June Quarry Group Break - Bonus Bonanza "Blaster"

Hey guys it's BONUS time.  Instead of a discount blaster I decided to pick up something with a guaranteed hit for someone.  There are only 3 packs of cards and 1 hit, but I figured that was better than 5-8 packs of a random set with very little chance of a hit.  BTW, the hit we got is of a future Hall of Famer on a team he is not really known for.  Who is it?  Well let's read on.

pack one

2006 Upper Deck First Pitch

11 John Smoltz - Braves

141 Nick Swisher - Athletics

36 Mark Prior - Cubs

88 Roy Oswalt - Astros

Insert (Diamond Stars)

DS-28 Moises Alou - Giants (consolation prize)

pack two

2007 Fleer Retail

229 Clint Barmes - Rockies

264 Javier Vazquez - White Sox

204 Josh Johnson - Marlins

33 Scott Kazmir - Devil Rays

334 Vinny Rottino - Brewers

343 Doug Slaten - Diamondbacks

16 Lyle Overbay - Blue Jays

mini

153 Rickie Weeks - Brewers (consolation prize)

inserts

Rookie Sensations

RS-JS Jeremy Sowers - Indians

Year in Review

YR-HO Ryan Howard - Phillies

pack three

2007 Topps Series One Jumbo? Pack (22 cards 1 piece of gum)...and yes I did chew it, it was surprisingly good

23 Josh Bard - Padres

166 Hank Blalock - Rangers

3 Brad Lidge - Astros

117 David Ross - Reds

305 Frank Thomas - Blue Jays

277 Philip Humber - Mets

53 Mike Piazza - Athletics

94 Willy Taveras - Rockies

314 Andruw Jones GG - Braves

129 Aramis Ramirez - Cubs

206 Ben Sheets - Brewers

4 Bengie Molina - Giants

154 Bill Hall - Brewers

257 Bob Melvin - Diamondbacks

274 Shawn Riggans - Devil Rays

151 Kendry Morales - Angels

92 Joe Crede - White Sox

102 NAMELESS 2nd BASEMAN - Dodgers

61 Jason Grilli - Tigers

67 Geoff Jenkins - Brewers

234 Team Card - Pirates

238 Team Card - Phillies

The Hit

2006 Upper Deck Amazing Greats game used PANTS!

AG-RJ Randy Johnson - Yankees (wow what a forgettable stint)

Congrats to Ryan G. for getting the hit.  Now you should really feel bad for sniping me. hehe j/k

The funny thing about this bonus blaster is the unpurchased Brewers nearly doubled their cards from 7 to 12.  The consolation prizes will be distributed below to the teams with the fewest inserts (Alou) or parallels (Weeks).

First the Alou (3 eligible Twins, Reds, Padres) randomed 3 times (only showing the 3rd)

Congrats to Rangers fan Brian who now gets a card of another team that is not his favorite.  The Alou is a good looking card though, even though the team reeks.


Second the Weeks (14 eligible teams including mine...if I win the card will go to the worst scoring  team via stats, the Reds) randomed 3 times (only showing the 3rd)

There you go, Ted.  I personally like the Fleer minis better than the base set.  The white border on cardboard stock make the main set seem to be from the overproduction era (ie cheap).  The minis are full bleed and still cheap, but they don't look cheap.


Congrats to the winners although this randomization was kind of anticlimactic following the previous cards given away.  I hope everyone enjoyed the second break here at the Quarry, especially you first timers.  I will be doing another break starting in the second week of July.  I honestly have no idea what I will be breaking then, but suggestions are always welcome and you all are invited to join up again.  Cards for this break will be going in the mail this weekend.  Until we meet for the next break, I will be returning to regularly scheduled programming.