July Quarry Group Break - The Randomizer Strikes Back

Hey guys, unfortunately the end has come for another fairly successful Quarry Group Break.  We aren't done yet though.  There is still the unfinished business surrounding the excess SkyBox Dugout Axcess cards.  After everyone got their single cards which consisted of an entire base set and an entire Doubleheaders set, we were left with the following.

One base set approximately 85% complete
One base set approximately 50% complete
One base set with about 6 cards & one extra Double Header

Sorry for the approximations, but I packed them before I counted them.

We also got

1 full set of Double Headers
1 full set of Double Headers
1 partial set of Double Headers a little over 50% complete

I have already ran two randomizations, one for base and one for the Double Headers.  Each and every team was eligible for both.  I randomized three times and got the following.

First up the base sets

Congratulations to the top three.  The Indians get the largest set, the Athletics get the middle set, and the Orioles get the small set.  That worked out great since all three teams were sort of middling at best in the break.

Now for the Double Headers

The Cubs and Marlins will get the full sets and the Phillies will get the partial.  Congratulations to all winners.  And to the winners of the partial sets, I hope I have given you a new addition to your want lists.


I have had fun with this break.  Sure we didn't get an Eisenhower relic like last month, but we got some cool cards this time. 

The top 5 cards of the break (IMHO)

#1 2000 Pacific Crown Collection In the Cage Tony Gwynn

 #2 2003 Fleer Focus Materialistic Oversize Roger Clemens

 #3 2000 Pacific Crown Collection Premiere Date Alex Rodriguez #'d 25/27

#4 2007 SP Rookie Edition Felix Pie 1995 Autograph

#5 2006 Flair Showcase Derek Jeter Legacy Blue parallel #'d 047/150

Not a bad haul indeed and that's not including several other jerseys and autos.  I hope you guys had fun and come back next month for another inexpensive break.

I will not be giving hints in the mail for you guys as to boxes next month, because frankly I don't know yet.  I have some ideas though and I already have one box in hand.  So I will tell you now. 

One box for next month is:

2000 Bowman Chrome

featuring rookie cards of Roy Oswalt, Carlos Zambrano, Barry Zito, Francisco Rodriguez, Ben Sheets, Brandon Phillips, and many more

Hope to see you next month and my non-winning Gint-a-Cuffs box will start tomorrow right here.

July Quarry Group Break - Bonus Bonanza #2 2003 Fleer Focus Jersey Edition

Well here we go with the final box for the July Quarry Group Break.  I had already ordered two boxes for next month from eBay and, once we sold out, I decided to add whichever one arrived first to this month's break as a thank you to all you guys that have made this break a phenomenal success.  I am equally proud that I didn't give away the secret of what that box was.  I tend to have loose lips when it comes to break boxes, but no one other than myself knew what this was.  It's the little victories in life that make you smile at the end of the day.

That being said this is a box of 2003 Fleer Focus Jersey Edition (there is no other edition BTW) which is a small set consisting of 160 base cards and 20 short print rookies.  The kind of set that we are all familiar with.  Nothing groundbreaking here other than the AWESOME boxtopper, which will be going to one of you.  The minor flaw with this box is that some of the cards were a little stuck together.  Nothing major, but I wanted to let you know some came out with a few minor chips.  Ebay is great for selection, but not much recourse for something like this.  That being said I am not throwing my stash away because they don't look horrible at all.  Let's get started on the final box for this month.

 

The box

The regular pack

The box topper pack (Forgot to scan before I opened it)

pack one

35 Armando Benitez - Mets

19 Joe Borchard - White Sox

86 Jim Thome - Phillies

125 Mark Mulder - Athletics

158 Alex Rodriguez - Rangers

MLB SHIRTIFIED JERSEY

MLB-RS Richie Sexson - Brewers

pack two

60 Jamie Moyer - Mariners

7 Mike Lowell - Marlins

48 Troy Glaus - Angels

180 Jose Contreras SP - Yankees

111 Ellis Burks - Indians

89 Paul LoDuca - Dodgers

131 Jorge Julio - Orioles

I had to show the LoDuca "bubble blowing catcher" picture.

