July Quarry Group Break - Box #2 2006 Flair Showcase

Alright with my Pacific fetish out of the way, let's move on to the first of our big hit boxes.  But before we do, I would like to announce that the second bonus box arrived today and we got an additional three hits coming including a really good pull for one team.  Once again, that is later.  For now we have some pretty good cards coming up tonight.  This is a box of 2006 Flair Showcase, which is part of Upper Deck's (mostly unsuccessful) attempted Fleer revival of five years ago.  #'s 101-150 are short prints and #'S 151-200 are super short prints.   Let's see what we got.

The Box

The Pack

pack one

95 Chris Duffy - Pirates

86 Trevor Hoffman - Padres

100 Cesar Izturis - Dodgers

65 David Wright - Mets

insert

CM-11 David Ortiz WBC - Dominican Republic (Red Sox)

pack two

74 Frank Thomas - Athletics

63 Dontrelle Willis - Marlins

85 Ronny Cedeno - Cubs

insert

HN-13 Hideki Matsui Hot Numbers - Yankees

AUTO

FI-CS Chris Shelton Fresh Ink - Tigers

Nice Signature

pack three

78 Ben Sheets - Brewers

67 Scott Podsednik - White Sox

insert

WF-7 Conor Jackson Wave of the Future - Diamondbacks

JERSEY

SS-AB Adrian Beltre Showcase Stitches - Mariners

pack four

91 Travis Hafner - Indians

50 Curt Schilling - Red Sox

43 Brian Giles - Padres

97 Bartolo Colon - Angels

101 Josh Willingham SP - Marlins

pack five

90 Brian Anderson - White Sox

82 Pedro Martinez - Mets

76 Josh Rupe - Rangers

10 David Ortiz - Red Sox

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WF-6 Brandon McCarthy Wave of the Future - White Sox

pack six

21 Roy Oswalt - Astros

24 Wil Nieves - Yankees

80 Derrek Lee - Cubs

52 Jason Kubel - Twins

146 Jonny Gomes SP - Devil Rays

pack seven

35 Tom Glavine - Mets

17 Skip Schumaker - Cardinals

54 Livan Hernandez - Nationals

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HN-7 David Ortiz Hot Numbers - Red Sox

Legacy Emerald parallel

194 Noah Lowry SSP - Giants #’d 115/150

pack eight

44 Jeremy Accardo - Giants

14 Brandon Watson - Nationals

89 Reggie Sanders - Royals

20 Brian Roberts - Orioles

insert

WF-28 Anderson Hernandez Wave of the Future - Mets

pack nine (1:108 PACK HIT)

41 Miguel Cabrera - Marlins

96 Vernon Wells - Blue Jays

84 Jeremy Bonderman - Tigers

29 Tim Hudson - Braves

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HG-2 Andruw Jones Hot Gloves die cut - Braves

pack ten

9 Luis Gonzalez - Diamondbacks

62 John van Benschoten - Pirates

16 Rich Harden - Athletics

69 Richie Sexson - Mariners

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WF-21 Ben Johnson Wave of the Future - Padres

pack eleven

77 Eric Chavez - Athletics

19 Chris Carpenter - Cardinals

12 Gary Sheffield - Yankees

25 Michael Young - Rangers

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CM-24 Daisuke Matsuzaka WBC - Japan (Red Sox)

pack twelve

60 Jose Guillen - Nationals

47 Chris Denorfia - Reds

61 Rafael Furcal - Dodgers

72 Javy Lopez - Orioles

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WF-10 Jose Capellan Wave of the Future - Brewers

pack thirteen (Rangers of the past, present, and future)

18 Vladimir Guerrero - Angels

66 Alfonso Soriano - Nationals

112 Hank Blalock SP - Rangers

JERSEY

SS-MT Mark Teixeira Showcase Stitches - Rangers

pack fourteen

68 Felix Hernandez - Mariners

11 Josh Beckett - Red Sox

36 Jason Bergmann - Nationals

15 Tadahito Iguchi - White Sox

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HN-28 Todd Helton Hot Numbers - Rockies

pack fifteen

59 Boof Bonser - Twins

23 Todd Helton - Rockies

42 Nomar Garciaparra - Dodgers

94 Melvin Mora - Orioles

139 Jason Schmidt SP - Giants

pack sixteen

88 Jason Bay - Pirates

37 Marcus Giles - Braves

49 Mike Piazza - Padres

70 Jeff Francoeur - Braves

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WF-9 Curtis Granderson Wave of the Future - Tigers

pack seventeen

13 Jose Reyes - Mets

26 A.J. Burnett - Blue Jays

8 Roy Halladay - Blue Jays

135 Johan Santana SP - Twins

Legacy Blue parallel

125 Derek Jeter SP - Yankees  #’d 047/150

pack eighteen

55 Joe Mauer - Twins

4 Mark Prior - Cubs

6 Shawn Green - Diamondbacks

58 Steve Stemle - Royals

125 Derek Jeter SP - Yankees

BOX WINNERS
Tigers
Rangers
Mariners
Braves
Yankees

What a great box.  Three teams not normally known as hit magnets picked up nice cards.  The Tigers got the auto, the Rangers got the biggest name jersey in Teixeira, and the Mariners had their second straight great box.  Wes (aka jaybarkerfan) asked for a similar Braves hit yesterday while congratulating Ryan and we get a one per half-case die cut insert for him.  Good kharma indeed.  You know it is a great box when a Derek Jeter #'d to 150 and an SP of him only gets the Yanks 5th (and the argument could be made that the Red Sox' take was better), but I don't think Mike will complain one bit about his take here.

BOX LOSERS
Phillies
Reds
Indians
Astros
Devil Rays

Unfortunately for every great box there are some teams left out.  The Phillies were the only team to be shut out completely.  Sorry about that, Cliff.  The other four only got a single card, although the Rays card was a short print at least.  The Reds were a big disappointment what with Ken Griffey Jr. being the poster boy for the set and them just getting a Chris Denorfia base card.  But there are still 4 boxes to go and several more hits, so keep hope alive.


TOTALS FOR THIS BOX ONLY

Angels                         2          0          0          0

Astros                          1          0          0          0

Athletics                      3          0          0          0

Blue Jays                     3          0          0          0

Braves                         3          0          1          0

Brewers                       1          0          1          0

Cardinals                      2          0          0          0

Cubs                           3          0          0          0

Devil Rays                   1          0          0          0

Diamondbacks             2          0          1          0

Dodgers                      3          0          0          0

Expos/Nationals            5          0          0          0

Giants                          2          1          0          0

Indians                        1          0          0          0

Mariners                      2          0          0          1

Marlins                        3          0          0          0

Mets                            4          0          1          0

Orioles                         3          0          0          0

Padres                         3          0          1          0

Phillies                         0          0          0          0

Pirates                         3          0          0          0

Rangers                       3          0          0          1

Red Sox                      3          0          3          0

Reds                            1          0          0          0

Rockies                       1          0          1          0

Royals                         2          0          0          0

Tigers                          1          0          1          1

Twins                          4          0          0          0

White Sox                   3          0          1          0

Yankees                      3          1          1          0