What is the best card that you have ever pulled from a pack?

[ddominator08]

Hey guys, I'm just wondering, what's the best card you've ever pulled from a pack. Not bought, pulling a great card is better than buying one. My best card (or cards I should say):
Game Used: One of these-2004 Topps All Star Stitches Alex Rodriguez Jersey
2005 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Craig Biggio Bat/Jersey 39/150
2005 Classic Clippings Cut Of History Brooks Robinson Jersey

Autograph:2004 Topps Traded Signature Moves Adam Wainwright

"Common"(so to speak): 2003 Bowman Chrome Draft Ryan Howard RC
2003 Bowman Chrome Draft Robinson Cano RC
2004 Topps Traded Chrome Howie Kendrick RC
One of my Four Phil Hughes 2004 Topps Traded RC

[nepats3912]

I pulled a Joba Chamberlain Rookie, Phil Hughes Rookie, And jorge posada all star stitches in a blaster box once

[yanks2513]

I would say I have 3 great ones.

2003 Topps World Series Tribute Tris Speaker Bat # 47/50

2003 Absolute Memorabilia Chien-Ming Wang Spectrum Auto # 242/250

2008 Bowman Chrome X-Fractor David Price Auto 209/250

[DaClyde]

Probably a 1991 Donruss Elite Andre Dawson.

[howiek]

The 4 best are as followed

1. 2001 Babe Ruth Game used bat. Its numbered to 1933
2. 2007 Sweet Spot Ryan Howard All-Star Blue and Red Stitch Auto
3. 2008 David Price Tri-star auto
4. 1993 Mark Mcgwire Donruss Elite

[Dalkowski110]

1998 Topps Stadium Club Rey Ordonez. Why this, you ask? Because it was what got me interested in collecting baseball cards. That one pack, I still remember it had Ordonez, Mark McLemore, Pedro Martinez, and I can't remember anyone else. But Ordonez was the only New York Mets player, and I was (as I am now) a big Mets fan. THAT CARD started it all. As such, it's my favorite.

[giantsrule]

i pulled a couple starquest cards before but, my three i enjoyed most when i pulled were..

barry zito common...i always wanted to pull a zito card

prince fielder common...one of my favorite players

tim wakefield common...also one of my favorite players

[Rockhound]

The best card I've pulled was a Pedro Feliz rip card with a Serena Williams autograph inside. I've also pulled a Yankee Stadium Legacy Game 1: Babe Ruth, 1981 Topps Steve Garvey, and a 1983 Topps Nolan Ryan. Recently I pulled an AWESOME basketball cabinet card but I won't go into that. PM me for details on that.

[stang05]

1994 Upper Deck SP A-rod Foil Diecut Rookie

[RuthMayBond]

Nolan Ryan triple jersey numbered out of I think 250

[J.P]

Well, before I started attending card shows and buying off ebay, I would get super excited everytime I pulled a Cuban or a Marlins player, specially one that I didnt already have, my first was Jose Canseco, but it was from one of those packs where they put together like a million commons from various years and various companies and sell them for like $1.99. My first from a real pack was a Rey Ordoñez, but my favorite one would have to be my first Orlando Hernandez, Topps 2000 and I've since gotten it autographed IP by him. I know this isnt a baseball, but I collected basketball cards for a short period of time, long enough to pull a Dwyane Wade Topps rookie, that I've also gotten it signed IP by him. The only GU/Autos that I've pulled are:

Derek Jeter Upper Deck MVP All Star GU Base
Brad Wilkerson Topps GU Bat
Ichiro Suzuki GU All Star Batting Practice Jersey

Clint Everts Topps Certified Auto
Landon Powell Topps Certified Auto

[gosox55]

Frank Thomas 2004 Bowman Heritage Threads of Greatness.
Not much I know, but I don't open many packs any more.

[Captain Cold Nose]

When my brother and I were growing up, my father would buy a box of Topps cards every other year or so. In 1975 we pulled the mini (Michigan was one of the few states that offered the mini version) George Brett and Robin Yount.

