It's amazing the things you find when you do a little cleaning. This pack was a nice little bonus an eBay seller included with a package of non-sport sets I purchased. Although the "FilmCardz" are not your typical design, this is an excellent set with lots of possibilities. A couple years ago I grabbed four boxes cheaply with hopes of a Robert Patrick or Linda Hamilton autograph. First pack - Robert Patrick!
The main card image is sort of like a slide in that they're double-sided. Film viewers could be bought separately to light the cards up. There's only limited text on the card backs, but I still like the unique look of them and wish Artbox would do some more.
So when I got this pack, there was hope for a solid autograph or a costume card.
Let's find out.
21. A Frightened John Connor
57. Unstoppable
64. Hole in the Head
39. Foreseeing the Future
Cyber Etch CE06. Close Behind
06. Miles Dyson
No autographs. No costumes. But that card with the Terminator's hole in the head is a definite keeper.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Random Pack Breaks: Terminator 2 FilmCardz
Random Pack Breaks: 2008 Topps Heritage Baseball
It's time to clear off my desk so here's a random (and most unexciting) random pack break. I've only ever bought a couple of packs of Topps Heritage before. While I dig nostalgia sets, I didn't see reason to build these SP-laden sets so I skipped packs when I had the chance. I caved for a whopping one pack of the 2008 edition. So without further ado, a random pack break.
2008 Topps Heritage
Price: $4.00 Cdn. from Wayne's Sportscards in Edmonton, AB.
271. Andy Phillips, New York Yankees
375. Manny Ramirez "Baseball Thrills"
Very cool looking subset with the progressive action.
317. Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins/Matt Holliday, Colorado Rockies "NL Hitting Kings"
Fleer "Superstar Specials" Flashback.
390. Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
Can't complain about a reigning ROY. Now if only he could pick up his power numbers for me on MLB 2K8 for the Wii.
207. Dave Roberts, San Francisco Giants
158. Aaron Cook, Colorado Rockies
13. Billy Wagner, New York Mets
Black Box 347. Chuck James, Atlanta Braves
Stick of stale gum.
The verdict: No Canadians, no rookies, a couple of cool-looking cards but nothing too exciting. I've never been a fan of the circular design of 1959 Topps but the subset cards are fun.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Stadium Club Campaign Mobilizes
I'm dead serious about this grassroots campaign to bring back Stadium Club Baseball. Here's a handy page I've created with all the info you need.
If you run a website or blog, please also consider linking to this page. I've created a graphic as well:
So join the fight and write Topps a letter (don't forget to include a photo) or give them a call at 1-888-GOTOPPS. If you write Topps, please keep me posted. Also, if you want to send me the photos you send, I'll post them on the campaign page. My goal: 500 letters. Let your friends know.
Campaign to Bring Back Stadium Club
Looking at some of the photos on recent Topps base sets, I wonder if sharp photography has taken a backseat to the peripherals and gimmicks. If they can get a politician into a World Series celebration, write "Joba Rules" on a baseball and manipulate pictures at will you'd think they could get an in-focus shot on the front of a card.
I love pretty pictures and it seems that in baseball Upper Deck believes the same thing. Cards are meant to be an extension of our joy for the game. Therefore cards should capture the game's best moments - that means stats, biographical info and photography. In my books, if one is missing the entire product suffers. You can include all the inserts, autographs and fabric scraps you want, but it's still the base set that should be the meat of any product. I know this is a somewhat dated view in a lot of circles where the chase of the rare cut autograph or patch is a driving force. I acknowledge and recognize this but it's simply a trend and once a trend is overdone it will become commonplace and an expectation. Game-used, anyone?
Let's get back to basics. Rather than proposing a complete overhaul, let's stick to one thing right now - making sure the pictures on the fronts of the cards capture the passion, action and emotion of baseball. Upper Deck - keep up the great work. 2008 Upper Deck Series One is gorgeous. It's doubly gorgeous when you place the cards alongside of 2008 Topps Series One. Topps can only rest on its laurels for tradition for so long. I'm getting sick of ripping open packs or sorting through sets and finding second- and third-rate pictures on my base sets. Maybe not this year, maybe not next but someday soon I'll become so disenfranchised with the poor photography on Topps' cards that I'll either go exclusively to their competitor or perhaps stop collecting all together. That's how serious this issue is. It's not a threat, it's not me calling someone's bluff, it the truth. If cards are supposed to encapsulate my joy for baseball and they don't, why would I continue collecting?
