Some more Chicle

I picked up a bunch more loose packs of Chicle on a couple different days. My luck with these seemed to be a little better. I beat the odds on SPs and variations. Still I didn't pull a hit or anything.

Pack 1

#97 Matt Kemp

#87 Ted Lilly

#105 Mark Reynolds

#296 Ernie Banks (SP)

#134 Felix Pie

#59 Wandy Rodriguez

Good start. An SP and several other base cards I needed.

Pack 2

#67 Mark Buehrle

#267 Tobi Stoner

#17 Ken Griffey Jr.

#190 Orlando Hundson

#103 Pablo Sandoval

#63 Aramis Ramirez

Pack 3

#52 Nick Swisher

#82 Josh Beckett

#127 Kyle Blanks

#250 Joe Morgan

#43 Ian Kinsler

#18 Josh Johnson

These were ALL cards I needed for my set. Perfect!

Pack 4

#62 Chad Billingsley

#102 Adam Wainwright

#140 Javier Vazquez

#293 Mickey Mantle (SP)

#23 Shane Victorino

#188 Rich Harden

Not Bad. 3 more base cards and an SP that I needed

Pack 5

#167 Ryan Ludwick

#197 Dan Haren

#25 Aaron Hill

#8 Jason Bartlett (Chicle back)

#193 Marc Rzepczynksi

#148 Chris Young

Huh!! There are 275 base cards with chicle variations, all with equal chances of being inserted into packs and somehow I managed to get 2 of the same card in the first 5 chicle variations that I pulled. Pretty strange, and frustrating for someone who is trying to collect the set of Chicle backs.

Here are 2 packs that I bought on a different day.

Pack 1

#57 Kosuke Fukudome

#27 Jacoby Ellsbury

#110 Curtis Granderson

#329 Juan Francisco (SP)

#8 Jason Bartlett

#93 Roy Oswalt

These were all cards I needed. I love it when that hapens, but pulling these Jason Bartlett cards is kinda getting old. At least now I have the base card to go with my 2 chicle backs.

Pack 2

#117 Jason Marquis

#162 Jonathan Papelbon

#150 Zach Duke

#144 Jhoulys Chacin (Bazooka back)

#223 Carl Yastrzemski

#158 Stephen Drew

Yeah budday!! this was a good way to end it. A bazooka back and 5 more cards for my base set.

If anyone has any cards that could help me out with this set please let me know. I'm being very ambitious with this set and I'm trying to knock out as much as possible while I have the momentum. I'm trying for the base set with SPs, and a set of variations which will end up a combo of Bazooka and Chicle backs.

Loosy Packs

So I went to the Bridgeport Bluefish game the other day and came away with some packs of cards that I found in the Fan Shop. I got (1) 2008 UD First Edition Update and (2) 1992 Topps Stadium Club.

Here's the pack of 2008 UD First Edition

Gil Meche

Derek Lee

Livan Hernandez

Dan Uggla

Blake DeWitt

Randy Winn

Kurt Suzuki

Zach Duke

Brad Wilkerson

Daisuke Matsuzaka (Star Quest)

1992 Stadium Club (Pack 1)

Ryne Sandberg (Member's Choice)

1992 Stadium Club (Pack 2)

Darryl Strawberry

Robin Yount

For $3 bucks that wasn't a half bad way to fill the pack ripping fix. It's amazing how much more crisp the stadium club cards are when they are fresh out of the pack. I'm used to ones that have been roughed up for a decade or so.

Chicle Blaster

Nope, no Stephen Strasburg here

I've opened 7 packs of Chicle prior to this blaster, and my luck has been fairly good. I had pulled 2 Chicle back variations, 2 Bazooka back variations, and 2 Short Prints.

I found this blaster at Sports Authority while shopping for new running sneakers. So here goes:

Pack 1

#37 Ryan Howard

#92 Cole Hamels

#270 Adam Moore

#80 Jermaine Dye (Chicle Back)

#18 Josh Johnson

Pack 2

#147 Jon Lester

#252 Duke Snider

#200 Chipper Jones

#91 Asdrubal Cabrera (Bazooka Back)

#148 Chris Young

#103 Pablo Sandoval

Great start so far. 2 packs, and I have 2 variations.

Pack 3

#237 Thurman Munson

#122 Roy Halladay

#170 Jair Jurrjens

#308 Dustin Pedrioa (SP)

#63 Aramis Ramirez

#23 Shane Victorino

Pack 4

#97 Matt Kemp

#87 Ted Lilly

#112 Dustin Pedrioa

#130 Elvis Andrus

#188 Rich Harden

#138 Scott Kazmir

I liked this pack even though there weren't any SPs or variations. First because it had Ted Lilly. When he was a Yankee I always like this guy and was disappointed to see him traded away. I'm glad he's had success though. Second becuse I got and Elvis Andrus card. He's my newest player collection. And Third because of the #34 patch on Kazmir's card. I thought that the way the Angels played in Adenheart's memory made a great story out of something tragic.

