What Do You Know About Baseball?

My mom had given this to me sometime ago. She is always getting me baseball related books and other things (she knows better than to touch cards). Usually her purchases fall under the "Does she still think I'm 15?" category and I assumed this one would as well.

At first look I thought it was going to be just a collection of basic questions like "Who has the home run record for a season" or "What does RBI stand for?".

Here is the back of the box and one of the questions.

My first impression was completely wrong because I found this quite interesting and informative.

Here are 4 other questions...see how you do!

Think you know them all? Here are the questions again...this time with the answers.

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

How did you do?

What I'm listening to while I post this:

The Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

Repacked Wax (Part 3)

 OK kids, here it is...the last 6 packs of Repacked Wax.

Pack 13

2004 Topps Billy Wagner

1978 Topps Bob Grich

1982 Topps Dave Concepcion

2003 Upper Deck Classic Portraits Craig Biggio

1987 Donruss Joaquin Andujar

1989 Score Highlight Rickey Henderson

1986 Topps Garth Iorg

1981 Topps Brian Doyle

2012 Topps Walmart Blue Parallel Brandon Inge

1992 Fleer Jack Daugherty

1998 Upper Deck Darren Daulton

1984 Donruss Ed Whitson

1990 Topps Dennis Lamp

1991 Upper Deck Scott Erickson

1988 Fleer Rich Yett

Pack 14

1985 Topps Sparky Anderson

1978 Topps Jeff Burroughs

1981 Topps Sixto Lezcano

1996 Leaf Kevin Ritz

1988 Score Charlie Moore

1973 Topps Mets Field Leaders (Yogi Berra, Roy McMillan, Joe Pignatano, Rube Walker, Eddie Yost)

1990 Bowman Kevin Gross

1992 Fleer Glenallen Hill

1991 Topps Greg Maddux

1993 Topps Willie McGee

1987 Topps Don Sutton

1983 Topps Mike LaCoss

1989 Fleer Jeff Ballard

1977 Topps Bruce Kimm

1986 Topps Ed Nunez

Pack 15

2004 Topps National League Hits Leaders (Albert Pujols, Todd Helton, Juan Pierre)

1973 Topps Darrell Brandon

1989 Topps Guillermo Hernandez

1986 Fleer Randy St. Claire

1992 Fleer Alvin Davis

1979 Topps Andre Dawson

1982 Topps Mike Davis

1981 Topps Al Oliver

1990 Upper Deck Rick Cerone

1987 Donruss Alvin Davis

1998 Upper Deck Darryl Kile

1985 Topps Dave Owen

1996 Leaf Joe Carter

1991 Upper Deck Mel Rojas

1988 Score John Shelby

Pack 16

1988 Score Ed Olwine

1982 Fleer Frank LaCorte

1985 Topps Rich Gale

1976 Topps Bill Madlock

1990 Leaf Jeff Reed

1987 Topps Bert Blyleven

1992 Fleer Ultra Darryl Strawberry

1989 Fleer Eric King

1986 Fleer Charlie Lea

1999 Upper Deck MVP Jose Mesa

1988 Sportflics Andres Galarraga

1975 Topps Gene Clines

1991 Upper Deck Dion James

1992 Bowman Otis Nixon

1998 Fleer Metal Joey Hamilton

Pack 17

1993 Fleer Keith Shepherd

1989 Score Dennis Rasmussen

2015 Bowman Chris Owings

1981 Topps George Vukovich

1992 Leaf Black Parallel Jeff King

1999 Topps Ismael Valdes

1990 Score Mark McGwire

1990 Topps Dave Cochrane

1991 Topps Ken Hill

1988 Score Wally Backman

1976 Topps Bruce Bochte

1983 Fleer John Castino

1985 Topps Pedro Guerrero

1987 Topps Julio Cruz

1986 Donruss Cecil Fielder

Pack 18

1984 Topps Derrel Thomas

1987 Topps All Star Cal Ripken Jr.

1989 Fleer Dick Schofield

1982 Fleer Gary Lucas

1990 Leaf Rick Leach

1988 Topps Andy Hawkins

1973 Topps Jim Beauchamp

1986 Topps Robin Yount

2020 Topps Pete Alonso

1994 Pacific (Spanish) Mark Portugal

1988 Sportflics Scott Fletcher

1999 Upper Deck Rookie Power Eric Chavez

1992 Bowman Brian Williams

1977 Topps Manny Mota

1991 Donruss John Wetteland

So here is the breakdown of cards per year:

1960 - 1

1961 - 1

1962 - 1

1964 - 1

1971 - 1

1972 - 1

1973 - 4

1975 - 2

1976 - 7

1977 - 7

1978 - 5

1979 - 3

1980 - 1

1981 - 12 (including 2 duplicates)

1982 - 15

1983 - 3

1984 - 6

1985 - 12

1986 - 18

1987 - 19

1988 - 24

1989 - 20

1990 - 19

1991 - 19

1992 - 19

1993 - 7

1996 - 7

1997 - 1

1998 - 8

1999 - 9

2003 - 1

2004 - 8

2007 - 1

2012 - 4

2013 - 1

2015 - 1

2020 - 1

The set(s) represented most  - 1981 Topps (12), 1987 Topps (12)

There were 270 cards in the box.