Here's where I think Topps needs to start - bring the Stadium Club brand back to this side of the hobby. And by pushing this single brand and its attention to photography, other Topps brands will likely fall into place as well.
Stadium Club debuted in 1991. Printed on Kodak paper and hyped as the best looking cards in the history of the hobby, Nolan Ryan in a tuxedo and a Jeff Bagwell rookie helped make 1991 Stadium Club one of the most popular of the year and one of the nicest looking sets in the history of the hobby. In ensuing years the sweet photography remained but its identity became eroded as Topps tried to cash in on other trends such as shortprinted rookies and chrome shininess. In 2003 the brand was dead and laid to rest.
Now that its been gone for five years, it's time for Stadium Club to make a comeback. Launch it as such. Collectors already familiar with the brand will remember chasing the Ryan tuxedo and being amazed by the photography. Let's face it, nobody remembers 2003 Stadium Club. We remember the splash it made when it first debuted. Those who weren't in the hobby in 1991 will be drawn in by the photography and simplicity of the set. There's no need to make things complicated. Stadium Club will sell itself if its identity of being a gorgeous card is realized. Heck, if Topps wants to play with Photoshop, this might actually be the set where it makes a bit of sense.
Here's my ideal take on what 2008 Stadium Club would look like:
Base Set: 400 cards, no short prints. This will allow for a mix of veterans, rookies and even some legends - just as long as the photos are iconic.
Cost: $5.00 per seven card pack. Make them glossy and on moderate card stock. Follow the lead of 2008 Upper Deck Series One and its mix of quality and value.
Card Fronts: Full-bleed photography with a small plate for player name, position and team. Simple elegance. It might also be cute to have Johan Santana dress in a tux and pay tribute to the 1991 Stadium Club Nolan Ryan. Mix vertical and horizontal shots.
Card Backs: While full career stats would be ideal, it might impede on the Topps base set too much. Instead, three years of major categories and a couple of cheesy biographical tidbits would suffice. Perhaps "elegant moments" could be a focus. To really appeal to old-time collectors, a return of the players' first Topps-produced card would be cool.
Inserts: Keep it simple and use them to add value, not drive sales. Redemptions for 8x10 reproductions of card-front photos would add to the brand identity. On-card autographs falling one-per-box would be ideal - stickers are bulky and would take away from the photography aspect. One game-used is predictable but nobody's going to care. Seeing as how Topps loves parallels, I'd opt for the once popular First Day Issue cards at a rate of one per box and serial number them out of 50.
Stadium Club is obviously on Topps' radar as it came back in basketball this year. I'm not sure how it was received as I don't follow basketball closely. Plus it was a relatively weak rookie class, which seems to have hurt every basketball product to a certain degree.
If the brand can come back in basketball, why not baseball. It wouldn't be hard for Topps to drop one of the other brands if it's a matter of being cut off in the number of sets they can produce. But Topps isn't going to do a darned thing if the set isn't going to sell. So here's the deal. Let's mobilize. Let's make our collective voices heard. Let's make Topps bring back Stadium Club and with it, great photography.
So get your stamps ready because it's time for an old-fashioned letter writing campaign. Forget email - I don't think Topps checks it that often. Plus it's not something they can hold and they're easily deleted. Letters are tangible and real. They create clutter when sent en mass.
But letters aren't enough. We need a gimmick to go with the campaign. When fans of the TV show Jericho wanted it to return they sent CBS peanuts. Lots of peanuts. Tons of peanuts. Literally. So if Stadium Club is about photography, let's let Topps know about who we are - with photographs. With my letter to Topps campaigning for Stadium Club's return to baseball, I'm going to include a photograph. I don't know what it will be but a picture will be part of my package and so should yours. Whether its printed at Walmart or your local one-hour stop or it's printed off your printer on a regular sheet of paper, let's give the Topps mail people something to decorate their cubicles with. Please no dirty stuff though. Keep it cute like your son or daughter playing Little League, the family holding up their favorite baseball card, a postcard or a scenic horizon shot. Whatever - just include a picture.
I am quite serious about wanting to see Stadium Club return and I hope there's others out there too. I'll make it simple for you. Here's where to send your letters:
The Topps Company Inc.
One Whitehall Street, New York
New York 10004-2109
Easier still, here's a letter you could include (simply cut and paste into Word or write out the following by hand):
To Whom it May Concern,
I am an avid baseball card collector and I love great cards. I am a big fan of Topps products and would like to see your Stadium Club brand return.