pack three

79 Craig Biggio - Astros

27 Kevin Brown - Dodgers

44 A.J. Burnett - Marlins

104 Brad Wilkerson - Expos

150 Ryan Klesko - Padres

98 Rodrigo Lopez - Orioles

FRANCHISE FOCUS

7 Jeff Bagwell - Astros

pack four

62 Mike Mussina - Yankees

26 Chipper Jones - Braves

68 Mark Grace - Diamondbacks

34 Kerry Wood - Cubs

114 Richie Sexson - Brewers

140 Aramis Ramirez - Pirates

87 Barry Zito - Athletics

pack five

70 Albert Pujols - Cardinals

36 David Eckstein - Angels

18 John Olerud - Mariners

105 Eric Hinske - Blue Jays

138 Shannon Stewart - Blue Jays

85 Jared Sandberg - Devil Rays

126 Greg Maddux - Braves

pack six

59 Joe Randa - Royals

6 Tim Salmon - Angels

49 Josh Beckett - Marlins

176 Lew Ford SP - Twins

157 Cristian Guzman - Twins

110 Roy Halladay - Blue Jays

90 Matt Morris - Cardinals

pack seven

78 Jarrod Washburn - Angels

28 J.D. Drew - Cardinals

9 Fred McGriff - Dodgers

144 Bobby Higginson - Tigers

105 Eric Hinske - Blue Jays

151 Kevin Millwood - Phillies

FRANCHISE FOCUS

16 Barry Bonds - Giants

pack eight

63 Javy Lopez - Braves

25 Miguel Tejada - Athletics

69 Shawn Green - Dodgers

97 Brian Giles - Pirates

115 Rafael Palmeiro - Rangers

139 Larry Walker - Rockies

TEAM COLORS

2 Mark Prior - Cubs

pack nine

20 Alfonso Soriano - Yankees

61 Paul Konerko - White Sox

8 Barry Bonds - Giants

47 Ty Wigginton - Mets

124 Austin Kearns - Reds

159 C.C. Sabathia - Indians

112 Bobby Abreu - Phillies

pack ten

80 Rich Aurilia - Giants

1 Derek Jeter - Yankees

54 Raul Ibanez - Royals

161 Josh Willingham SP - Marlins

142 Orlando Cabrera - Expos

132 Torii Hunter - Twins

103 Derek Lowe - Red Sox

pack eleven

73 Garret Anderson - Angels

33 Kenny Lofton - Giants

14 Magglio Ordonez - White Sox

149 Robert Fick - Braves

99 Jacque Jones - Twins

113 Tony Batista - Orioles

FRANCHISE FOCUS

12 Mike Piazza - Mets

pack twelve

39 Mark Prior - Cubs

64 Brian Jordan - Dodgers

23 Tino Martinez - Cardinals

45 NAMELESS 2ND BASEMAN - Astros

141 Johnny Damon - Red Sox

88 Gary Sheffield - Braves

123 Jim Edmonds - Cardinals

pack thirteen

12 Roy Oswalt - Astros

41 Shea Hillenbrand - Red Sox

133 Ivan Rodriguez - Marlins

118 John Smoltz - Braves

136 Nomar Garciaparra - Red Sox

TEAM COLORS JERSEY

TC-LB Lance Berkman - Astros

pack fourteen

66 Aaron Boone - Reds

21 Curt Schilling - Diamondbacks

38 Edgar Martinez - Mariners

165 Pete LaForest SP - Devil Rays

83 Tom Glavine - Mets

128 Ben Grieve - Devil Rays

155 Mike Lieberthal - Phillies

pack fifteen

16 Randy Johnson - Diamondbacks

57 Roger Clemens - Yankees

4 Moises Alou - Cubs

108 Manny Ramirez - Red Sox

92 Randy Wolf - Phillies

146 Pedro Martinez - Red Sox

FRANCHISE FOCUS

20 Carlos Delgado - Blue Jays

pack sixteen

74 Lance Berkman - Astros

32 Jeff Bagwell - Astros

13 Ichiro - Mariners

40 Mike Piazza - Mets

102 Mike Williams - Pirates

134 Jason Jennings - Rockies

143 Vernon Wells - Blue Jays

pack seventeen

65 Scott Rolen - Cardinals

22 Mike Sweeney - Blue Jays

46 Corey Patterson - Cubs

175 Guillermo Quiroz SP - Blue Jays

135 Jason Kendall - Pirates

82 Jermaine Dye - Athletics

129 Ken Griffey Jr. - Reds

pack eighteen

15 Adam Kennedy - Angels

56 Mark Buehrle - White Sox

3 Trevor Hoffman - Padres

154 Omar Vizquel - Indians

107 Phil Nevin - Padres

93 Jay Gibbons - Orioles

FRANCHISE FOCUS

10 Torii Hunter - Twins

pack nineteen

52 Jason Giambi - Yankees

75 Bret Boone - Mariners

31 Troy Percival - Angels

147 Jose Vidro - Expos

120 Aubrey Huff - Devil Rays

101 Randall Simon - Pirates

TEAM COLORS

12 Mike Piazza - Mets

pack twenty

51 Frank Thomas - White Sox

76 Joe Crede - White Sox

30 Bernie Williams - Yankees

42 Bartolo Colon - White Sox

121 Andruw Jones - Braves

100 Juan Gonzalez - Rangers

95 Carlos Delgado - Blue Jays

pack twenty one

11 Junior Spivey - Diamondbacks

67 Eric Chavez - Athletics

71 Sammy Sosa - Cubs

37 Wade Miller - Astros

117 Pat Burrell - Phillies

137 Michael Cuddyer - Twins

84 Eric Gagne - Dodgers

pack twenty two

17 Carlos Beltran - Royals

58 Matt Williams - Diamondbacks

5 Roberto Alomar - Mets

171 Hideki Matsui SP - Yankees

127 Jose Hernandez - Rockies

156 Marty Cordova - Orioles

109 Vladimir Guerrero - Expos

pack twenty three

50 Brian Lawrence - Padres

77 Al Leiter - Mets

29 Sean Casey - Reds

91 Juan Pierre - Marlins

145 Sean Burroughs - Padres

122 Kazuhisa Ishii - Dodgers

FRANCHISE FOCUS

1 Troy Glaus - Angels

pack twenty four

10 Mo Vaughn - Mets

43 Darin Erstad - Angels

24 Barry Larkin - Reds

152 Alex Sanchez - Brewers

96 Carlos Pena - Tigers

116 Todd Helton - Rockies

MLB SHIRTIFIED

9 Pat Burrell - Phillies

OVERSIZED BOX TOPPER

Materialistic Oversize Roger Clemens - Yankees (THIS THING IS SWEET!)

BOX WINNERS 

Yankees

Astros

Brewers

Mets
Blue Jays

The Yankees were a big winner here with two of the six short prints including the Matsui rookie along with the Clemens box topper.  Sure it is a manufactured relic, but can you think of a better looking one (card subject not taken into account).  It wouldn't be a Quarry group break without a hit for the Astros.  After pestering Sam for the previous two months with great cards being pulled, the Astros were fairly quiet until this box.  The Brewers were June's worst team with a TOTAL of 7 cards in the whole break.  This month they are a top 10 team, even though Sexson may not be as big a name as he once was.  BABenny scored twice with this box with the Mets coming out with two different Piazza inserts along with several other base cards.  The Jays also pulled out a short print and a Carlos Delgado insert.  Nice to see them get a good box also.

BOX LOSERS

Tigers

Royals 

Rangers

Indians

Rockies

Once again a great group break box, because it was hard to pick out losers.  The Tigers had the fewest base cards of any team (other than the Brewers who got a hit) so they "top" the list.  The Rangers had such a great main break, I am sure Brian is not shedding any tears over their relatively poor showing here.  The Indians had another below average box, but things may still pick up for them.  My team (the Rockies) was once again among the worst.  I don't ever want to be the best team in one of my breaks, but to be out of the bottom 10 once wouldn't be a bad thing.  Oh well Cubs fans say wait 'til next year...this Rockies fan will say wait 'til next month.