Both still mint.

[RuthMayBond]

When my brother and I were growing up, my father would buy a box of Topps cards every other year or so. In 1975 we pulled the mini (Michigan was one of the few states that offered the mini version) George Brett and Robin Yount.

Both still mint.You're supposed to tell us that PSA graded it a perfect ten in all areas :crossfingers::crossfingers::crossfingers:
Does anyone remember the Fleer cello packs in 1983? I forgot that I pulled a few Boggs rookies. Of course I think I was looking for other cards and I didn't think of them as special :banghead: (but at least I kept them, didn't throw them out)

[Captain Cold Nose]

You're supposed to tell us that PSA graded it a perfect ten in all areas :crossfingers::crossfingers::crossfingers:
Does anyone remember the Fleer cello packs in 1983? I forgot that I pulled a few Boggs rookies. Of course I think I was looking for other cards and I didn't think of them as special :banghead: (but at least I kept them, didn't throw them out)

I had a few friends who would buy those cello packs based upon who was on the top. I remember pulling a 1983 Topps Boggs from a pack and being quite impressed with his .349 batting average from the year before, so I put his card aside as he showed that wasn't due to not playing a full season.

[topherkris]

Is this the first time ever Rey Ordonez has been mentioned twice in a thread without the slightest bit of irony?

Unless there was a "Who is your favourite light hitting Middle Infielding latino sensation" thread.

In which case, i'd assume Vizquel would top him.

[Dalkowski110]

Probably not, but you'd be the first guy to make it three times...:eek: ;)

[giantsrule]

i pulled a kosuke fukudome rookie card out of an upper deck series two pack today, and a barry zito checklist...

[RuthMayBond]

i pulled a kosuke fukudome rookie card out of an upper deck series two pack today, and a barry zito checklist...ONE out of two ain't bad

[J.P]

Probably not, but you'd be the first guy to make it three times...:eek: ;)

And to make it 4 times, I forgot to mention I also got that card autgraphed IP.............................and why does everybody seem to hate on Rey Ordoñez, people seem to forget he was one of the best fielding SS ever, at least one of the most spectacular ones.

[RuthMayBond]

and why does everybody seem to hate on Rey Ordoñez,It could be that scintillating 60 OPS+

<people seem to forget he was one of the best fielding SS ever,>

I have in my top 90

[Dalkowski110]

"and why does everybody seem to hate on Rey Ordoñez, people seem to forget he was one of the best fielding SS ever"

Same reasons Ray Oyler and Dal Maxvill tend to get hated on...while both were spectacular fielders, watching them attempt to hit was outright brutal...

[J.P]

Yes, I understand that, let me rephrase it, Why are there are and have been a lot of SS that are almost as bad a hitter as Rey and not nearly as good defensively, and dont get hated on that much?

[Captain Cold Nose]

Yes, I understand that, let me rephrase it, Why are there are and have been a lot of SS that are almost as bad a hitter as Rey and not nearly as good defensively, and dont get hated on that much?

It's a crime to not live up to extremely unrealistic expectations. Ordonez was supposed to be the second coming. I'm not going to bother mentioning fan entitlement. Not at all.

[Dalkowski110]

Probably because of the size of fanbase and the caliber of the teams. Ordonez, Oyler, and Maxvill all played for championship-caliber teams with the national media intensely focusing on them.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Probably because of the size of fanbase and the caliber of the teams. Ordonez, Oyler, and Maxvill all played for championship-caliber teams with the national media intensely focusing on them.

Oyler and Maxvill were never expected to live up to lofty expectations as Ordonez was. Plus, they played in an era was the light-hitting shortstop was the norm. Luis Aparicio and Maury Wills were what everyone was hoping for, not A-Rod, Jeter and Nomar. With a far higher ceiling Ordonez seemed to have came up way behind.

