The base veterans and rookies are nice looking with the team color as the secondary color.  The subsets from 101-385 are mostly well selected, especially the die cut SP Top Prospects design. 

Inserts / Hits: B-
Woohoo it wasn't Jermaine Dye this time.  Although getting a Dodger isn't great for me personally, it is great for one of you many Dodger guys that read along with my bull.  Having him in a Braves uniform is vintage Upper Deck.  That is one of the reasons I honestly do not miss them from the baseball card world.

Value: B
This is yet another $11.99 blaster removed from my local Wal Mart's inventory and added to mine.  A good checklist and the guaranteed jersey in the box made it a must buy for me.  If there were more there I would probably pick up another.  Not a bad product overall.

Rox in the Box: 2
Alright!  I got one of the short prints I needed in Seth Smith.  The Holliday I have probably 5 of, but the Smith is great.

Will I Collect This Set: D
I am not collecting this set for one reason and one reason only...short prints.  The veterans (cards 1-50) are the only regular prints in this 385 card set.  The rookies (51-100) fall around 1:2 packs.  I also noticed that several of the SPs I got in this blaster I also got in the previous blaster.  I am completely convinced not to attempt this set now.

Overall: B-
I liked everything about this set overall except the insanity of the printing.  If cards 1-310 were regular and the last 75 short prints, I probably would've started (and hopefully finished) this set 3 years ago.  This was a fun blaster overall.  Everything is for trade, let the claiming begin.