Pack 5

#232 Roy Campanella

#91 Asdrubal Cabrera

#50 David Ortiz

#120 Tommy Hanson (Chicle Back)

#108 Josh Hamilton

#68 Vladimir Guerrero

Pack 6

#96 Derrek Lee

#151 Michael Bourn

#211 Jim Palmer

#15 Brad Hawpe

#28 Andrew McCutchen

#173 Jonathan Broxton

Pack 7

#266 Carlos Carrasco

#240 Cy Young

#276 Babe Ruth (SP)

#214 Warren Spahn

#83 Brian Roberts

Pack 8

#166 Duke Snider

#126 Melky Cabrera

#46 Kevin Youkilis

#265 Neil Walker

#248 Tom Seaver

#79 Russel Branyan

Darn, I liked Melky in a Yankee Uni better.

How come card #166 is Duke Snider? Duke has 3 cards in this set: #166 #252 #300. It seems really weird because #166 is in the middle of the current players section of the checklist. Then when I looked up the Chicle checklist online, the one I found has a player named Fu-Te Ni listed as card #166. Does Fu-Te Ni even exist?

Well I started out strong for this blaster and then kinda faded out toward the end. I got 2 SPs, 2 Chicle backs, and 1 Bazooka back which I think is pretty much par for the blasters.

I'm going to be really bold and attempt to collect the base set with SPs, as well as the National Chicle Variation set and maybe even the Bazooka back variation set. I really do love this set!

Here are the cards that I have:

Base

15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 25, 28, 34, 37, 41, 45, 46, 47, 50, 63, 68, 79, 80, 83, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, 103, 107, 108, 109, 112, 120, 122, 126, 130, 131, 137, 138, 147, 148, 151, 156, 170, 173, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 196, 200, 205, 206, 211, 214, 217, 219, 226, 229, 232, 237, 240, 241, 248, 252, 262, 265, 266, 270, 275

...SPs

276, 303, 308, 323

... National Chicle Backs

8, 56, 80, 120

...Bazooka Backs

9, 91, 274

If anyone has cards that can help me out, just comment or email me, and we can work out a trade.

Ichiro Collection

Ichiro Collection

minus the Rookies and Jersey cards, I may add them on at some point

2002 Donruss, Fan Club: #147

2002 Fleer, Tradition: #U312

2002 Fleer, Tradition: #U371

2002 UD: “Year of the Record” #726

2002 UD: “Year of the Record” #735

2002 UD, Honor Roll: #98

2003 Donruss: #180

2003 Fleer, Patchworks: #51

2003 Topps: #692

2003 Topps: “Own The Game” #OG5

2003 Topps, Finest: #50

2003 Topps, Gallery: #30

2003 Topps, 206: #T206-1

2003 Topps, 206: #T206-5

2003 Topps, 206: #T206-19

2003 Topps, 205: #100

2003 Topps, 205: #100 (SP: looking left)

2003 Topps, 205: #240

2004 Topps: #10

2004 UD, Etchings: #32

2005 Donruss, Leather and Lumber: #49

2005 Donruss Playoff, Absolute Memorabilia: #128

2005 Donruss Playoff, Leaf Certified Materials: #LC-7

2005 Topps: #337

2005 Topps: #338

2006 Fleer: #181

2006 Fleer, Tradition: #86

2006 Fleer, Ultra: #80 (gold)

2006 Topps: #250

2006 Topps: “SI for Kids: Funny Photos” #22 of 25

2006 Topps, Turkey Red: #350

2006 UD, First Pitch: #172

2007 Topps, Opening Day: #154

2007 Topps, Updates and Highlights: #UH279

2007 Topps, Chrome: #158 (japanese writing)

2007 Topps, Turkey Red: #15

2007 UD, Elements: #35

2008 Bowman: #185

2008 Topps: #320

2008 Topps: #320 (gold foil letters)

2008 Topps: #15

2008 Topps: “Topps Stars” #TS7

2008 Topps, Co-Signers: #055

2008 Topps, Finest: #88 (refractor)

2008 Topps, Heritage: #373

2008 UD, First Edition: “Star Quest” #SQ-1 (common)

2008 UD: “Star Quest” #SQ-1 (common)

2008 UD, Goudey: #165

2008 UD, Heroes: #152

2008 UD, Heroes: #186

2008 UD, Masterpieces: #81

2008 UD, National Baseball Card Day: #UD12

2008 UD, SP Authentic: #4

2008 UD, Timeline: #48

2009 Bowman: #10

2009 Topps: #300

2009 Topps: “Ticket to Toppstown” #TTT16

2009 Topps, Updates and Highlights: #UH153

2009 Topps, Allen and Ginter: #100

2009 Topps, Allen and Ginter: #100 (A&G back mini)

2009 Topps, Tickets to Stardom: “Big Ticket” #BT-1

2009 Topps, 206: (SP: No #)

2009 UD, SP Authentic: #51

2009 UD, X: #80

2010 Topps, Heritage: #487 (SP)

2010 - Big D Custom card