Saturday, March 4, 2023

2021 Universal Treasures Baseball Box (Part 3)




Lots of wet snow today, so it's a good day to show off the 3rd exciting rack pack from the Universal Treasures Box I bought previously.  If this pack is like the previous two,  prepare to be underwhelmed.

Rack Pack 3 Section 1


1988 Topps '87 Record Breakers Nolan Ryan
1980 Topps Glenn Borgmann
1984 Topps Chuck Tanner
1989 Topps Jim Lindeman
1988 Topps Guy Hoffman
1979 Topps Len Barker
1985 Topps Tony Gwynn
1980 Topps Rob Andrew's
1985 Topps Pat Sheridan



1986 Topps Chuck Tanner
1989 Topps Traded Chuck Cary
1979 Topps Doug Flynn
1982 Topps Willie Randolph
1977 Topps Oakland A's Team Card
1987 Topps Jerry Royster
1979 Topps Fred Kendall
1989 Topps Traded Rickey Henderson 
1983 Topps Phil Garner



1982 Topps Texas Rangers Future Stars John Butcher/Bobby Johnson/Dave Schmidt
1978 Topps Jose Baez
1975 Topps Bill Robinson 
1982 Topps Dave Smith
1983 Topps Rod Scurry
1986 Topps Traded Barry Bonds
1982 Topps Kiko Garcia
1975 Topps Bernie Carbo
1982 Topps Kent Tekulve

Rack Pack 3 Section 2


1975 Topps Glen Abbott
1982 Topps Ron Cey
1980 Topps Larry Biittner 
1985 Topps Ton Kittle
1988 Topps B. J. Surhoff
1979 Topps Warren Cromartie 
1987 Topps Pete Rose
1980 Topps Rick Bosetti
1984 Topps Ron Davis


1986 Topps Traded Juan Bonilla
1978 Topps Dave Johnson
1989 Topps Traded Dwight Smith
1984 Topps George Brett 
1988 Topps Tim Birtsas
1990 Topps Randy Milligan 
1987 Topps Rick Schu
1979 Topps Dan Briggs
1984 Topps Pete Rose


1987 Topps Pat Tabler
1983 Topps Tom Filer
1982 Topps John Candelaria 
1978 Topps Glenn Borgmann
1975 Topps Gene Michael
1980 Topps Dave Edwards 
1983 Topps Geoff Zahn
1977 Topps Dock Ellis
1982 Topps Gene Nelson


Yikes.

Well first of all, here's the breakdown of the years included. These were all Topps cards from 1975 - 1990.

1975 - 15 cards
1976 - 2 cards
1977 - 5 cards
1978 - 10 cards
1979 - 14 cards
1980 - 11 cards
1981 - 2 cards
1982 - 25 cards
1983 - 13 cards
1984 - 13 cards
1985 - 10 cards
1986 - 9 cards
1987 - 9 cards
1988 - 11 cards
1989 - 11 cards
1990 - 2 cards

1982 and 1975 were the two years most represented in a box that was basically all commons. I did get a Mattingly and Bonds Rookie although after watching several videos of these being open leads me to believe that these were "participation trophies". I do understand that not every box is going to be good but they don't have to be this bad either. 

One thing I noticed is that in some cases the cards were almost numerical. For instance, I pulled 10 1978 cards. They weren't 10 random cards from the set but cards 307 - 318 (except for cards 310 and 314...Don Sutton and Paul Linblad). 10 of the 14 1979 cards were between cards 71 - 83. 

So the box gets an F from me. It's not something I would ever buy again. Usually one of the saving graces of these types of repack offerings is that they are fun to go through. This was not fun. Cue the throwing money out the window gif.

What I'm Listening To While I Post This 

The Black Keys - El Camino 

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