To me Stadium Club represents beautiful cards and gorgeous photography. In all honesty, I feel as though photography has been lacking in recent years at Topps. When it first launched in 1991, Stadium Club represented the best in baseball photography. It remained this way for several years before the brand was tinkered with and its identity was lost.
I believe a relaunch of Stadium Club with a focus on photography would go over very well with today's collectors. I know I would support it if the cost was reasonable and the focus was on bright, vivid action shots and portraits rather than high-end inserts and a hard-to-build base set.
I have enclosed one of my favorite photos to help illustrate why I want to see Stadium Club return to baseball. Feel free to use it to decorate your office walls or just toss it in the garbage. Whatever you choose, thank you for considering my request for Stadium Club's return.
Sincerely,
That's it - simple as, well, whatever you consider simple. So let's get this campaign started. Feel free to leave comments, link to this page or pass on the love. Let's make a movement - a positive movement - like this hobby has never seen. I'll have more tools and tips posted shortly.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Donruss Americana: Was is Worth It?
When I first heard about the Donruss Americana line, I was intrigued. The concept was simple: bring together pop culture icons past and present, and show them as themselves. The composition was strictly Donruss: oodles of parallels that make everything and nothing rare. Pushing the limits for SRP in the non-sport arena ($40-50 per pack initially), Donruss Americana was a risk to begin with. So now that it has been on the shelves for a few months and an even more expensive follow-up on the way, one has to ask, "Did Americana meet the hype?" In some, definitely, but the secondary market hasn't been too kind.
What initially stood out for me with Americana was all the autograph possibilities. Not bound by any one particular movie, show or even segment of entertainment, there was literally something for everyone. Seeing as how it's unlikely that The Ultimate Warrior is ever going to grace a WWE trading card set, his signature might be the only time it makes it to cardboard. Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman made up the I Dream of Jeanie duo, while sci-fi fans could chase after Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and several others. Heavy metal aficionados had both Motley Crue front man Vince Neil and Dee Snider from Twisted Sister. The list goes on and on.
There was an equally deep lineup of costume cards. The problem with a lot of the base card costume variants is that the source material (pun slightly intended) came from various sources, many of which weren't from what made the subject famous. For example, if you get Lee Majors you probably want a costume swatch from The Six Million Dollar Man, or at the very least The Fall Guy. Instead you get a little piece of pajamas from Brothers Solomon. To me, the costume card is about owning a piece of history. Brothers Solomon isn't a piece of history so why would I get excited about such a card - even if it is limited to 1oo, 50 or even 25 copies?
That said, I think the Hollywood Legends memorabilia subsets are the nicest cards in the product. Heck, I'd rank them as some of the best cards in the modern hobby. The checklist includes many of the biggest icons in Hollywood's last 60 years such as James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart. There's also some lesser names by today's standards, but huge in the history of movies such as Mae West and Jean Harlow.
There really is something for everyone in Donruss Americana - at least checklist wise. However when you're spending $50 on a pack of non-sport cards - around the same price as most new boxes - a valiant effort is a tough pill to swallow. Although it's filled primarily with non-sport subjects, it's got a sports card mentality and has been snatched up by sports card collectors. As a result, if changes aren't made in future releases, the brand is likely to crash pretty quickly.
Just look at the prices of some of the "hits". Autographs of Martin Klebba can be had for $0.99. His autographed costume card are also selling for under a dollar. Okay, maybe a background character from Pirates of the Caribbean isn't the biggest name on the checklist. But Carrie Fisher - perhaps better known as Princess Leia - is up there. Here's a completed auction for autographed shirt card numbered to 25. At slightly over $100, it'd be a welcome part of my collection but it's hard to justify a $50 pack to have a chance at getting one. This pattern repeats itself over and over with Donruss Americana. Leonard Nimoy, William SHatner, many dual autographs can all be found at reasonable prices given the price of packs. Sure, there's cut autographs and some other anomalies but it's very unlikely that collectors are going to recoup their costs from a pack or a box.
I don't believe in buying cards simply to turn around and sell them, but the value question has to come into play with a set such as this. The selling point from the get-go has been the chase aspect. That's what's been marketed by Donruss and that's why there's very few base cards in a box.
