Panini Chronicles is an odd set. It pays tribute to the past of some of the brands it has absorbed, such as Donruss, Leaf, Score, Pinnacle and more. And it is one large set, with a whole bunch of subsets, or insert sets, or however you want to categorize them. I took a pretty big chance when I stopped at Walmart on my way home from a metal concert and bought a blaster. At just 23 total cards, the odds were not great that I would have a decent Red Sox showing. I was also hoping that for the price I would get an autograph or something, though that is rarely if ever, a primary reason for me to buy packs. I just want the Red Sox pulls.
Actually, considering there were just 23 cards in the blaster, this is an extraordinary showing for the Red Sox. The Chavis is a Contenders Optic Season Ticket, an homage to a Leaf brand. The caricature of Mookie Betts is a callback to the early 1990's Score All Star subset cards that featured similar such illustrations. This is a welcome return because I liked those cards quite a bit when I was a young collector. And finally, we have another Leaf callback with the Certified Mookie Betts. This was a great blaster.
Here is the breakdown:
BOSTON RED SOX: 3TORONTO BLUE JAYS: 3
CLEVELAND INDIANS: 2
KANSAS CITY ROYALS: 2
PITTSBURGH PIRATES: 2
SAN DIEGO PADRES: 2
SEATTLE MARINERS: 2
CHICAGO CUBS: 1
CINCINNATI REDS: 1
COLORADO ROCKIES: 1
MILWAUKEE BREWERS: 1
NEW YORK YANKEES: 1
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: 1
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS: 1
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: 0
ATLANTA BRAVES: 0
BALTIMORE ORIOLES: 0
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: 0
DETROIT TIGERS: 0
HOUSTON ASTROS: 0
LOS ANGELES ANGELS: 0
LOS ANGELES DODGERS: 0
MIAMI MARLINS: 0
MINNESOTA TWINS: 0
NEW YORK METS: 0
OAKLAND ATHLETICS: 0
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: 0
TAMPA BAY RAYS: 0
TEXAS RANGERS: 0
WASHINGTON NATIONALS: 0
The Red Sox tie for the lead with the Blue Jays and there are a LOT of 0's in that breakdown.
BOSTON RED SOX: 114
NEW YORK YANKEES: 111
ATLANTA BRAVES: 109
HOUSTON ASTROS: 102
LOS ANGELES ANGELS: 101
CLEVELAND INDIANS: 95
CHICAGO CUBS: 87
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS: 86
NEW YORK METS: 85
TORONTO BLUE JAYS: 85
LOS ANGELES DODGERS: 82
SAN DIEGO PADRES: 78
WASHINGTON NATIONALS/MONTREAL EXPOS: 77
MILWAUKEE BREWERS: 74
TAMPA BAY RAYS: 73
PITTSBURGH PIRATES: 73
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: 72
SEATTLE MARINERS: 71
MINNESOTA TWINS: 69
OAKLAND ATHLETICS: 67
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: 65
COLORADO ROCKIES: 65
DETROIT TIGERS: 64
CINCINNATI REDS: 62
BALTIMORE ORIOLES: 61
MIAMI MARLINS: 56
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: 53
TEXAS RANGERS: 53
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS: 51
OTHER: 16
Not surprisingly there was not a lot of movement here. The Red Sox extend their slim lead over the Yankees and Braves.
It baffles me that these are almost a dollar a card.
ReplyDeleteOh I agree. That blaster was definitely not a good value. But it was fun to open. Especially due to the Red Sox pulls.
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