TOTALS FOR THIS BOX ONLY

Angels                          8          0          1          0

Astros                          6          0          1          1

Athletics                       5          0          0          0

Blue Jays                      8          0          1          0

Braves                         7          0          0          0

Brewers                       2          0          0          1

Cardinals                      6          0          0          0

Cubs                            5          0          1          0

Devil Rays                    4          0          0          0

Diamondbacks              5          0          0          0

Dodgers                       7          0          0          0

Expos                          4          0          0          0

Giants                          3          0          1          0

Indians                        3          0          0          0

Mariners                      5          0          0          0

Marlins                        6          0          0          0

Mets                            7          0          2          0

Orioles                         5          0          0          0

Padres                         5          0          0          0

Phillies                         6          0          1          0

Pirates                         5          0          0          0

Rangers                       3          0          0          0

Red Sox                       6          0          0          0

Reds                            5          0          0          0

Rockies                        4          0          0          0

Royals                          3          0          0          0

Tigers                          2          0          0          0

Twins                          5          0          1          0

White Sox                    7          0          0          0

Yankees                       8          0          0          1

July Quarry Group Break - Bonus Bonanza #1 1994 Stadium Club Series 2

Okay here we go with the first box of this month's Bonus Bonanza.  This is 1994 Stadium Club Series 2 which features 12 cards per pack including 1 Golden Rainbow parallel.  There are also an insert set which will be featured here, Dugout Dirt, which showcases the stars of 1993.  Finally there are two different 1 per box sets included, Bowman Preview and the parallel First Day Issue.  There are a couple of multiple team cards which I have given to the team ranking lower on the stats from yesterday (unless more than one showed then both got one).  Also since the Rays and DBacks are not represented in this set, they will get the checklist cards that show up assigned based on score also (Rays first).  I know it's not much but it's better than nothing.  Let's see how this box works out.

The Box

The pack

pack one

374 Craig Biggio - Astros

278 Guillermo Velasquez - Padres

424 Mike Devereaux - Orioles

388 Mike Gallego - Yankees

423 Manuel Lee - Rangers

517 Lou Frazier - Expos

513 Woody Williams - Blue Jays

486 Bill Pecota - Braves

394 Tony Longmire - Phillies

310 Zane Smith - Pirates

326 Devon White - Blue Jays

GOLDEN RAINBOW

536 Ruben Sierra Quick Start - Athletics

pack two

438 Randy Johnson - Mariners

407 Greg Harris - Red Sox

535 Cecil Fielder Quick Start - Tigers

398 Ricky Bones - Brewers

505 Paul Wagner - Pirates

432 Wes Chamberlain - Phillies

506 Torey Lovullo - Angels

509 Joe Magrane - Angels

519 Tim Worrell - Padres

295 Chad Curtis - Angels

411 Chad Kreuter - Tigers

GOLDEN RAINBOW

310 Zane Smith - Pirates

BOWMAN PREVIEW

7 Ricky Bottalico - Phillies

pack three

455 Joe Hesketh - Red Sox

340 Kevin Appier - Royals

322 Ken Caminiti - Astros

376 Dave Nilsson - Brewers

514 Gary Redus - Rangers

431 Wally Joyner - Royals

493 Lee Tinsley - Mariners

288 Dave Winfield - Twins

492 Mike Munoz - Rockies

399 Phil Clark - Padres

412 Brad Ausmus - Padres

GOLDEN RAINBOW

488 Mike Mussina - Orioles

Why is Mussina in an igloo?