I welcome more Americana-themed sets and spin offs from Donruss and other companies but there's some things I'd like to see to make the lines more attractive with all collectors (sport and non-sport):
- If you're going to use stickers for autographs, work them into the design. Donruss Americana simply has clear stickers put of the front of the base cards and the result is pretty ugly.
- Have some uniformity in the photography. Americana not only has all sorts of subjects, but the photography varies widely. Some stars have promotional photos, others are caught in unattractive paparazzi shots. There's little consistency, even between color and black and white.
- Break the subjects into themed subsets. Have your actors in one, singers in another, politicians in another and number them accordingly. If you really want to get fancy, change the design up a little bit.
- Use memorabilia from roles that made the star famous. This one might make things a little more costly but I simply don't care about a shirt someone wore to dinner or a pair of pajamas from Brothers Solomon. However, if those little fabric swatches are from movies and shows I connect with (or have at least seen) I will connect closer with the cards.
- Keep the price down. Yes, Donruss offered a more reasonably priced retail version of Americana but it comes across as an inferior product. The base cards don't have the foil finish, autographs are slim to none and there's not much else in them. I appreciate retail releases but don't like feeling I'm getting something that isn't as nice. I've got three Americana autographs in my collection: Tom Green (/200), Cedric the Entertainer (/135) and Bernie Mac (/85). These aren't huge names, but they all have solid star power. My cost for all three? Less than $50 - less than the price of a pack that may have had a Martin Klebba memorabilia card. It's pretty easy to see why I'm not taking a chance.
Monday, March 31, 2008
The Veil is Lifted and My Mourning Period Has Ended
Since the Expos left Canada, I have been without a team to follow. As a result, my interest in the sport has wained somewhat and there's definitely been no passion for the game. I've still been keeping up with the headlines but haven't gone much further than that. I've decided to take off my symbolic black veil, move on from Les Expos and pick a new team to cheer for. But I'm still not rooting for the Blue Jays.
Ever since I first started following baseball about two decades ago I've had the "home country" Jays shoved down my throat. Let's put it this way, the team got such unbalanced coverage up here that I thought Manny Lee was a half-decent player. Even when they went on their run of supremacy in the early 1990s, I still loathed them. My feelings towards them haven't changed much.
Growing up on the west coast, the other "home town" team was the Seattle Mariners. They made the local news a lot but they were never shoved down my throat. And thanks to a design-the-mascot contest I entered when I was ten, they were the first team to send me free swag and small spot in my heart (yes, I can be bribed to a certain extent). Yet even with my Alvin Davis Mariner buck and bumper sticker, I couldn't pull myself to cheer for the Mariners either at the time.
But times have changed. I'm in search of a team and they're the best thing that's out there for me. With the signing of Canadian Erik Bedard the Mariners now have both the home town connection and the Canadian connection. I hereby declare that the Mariners are now the baseball team that I will cheer for. There I said it. It's on the books so when my team beats your team to a pulp you can't say I was a bandwagon jumper.
I honestly don't feel a huge passion for the team yet. The starting pitching may be strong but that's about it. I guess I'll just have to have the faith and wish that the mojo will come back. And Ken Griffey Jr. too. Start your letter-writing campaign to bring Junior home. It's not his home home, but baseball needs him here.
Even with the Mariners being my team now, don't expect me to go out and start collecting them all. I've got enough holes in my Expos wants to keep me busy for quite some time still. I'll pick away at Bedard cards but I'd have done that anyway seeing as how he's Canadian.
My hope is that my passion for baseball will return this year and I'll enjoy the game more. I've discovered over the past couple of years that without a team, it's hard to get excited about anything, even the Yankees getting spanked out of the playoffs year after year. Without a team there's no connection. I want that connection so let's go Mariners (man, that sounds weird - or looks weird, depending on how you read)!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Is a Set a Set Without the Set?
I received a promotional email from hockey card manufacturer In the Game a week or two ago hyping their upcoming Superlative "set". Actually they'd been sending the hype in separate emails for a week before that, each with a reason to buy the set (Beckett posted each of these as they were sent). However it wasn't until reason seven that Superlative caught my attention:
"Reason #7: Seven Cards per Pack-- All Inserts, No Base Cards"
It has finally happened. There's a set without a set. This frightens me to no end. Call me a dated purist, but it's the base cards that make this hobby great. Sure, I like sparkly inserts and there's base cards that are nicer than a lot of low-end inserts, but there's still a component of building the set. Even super-duper high-end brands like Exquisite give you a token base set alongside all of the sweet inserts. But this is simply taking it too far. In In the Game's own words, they offered seven reasons to collect Superlative hockey. How can you collect when there's nothing to collect. There's things to chase, but in my books without the set you can't collect it.