Sorry, this is a good thread. I'm that close to hypocrisy.

I really stopped buying packs in the early 90's, so I really missed out on top-flight inserts. I don't believe I've even pulled a uniform or bat card, let alone limited editions that were of anyone more than a common player. I did pull a PSA 10 2001 SP Bret Boone when I purchased one of those "Guaranteed 2 graded cards per box" boxes out of curiosity. Bret Boone is probably my least favorite player of all-time.

[RuthMayBond]

It's a crime to not live up to extremely unrealistic expectations. Ordonez was supposed to be the second coming. I'm not going to bother mentioning fan entitlement. Not at all.Perhaps, but Ordonez had probably one of the worst "long-term" SS careers ever. At least a stiff who they get rid of after a year only harms a team so much, but he kept dragging his team down year after year

[Dalkowski110]

"Oyler and Maxvill were never expected to live up to lofty expectations as Ordonez was."

But Ordonez was never billed as a hitter, either. His "lofty ceiling" was a .250 hitter. As for Maxvill and Oyler, my parents remember them both very well. Maxvill was trashed after the 1968 World Series because he couldn't get any hits. And in the 1970's with Oakland and Pittsburgh, he was basically run out of town because he couldn't hit. And Ray Oyler? Oyler WAS expected to hit about .230-.240 (not much, but then, as you pointed out, it was an era of light-hitting shortstops) when he first came up (1965) and couldn't even crack the Mendoza Line. Rob Neyer blames the Tigers for keeping him around as long as they did and even goes so far as to say they'd have won one, possibly two pennants with another shortstop that even hit somewhere close to the league average.

[Captain Cold Nose]

"Oyler and Maxvill were never expected to live up to lofty expectations as Ordonez was."

But Ordonez was never billed as a hitter, either. His "lofty ceiling" was a .250 hitter. As for Maxvill and Oyler, my parents remember them both very well. Maxvill was trashed after the 1968 World Series because he couldn't get any hits. And in the 1970's with Oakland and Pittsburgh, he was basically run out of town because he couldn't hit. And Ray Oyler? Oyler WAS expected to hit about .230-.240 (not much, but then, as you pointed out, it was an era of light-hitting shortstops) when he first came up (1965) and couldn't even crack the Mendoza Line. Rob Neyer blames the Tigers for keeping him around as long as they did and even goes so far as to say they'd have won one, possibly two pennants with another shortstop that even hit somewhere close to the league average.

Not his ceiling, the ceiling for shortstops. I remember Ordonez was all but handed a spot among the perennial AS SS when he came up. Regardless of how good of a hitter he actually was, he was made out to be far more than what he actually was. That's not his fault.

As for Mr. Neyer, to call hindsight 20/20 is slighting hindsight.

[RuthMayBond]

Yes, I understand that, let me rephrase it, Why are there are and have been a lot of SS that are almost as bad a hitter as Rey and not nearly as good defensively, and dont get hated on that much?Oyler & Maxvill should be "hated on" too, if that makes you feel better

[Dalkowski110]

Well, RMB, you've already got one well-read, huge-time anti-Oyler guy in Rob Neyer.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Well, RMB, you've already got one well-read, huge-time anti-Oyler guy in Rob Neyer.

Like Beethoven, Neyer doesn't have a bubble gum card. Critics only criticize. That's their lot in life.

[Dalkowski110]

"Like Beethoven, Neyer doesn't have a bubble gum card."

Let me correct this...

"Unlike Beethoven, Neyer doesn't have a baseball card."

Beethoven got a card in one of the Topps Allen & Ginter sets, rather incredibly...

[RuthMayBond]

"Like Beethoven, Neyer doesn't have a bubble gum card."

Let me correct this...

"Unlike Beethoven, Neyer doesn't have a baseball card."

Beethoven got a card in one of the Topps Allen & Ginter sets, rather incredibly...Just to spite Lucy Van Pelt

[Captain Cold Nose]

Just to spite Lucy Van Pelt

The spirit in which I posted.