pack four

512 Jayhawk Owens - Rockies

274 Ryan Thompson - Mets

321 Kevin Young - Pirates

417 Ozzie Smith - Cardinals

534 Roger Clemens Quick Start - Red Sox

511 Lloyd McClendon - Pirates

357 Marc Newfield - Mariners

434 Scott Radinsky - White Sox

401 Mike Henneman - Tigers

359 Kirby Puckett - Twins

355 Milt Thompson - Phillies

GOLDEN RAINBOW

492 Mike Munoz - Rockies

DUGOUT DIRT

6 Barry Bonds - Giants

pack five

526 Dave Winfield / Paul Molitor - Twins and Blue Jays (Twins)

365 Dave Magadan - Marlins

456 Jose Valentin - Brewers

463 Cory Snyder - Dodgers

537 Tony Gwynn Quick Start - Padres

408 Doug Drabek - Astros

482 Jeff Schwartz - White Sox

297 Bob Welch - Athletics

518 Erik Plantenberg - Mariners

370 Bill Gullickson - Tigers

360 Kent Mercker - Braves

GOLDEN RAINBOW

359 Kirby Puckett - Twins

pack six

385 Hilly Hathaway - Angels

317 Dave Stewart - Blue Jays

286 Derek Bell - Padres

424 Mike Devereaux - Orioles

301 Kenny Lofton - Indians

397 Ryne Sandberg - Cubs

294 Bob Hamelin - Royals

469 Jimmy Key - Yankees

487 John Smiley - Reds

382 Kevin Brown - Rangers

426 Rafael Belliard - Braves

GOLDEN RAINBOW

384 Joe Orsulak - Mets

pack seven

289 Curt Schilling - Phillies

421 Jose Bautista - Cubs

356 Miguel Jimenez - Athletics

535 Cecil Fielder Quick Start - Tigers

524 Andy Ashby - Padres

478 Charles Nagy - Indians

330 Bill Swift - Giants

500 Rafael Bournigal - Dodgers

458 Joe Boever - Tigers

291 Bob Natal - Marlins

402 Mark Lemke - Braves

GOLDEN RAINBOW

363 Hal Morris - Reds

pack eight

388 Mike Gallego - Yankees

325 Gene Harris - Padres

468 Greg Myers - Angels

322 Ken Caminiti - Astros

526 Dave Winfield / Paul Molitor - Twins and Blue Jays (Blue Jays)

497 Mark Davis - Padres

405 John Smoltz - Braves

497 Mark Davis - Padres

483 John Valentin - Red Sox

328 Craig Paquette - Athletics

393 Wil Cordero - Expos

GOLDEN RAINBOW

291 Bob Natal - Marlins

pack nine

448 Erik Pappas - Cardinals

336 Dean Palmer - Rangers

341 Lance Blankenship - Athletics

356 Miguel Jimenez - Athletics

369 Billy Ripken - Rangers

500 Rafael Borunigal - Dodgers

474 Mike Gardiner - Tigers

478 Charles Nagy - Indians

494 Bob Wickman - Yankees

443 Lou Whitaker - Tigers

335 Darryl Strawberry - Dodgers

GOLDEN RAINBOW

407 Greg Harris - Red Sox

DUGOUT DIRT

6 Barry Bonds - Giants

Not a usual dugout food there Erik.