That averages out at about 20 cents per card. 

58% of the cards were from the years 1985 - 1993.

The "vintage" cards were generally commons...most of the older ones were in rough shape.

You could probably buy all of these individually for less.

I was quite excited to give this a try but I do have to admit my enthusiasm waned as it progressed. Although I generally like opening boxes like this I definitely wouldn't buy this again because of the cost. This is a fantastic idea with great packaging but once the wrapping comes off you soon realize it's just a very expensive Fairfield box in wax packs. 

Repacked Wax (Part 2)

 Here are packs 7 - 12 from the 18 pack box I purchased from Repacked Wax.

Pack 7

1989 Upper Deck Pete O'Brien

1985 Topps Don Mattingly

1977 Topps Jerry Remy

1990 Leaf Ron Hassey

1988 Score Jerry Reuss

1972 Topps Ron Theobald

1991 Topps Juan Agosto

2007 UD Masterpieces Cal Ripken Jr.

1999 Upper Deck MVP Matt Williams

1988 Sportflics Robby Thompson

1998 Fleer Metal Carlos Delgado

1982 Fleer Tippy Martinez

1987 Topps Dan Plesac

1986 Topps Turn Back The Clock Fernando Valenzuela

1992 Bowman Carlos Hernandez

Pack 8

2004 Topps Chris O'Riordan

1976 Topps Houston Astros Team Card

1989 Upper Deck Doug Sisk

1986 Fleer Fred Lynn

1992 Fleer Carney Lansford

1961 Topps Eddie Yost

1983 Fleer Team Checklist (Cubs, A's)

1981 Topps Rick Peters

1990 Upper Deck Checklist

1987 Donruss Mike Witt

1998 Upper Deck Stan Javier

1985 Fleer Chuck Porter

1998 Leaf Homer Bush

1991 Topps Charlie Leibrandt

1988 Score Len Dykstra

Pack 9

2004 Topps Postseason Highlights (Yankees/Twins)

1973 Topps Bob Tolan

1989 Upper Deck John Kruk

1986 Fleer Tim Raines

1992 Fleer Ultra Chris Hammond

1991 Score All-Star Rickey Henderson

1982 Topps Tigers Batting and Pitching Leaders (Kemp/Petry)

1981 Topps Al Oliver

1990 Topps Scott Bankhead

1987 Donruss Chris Brown

1998 Upper Deck Star Rookie Marlon Anderson

1985 Topps Rafael Ramirez

1988 Score Steve Crawford

1991 Upper Deck Howard Farmer

1998 Leaf Jose Guillen

Pack 10

1985 Topps Wayne Gross

1978 Topps Skip Lockwood

1981 Topps Garry Maddox

1999 Upper Deck MVP Charles Johnson

1988 Score Glenn Hubbard

1987 Fleer Julio Franco

1990 Bowman Willie Greene

1992 Fleer Bret Saberhagen

1991 Leaf Mark Lee

1993 Topps Jeff Nelson

1987 Topps Brian Dayett

1982 Fleer Richie Zisk

1989 Fleer Ron Washington

1977 Topps Andres Mora

1986 Topps Jim Acker

Pack 11

1985 Topps Oddibe McDowell

1978 Topps Steve Staggs

1981 Topps Mario Soto

1999 Upper Deck MVP Pete Harnisch

1988 Score Larry Anderson

1977 Topps Gary Carter

1990 Bowman Jose DeLeon

1992 Fleer Brian McRae

1991 Leaf Jesse Barfield

1993 Topps Manuel Lee

1987 Topps Randy Bush

1982 Fleer Tom Paciorek

1989 Fleer Luis Medina

1977 Topps Willie Crawford

1986 Topps Warren Brusstar

Pack 12

1989 Score Jeff Montgomery

1988 Sportflics Dwight Gooden

1982 Fleer Brian Asselstine

1990 Topps Robin Yount

1988 Fleer Edgar Martinez

1985 Topps Larry Milbourne

1987 Topps Damaso Garcia

1992 O-Pee-Chee Premier Eric Karros

1986 Topps N.L. All Star Willie McGee

1991 Topps Von Hayes

1976 Topps Traded Ken Brett

1999 Upper Deck MVP Hideo Nomo

1960 Topps Rookie Star Duke Carmel

1978 Topps Ken Holtzman

1993 Pacific (Spanish) Brett Butler 

So there you have it...packs 7 - 12. Looking any better?

The next post shows the last 6 packs and my review.

What I'm listening to while I post this:

Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me