Neyer may have a card and there may not be bubble gm in the pack, but . . .

Is Neyer a better pull than Don Dokken?

Sweet revenge, the bitter end
This time

[RuthMayBond]

Is Neyer a better pull than Don Dokken?Definitely less frequent (since I already have TWO Dokkens :banghead:

[Dalkowski110]

"Is Neyer a better pull than Don Dokken?"

I'd say so. At least Neyer did SOMETHING related to baseball...

Rob Neyer doesn't have a card, btw. I actually kinda wish he did, seeing all the crazy people/things they're giving cards to...

[Captain Cold Nose]

"Is Neyer a better pull than Don Dokken?"

I'd say so. At least Neyer did SOMETHING related to baseball...

But isn't that the point of Allen & Ginter, to go beyond baseball? That's how it was a century ago, wasn't it?

And Freddy Krueger isn't scared of Rob Neyer. But Don and the boys have appeared in Freddy's nightmares.

Flipside to the thread, would you call getting it twice the worst pull you ever had, RMB?

[Dalkowski110]

"But isn't that the point of Allen & Ginter, to go beyond baseball? That's how it was a century ago, wasn't it?"

Yes, but the original sets (1886 and 1887) featured people who were truly the world's champions at things that were at the time considered genuine sports (the birds they printed are from a different brand of cigarettes they marketed). Since when are Pac-Man and Air Guitar widely-followed sports?

[Captain Cold Nose]

"But isn't that the point of Allen & Ginter, to go beyond baseball? That's how it was a century ago, wasn't it?"

Yes, but the original sets (1886 and 1887) featured people who were truly the world's champions at things that were at the time considered genuine sports (the birds they printed are from a different brand of cigarettes they marketed). Since when are Pac-Man and Air Guitar widely-followed sports?

Since ESPN went to five channels.

Six if you count ESPN Deportes.

[Dalkowski110]

Touche! :eek: :)

[RuthMayBond]

Flipside to the thread, would you call getting it twice the worst pull you ever had, RMB?Nah, there is a market for them (somewhere)
But at least I haven't pulled two Ordonez :hide:

[J.P]

Oyler & Maxvill should be "hated on" too, if that makes you feel better

LOL, I guess you are not very defensive minded......remember what they say, offense wins games....

[Captain Cold Nose]

LOL, I guess you are not very defensive minded......remember what they say, offense wins games....

Defensive ratings are his forte'.

[RuthMayBond]

LOL, I guess you are not very defensive minded......remember what they say, offense wins games....I don't want to put Belanger in the Hall and remove Vaughan or whoever

[shoreyart]

1994 Sportflics Rookie/Traded Alex Rodriguez Artist Proof

[Captain Cold Nose]

1994 Sportflics Rookie/Traded Alex Rodriguez Artist Proof

How many of those did they make?

[shoreyart]

not sure but it wasnt very many- i tried getting some more packs to get the artists proofs and only found a few more common ones- woud be nearly impossible to build a set

[Captain Cold Nose]

not sure but it wasnt very many- i tried getting some more packs to get the artists proofs and only found a few more common ones- woud be nearly impossible to build a set

No doubt. That's a very cool pull.

How are sportsflics regarded now? When they first came out they were pretty big, especially the three-in-one cards.

[riredsox]

2007 '52 Topps Heritage Aaron Laffey AU #'d 34/52

[shoreyart]

No doubt. That's a very cool pull.

How are sportsflics regarded now? When they first came out they were pretty big, especially the three-in-one cards.

I always liked the Sportflics cards for the concept and the uniqueness, but if not stored properly, they can curl and crack very badly. They have lost their collector value because of all of the insert crazes happening later, but they are still interesting. As an autograph collector I think that they are awful, because even though I request a signature on the back, they always seem to sign that plastic front and the sig bleeds right down into the cracks and runs across the card. very high maintenance cards for little return-----