pack ten

351 Scott Livingstone - Tigers

430 Tim Hulett - Orioles

480 Eric Hillman - Mets

395 Todd Zeile - Cardinals

455 Joe Hesketh - Red Sox

469 Jimmy Key - Yankees

479 Larry Casian - Twins

397 Ryne Sandberg - Cubs

481 Bill Wertz - Indians

309 Travis Fryman - Tigers

428 Ron Darling - Athletics

GOLDEN RAINBOW

443 Lou Whitaker - Tigers

pack eleven

433 Tom Browning - Reds

461 Alvaro Espinoza - Indians

285 Frank Thomas - White Sox

435 Rondell White - Expos

520 Brian McRae - Royals

297 Bob Welch - Athletics

366 Dante Bichette - Rockies

408 Doug Drabek - Astros

380 Jerry DiPoto - Indians

365 Dave Magadan - Marlins

429 Shane Mack - Twins

GOLDEN RAINBOW

274 Ryan Thompson - Mets

pack twelve

437 Rheal Cormier - Cardinals

435 Rondell White - Expos

477 Mike Trombley - Twins

392 Tom Urbani - Cardinals

406 Jeff Conine - Marlins

434 Scott Radinsky - White Sox

460 Craig Shipley - Padres

511 Lloyd McClendon - Pirates

485 Gary Gaetti - Royals

439 Pete Schourek - Mets

281 Kevin Gross - Dodgers

GOLDEN RAINBOW

496 Thomas Howard - Reds

Great angle for this photo

pack thirteen

434 Scott Radinsky - White Sox

393 Wil Cordero - Expos

516 Jim Abbott - Yankees

275 Rick Aguilera - Twins

466 Rod Bolton - White Sox

331 Alan Trammell - Tigers

457 Dan Peltier - Rangers

489 Mike Ignasiak - Brewers

461 Alvaro Espinoza - Indians

411 Chad Kreuter - Tigers

375 Dan Pasqua - White Sox

GOLDEN RAINBOW

326 Devon White - Blue Jays

pack fourteen

354 Pat Listach - Brewers

481 Bill Wertz - Indians

387 Orestes Destrade - Marlins

403 Mark Grace - Cubs

522 Mark Wohlers - Braves

475 Steve Reed - Rockies

472 Deion Sanders - Braves

425 Omar Olivares - Cardinals

454 Andres Galarraga - Rockies

412 Brad Ausmus - Padres

368 Bret Saberhagen - Mets

GOLDEN RAINBOW

537 Tony Gwynn Quick Start - Padres

1ST DAY ISSUE

468 Greg Myers - Angels

pack fifteen

469 Jimmy Key - Yankees

374 Craig Biggio - Astros

490 Billy Brewer - Royals

436 Rod Beck - Giants

427 Richie Lewis - Marlins

296 Danny Jackson - Phillies

300 Joe Carter - Blue Jays

465 Blas Minor - Pirates

336 Dean Palmer - Rangers

355 Milt Thompson - Phillies

446 John Wetteland - Expos

GOLDEN RAINBOW

372 Roberto Kelly - Reds

DUGOUT DIRT

5 Jack McDowell - White Sox

pack sixteen

450 Darren Daulton - Phillies

429 Shane Mack - Twins

293 Al Osuna - Astros

270 Checklist 409-540 (misnumbered should be #540) - Rays

533 John Kruk Quick Start - Phillies

422 Kevin Mitchell - Reds

484 Carl Willis - Twins

495 Roger Salkeld - Mariners

508 Derek Lilliquist - Indians

360 Kent Mercker - Braves

316 Randy Tomlin - Pirates

GOLDEN RAINBOW

355 Milt Thompson - Phillies

pack seventeen

535 Cecil Fielder Quick Start - Tigers

458 Joe Boever - Tigers

531 Gregg Jefferies - Cardinals

352 Rod Correia - Angels

306 Rene Arocha - Cardinals

373 Cal Ripken - Orioles

501 Chip Hale - Twins

400 Orel Hershiser - Dodgers

464 Candy Maldonado - Indians

426 Rafael Belliard - Braves

323 Joe Girardi - Rockies

GOLDEN RAINBOW

526 Dave Winfield / Paul Molitor - Twins and Blue Jays (Twins)

What exactly is he doing?  Shopping at the Pittsburgh Sod Store?

pack eighteen

478 Charles Nagy - Indians

536 Ruben Sierra Quick Start - Athletics

351 Scott Livingstone - Tigers

516 Jim Abbott - Yankees

386 Mike Greenwell - Red Sox

502 Matt Whiteside - Rangers

471 Mike Stanton - Braves

467 Kenny Rogers - Rangers

317 Dave Stewart - Blue Jays

402 Mark Lemke - Braves

324 Jeff McKnight - Mets

GOLDEN RAINBOW

426 Rafael Belliard - Braves

pack nineteen

441 Mike Timlin - Blue Jays

518 Erik Plantenberg - Mariners

527 Joe Carter - Blue Jays

387 Orestes Destrade - Marlins

499 Turk Wendell - Cubs

504 Jeff Reed - Giants

467 Kenny Rogers - Rangers

471 Mike Stanton - Braves

496 Thomas Howard - Reds

393 Wil Cordero - Expos

272 Tony Tarasco - Braves

GOLDEN RAINBOW

455 Joe Hesketh - Red Sox

pack twenty

417 Ozzie Smith - Cardinals

488 Mike Mussina - Orioles

388 Mike Gallego - Yankees

490 Billy Brewer - Royals

276 Ramon Martinez - Dodgers

470 Tony Castillo - Blue Jays

390 Raul Mondesi - Dodgers

501 Chip Hale - Twins

339 John Franco - Mets

335 Darryl Strawberry - Dodgers

304 Mike Morgan - Cubs

GOLDEN RAINBOW

380 Jerry DiPoto - Indians

pack twenty one

511 Lloyd McClendon - Pirates

399 Phil Clark - Padres

398 Ricky Bones - Brewers

293 Al Osuna - Astros

344 Rich Batchelor - Cardinals

345 Ryan Bowen - Marlins

495 Roger Salkeld - Mariners

484 Carl Willis - Twins

340 Kevin Appier - Royals

428 Ron Darling - Athletics

279 Mark Hutton - Yankees

GOLDEN RAINBOW

335 Darryl Strawberry - Dodgers

DUGOUT DIRT

7 Ken Griffey Jr. - Mariners

pack twenty two

536 Ruben Sierra Quick Start - Athletics

519 Tim Worrell - Padres

376 Dave Nilsson - Brewers

531 Gregg Jefferies - Cardinals

525 Andre Dawson / Tim Raines - Red Sox and White Sox (White Sox)

390 Raul Mondesi - Dodgers
465 Blas Minor - Pirates

300 Joe Carter - Blue Jays

449 David Hulse - Rangers

429 Shane Mack - Twins

302 Kirk Rueter - Expos

GOLDEN RAINBOW

374 Craig Biggio - Astros

pack twenty three

458 Joe Boever - Tigers

384 Joe Orsulak - Mets

417 Ozzie Smith - Cardinals

351 Scott Livingstone - Tigers

273 Teddy Higuera - Brewers

433 Tom Browning - Reds

425 Omar Olivares - Cardinals

472 Deion Sanders - Braves

278 Guillermo Velasquez - Padres

281 Kevin Gross - Dodgers

440 Mo Vaughn - Red Sox

GOLDEN RAINBOW

483 John Valentin - Red Sox

pack twenty four

429 Shane Mack - Twins

382 Kevin Brown - Rangers

463 Cory Snyder - Dodgers

527 Joe Carter - Blue Jays

329 Cal Eldred - Brewers

298 Felix Jose - Royals

489 Mike Ignasiak - Brewers

457 Dan Peltier - Rangers

363 Hal Morris - Reds

413 Ben McDonald - Orioles

438 Randy Johnson - Mariners

GOLDEN RAINBOW

281 Kevin Gross - Dodgers

BOX WINNERS

Red Sox

Reds

Dodgers

Twins

Phillies

The Reds and Red Sox each pulled out 3 of the Golden Rainbows.  The Phillies got one along with the Bowman Preview 1 per box card.  Man, it is hard calling a 17 year old set a preview.  Of course, it is also hard thinking of 1994 as 17 years ago. 

BOX LOSERS
Diamondbacks

Rays

Cubs

Expos

Royals

Other than the shutout D-Backs and 1 card Rays, there weren't any BIG losers of the box.  If the Giants hadn't received the 2 Bonds inserts, they would only have gotten 3 cards and would be the big loser.  Who am I kidding the Giants are always losers (sorry Rockies bias showing there).  Everyone gets some cards here, so not a bad showing for anyone really.

TOTALS FOR THIS BOX ONLY

Angels                         6          1          0          0

Astros                          8          1          0          0

Athletics                      10        1          0          0

Blue Jays                     11        1          0          0

Braves                         14        1          0          0

Brewers                       10        0          0          0

Cardinals                     13        0          0          0

Cubs                           6          0          0          0

Devil Rays                   1          0          0          0

Diamondbacks              0          0          0          0

Dodgers                      12        2          0          0

Expos                          8          0          0          0

Giants                          3          0          2          0

Indians                        11        1          0          0

Mariners                      8          0          1          0

Marlins                        8          1          0          0

Mets                            7          2          0          0

Orioles                         6          1          0          0

Padres                         15        1          0          0

Phillies                         8          1          1          0

Pirates                         9          1          0          0

Rangers                       13        0          0          0

Red Sox                      7          3          0          0

Reds                            6          3          0          0

Rockies                       6          1          0          0

Royals                         9          0          0          0

Tigers                          17        1          0          0

Twins                          14        2          0          0

White Sox                   8          0          1          0

Yankees                      10        0          0          0

July Quarry Group Break - Stats and Other Stuff

Hey guys.  The main portion of this month's break has now concluded.  That means it is time for the team stats for the break.  I don't know how many of you actually enjoy looking at the stats as much as me, but they do serve a couple of purposes.  First, they make my breaks different than everyone else's.  Second and more importantly, I use them to determine ownership of cards between multiple teams.  That hasn't happened yet this month (but will soon).  Either way, I hope you enjoy the nerdity (is that a word?) that will follow.

Also some questions arose about the odd names for the Dugout Axcess insert sets and subsets.  I will show and TRY to explain them here.  Basically the set took a word or phrase that a player used to describe certain events that would happen in a game.

Little Dawgs - Barry Larkin's nickname for new players.  This is the subset that made me think a lot less of Mr. Larkin.  It is just so egotistical, like he was too good to learn your name even if you were a teammate.  I think it is funny that "Little Dawg" Todd Helton (and a couple of others) has had arguably a better career than Larkin (not a Hall of Famer in my opinion).

Dishwashers - It doesn't really say why Dishwashers is used, but it does refer to the better pitchers of the time.  Has anyone else ever heard the term used?  Maybe it is common and I have just not heard it.

Gronks - Greg Gagne's (really?) nickname for a home run hitter.  He said they remind him of characters from the Flintstones carrying big clubs.  For those of you too young to remember the Flintstones, that was a television show in the 1960s that carried into syndication until the early 1990s.  I watched it as a kid, but it was old when I saw it.  Yes, I do feel really old by feeling that I need to explain what the Flintstones are.

Now onto the stats...first the raw total stats (base, parallel, insert, hit)

Angels                         18        0          0          0

Astros                          27        0          2          0

Athletics                      23        0          1          0

Blue Jays                     24        0          2          0

Braves                         24        0          5          0

Brewers                       21        1          2          0

Cardinals                     20        0          2          0

Cubs                           21        0          0          1

Devil Rays                   29        0          0          0

Diamondbacks             23        0          3          0

Dodgers                      24        0          2          0

Expos/Nats                  23        0          0          0

Giants                         19        1          3          0

Indians                        23        0          2          0

Mariners                      27        1          2          1

Marlins                        23        0          0          0

Mets                            26        0          1          0

Orioles                         22        0          1          0

Padres                         18        0          3          1

Phillies                         18        0          2          0

Pirates                         19        0          0          0

Rangers                       24        0          2          2

Red Sox                      25        0          6          0

Reds                           19        0          0          0

Rockies                       18        0          2          0

Royals                         20        0          0          0

Tigers                          19        0          3          1

Twins                          25        0          0          0

White Sox                    25        0          3          0

Yankees                       37        2          3          0

Now the rotisserie stats for the teams

Angels                         28.5     17.5     26        18                    90

Astros                         3.5       17.5     13.5     18                    52.5

Athletics                      15        17.5     20        18                    70.5

Blue Jays                     10.5     17.5     13.5     18                    59.5

Braves                         10.5     17.5     2         18                    48

Brewers                       19.5     3          13.5    18                    54

Cardinals                     21.5     17.5     13.5     18                    70.5

Cubs                           19.5     17.5     26        3.5                   66.5

Devil Rays                   2          17.5     26       18                    63.5

Diamondbacks             15        17.5     5.5       18                    56

Dodgers                      10.5     17.5     13.5     18                    59.5

Expos                         15        17.5     26        18                    76.5

Giants                          24.5     3          5.5      18                    51

Indians                        15        17.5     13.5     18                    64

Mariners                      3.5       3          13.5     3.5                   23.5

Marlins                        15        17.5     26        18                    76.5

Mets                            5          17.5     20        18                    60.5

Orioles                         18        17.5     20        18                    73.5

Padres                         28.5     17.5     5.5       3.5                   55

Phillies                         28.5     17.5     13.5     18                    77.5

Pirates                         24.5     17.5     26        18                    86

Rangers                       10.5     17.5     13.5     1                      42.5

Red Sox                      7          17.5     1          18                    43.5

Reds                            24.5     17.5     26        18                    86

Rockies                       28.5     17.5     13.5     18                    77.5

Royals                         21.5     17.5     26        18                    83

Tigers                          24.5     17.5     5.5       3.5                   51

Twins                          7          17.5     26        18                    68.5

White Sox                   7          17.5     5.5       18                    48

Yankees                       1          1          5.5       18                   25.5

And now, first to worst

Mariners                      3.5       3          13.5     3.5                   23.5

Yankees                       1          1          5.5       18                    25.5

Rangers                       10.5     17.5     13.5     1                      42.5

Red Sox                      7          17.5     1          18                    43.5

Braves                         10.5     17.5     2          18                    48

White Sox                   7          17.5     5.5       18                    48

Giants                          24.5     3          5.5       18                    51

Tigers                          24.5     17.5     5.5       3.5                   51

Astros                          3.5       17.5     13.5     18                    52.5

Brewers                       19.5     3          13.5     18                    54

Padres                         28.5     17.5     5.5       3.5                   55

Diamondbacks              15        17.5     5.5       18                    56

Blue Jays                     10.5     17.5     13.5     18                    59.5

Dodgers                      10.5     17.5     13.5     18                    59.5

Mets                            5          17.5     20        18                    60.5

Devil Rays                   2          17.5     26        18                    63.5

Indians                        15        17.5     13.5     18                    64

Cubs                            19.5     17.5     26        3.5                   66.5

Twins                          7          17.5     26        18                    68.5

Athletics                      15        17.5     20        18                    70.5

Cardinals                      21.5     17.5     13.5     18                    70.5

Orioles                         18        17.5     20        18                    73.5

Expos                          15        17.5     26        18                    76.5

Marlins                        15        17.5     26        18                    76.5

Phillies                         28.5     17.5     13.5     18                    77.5

Rockies                       28.5     17.5     13.5     18                    77.5

Royals                         21.5     17.5     26        18                    83

Pirates                         24.5     17.5     26        18                    86

Reds                            24.5     17.5     26        18                    86

Angels                         28.5     17.5     26        18                    90

Obviously this is only one way to look at break winners, but it works to an extent.  The top 5 has the usual suspects (Yanks, Red Sox, Braves) along with a couple of A.L. West foes that usually are middle of the pack or worse.  The Rangers were in the bottom 10 in both the May and June breaks, so congrats to Brian.  The Giants, Tigers, and Brewers also had significant jumps from the previous two break.  Since a few teams moved up, the reverse had to be true also with the Phillies, Orioles, and Angels having particularly disappointing breaks compared to their usual status.  But we do have the bonus rounds coming up and there are 3 more hits (ALL to teams without hits so far) along with lots of other good cards.