Taking a page out of In the Game's book, I present to you seven reasons not to collect Superlative hockey.
1. There's no set.
2. It's not licensed by the NHL so you get players in uniforms but no logos.
3. Over $400 per pack.
4. Although nice, there's no new concepts (I don't consider "all inserts" to be an innovation).
5. It sets a horrible precedent for the hobby.
6. Lack of an advance checklist. Sure the website offers up some choice names, but who else is going to be lurking in packs.
7. There's no set!
Looking at the pictures on Superlative's product page, there's some nice cards. And with the success of Exquisite, Sterling and the like, there's an audience out there for such a set. But are they collectors?
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Random Pack Breaks: 2008 Upper Deck Baseball Rack Pack double shot
Living in the rural reaches of Alberta, Canada, it's rare I get a chance to hit the card shop. It's only on rare trips to the city on even rarer times when I can convince my wife we need to stop that I can run in and grab a pack or five. Sure, I can get boxes and the like thanks to this Internet thing, but it's not the same as going at it one pack at a time.
Enough rambling. Went to the shop, asked for a pack of 2008 UD, dealer asked regular for $5 or the rack pack with double the cards for $5.50. Duh? I assumed there'd be little to no chance of inserts in the rack but $5.50 for 36 cards - I splurged and went with two packs. Here's the results (some pics are at the bottom of the post):
Pack 1, top portion
Hot Commodities HC26. Hanley Ramirez, Marlins
These are two per rack, I'm guessing a rack pack exclusive. Looks like a mix of the old Fleer Smoke 'n Heat and mid-90s Upper Deck Predictors.
Yankee Stadium Legacy 3038. Elston Howard, Yankees (duh!) (07/27/1961). One down, 6499 more to go for the set.
229. Manny Ramirez, Red Sox
It's looking like a pack for fans of players with the last name Ramirez. Has Hanley been dubbed Han-Ram yet by ESPN? If not, I've got dibs on the trademark. Seriously, one of the coolest photos I've seen on a card in a while.
190. Brian Giles, Padres
151. John Maine, Mets
112. Barry Zito, Giants
86. B.J. Upton, Rays (I will avoid making a lame and crude joke about him being pictured on his knees combined with his name.)
203. Shane Youman, Pirates
89. Josh Wilson, Rays
11. Roy Oswalt, Astros
297. Derek Jeter, Yankees
141. Sergio Mitre, Marlins
102. Derek Lowe, Dodgers
63. Brad Thompson, Cardinals
306. Jerry Blevins RC, Athletics
387. Fred Lewis, Giants "Season Highlights"
324. Joe Koshansky RC, Rockies
360. Eric Byrnes, DBacks "Team Checklist
bottom portion
Hot Commodities HC50. Tim Linecum, Giants
Starquest Promo with Jeter
148. Mike Jacobs, Marlins
70. Rick Ankiel, Cardinals
I'm still not used to seeing this guy as a position player.
73. Jason Marquis, Cubs
268. Placido Polanco, Tigers
164. Chad Cordero, Nationals
242. Jason Hirsch, Rockies
8. Casey Kotchman, Angels
281. Mark Buehrle, White Sox
99. Conor Jackson, DBacks
60. Geoff Jenkins, Brewers
21. Dan Haren, Athletics
258. Ross Gload, Royals
180. Aubrey Huff, Orioles
351. Vladimir Guerrero, Angels "Team Checklist"
Another very cool shot. This one has a beaming Vladdy being congratulated by his teammates with pats on his head. It looks better than any of his cards I have in my Expos collection.
303. Wladimir Balentien RC, Mariners
330. Nyjer Morgan RC, Pirates
369. Jake Peavy, Padres "Team Checklist"
Gotta wonder how those jerseys got approved back in the day.
Pack 2, top
Hot Commodities HC6. Derek Jeter, Yankees
Yankee Stadium Legacy 3063. Roger Maris, Yankees (09/06/1961)
Two down in this set, 6498 to go!
109. Matt Kemp, Dodgers
265. Todd Jones, Tigers
Yes, he still around. And looking at the stats on the back (nice and complete - just the way I like them), Mr. Todd had the third-highest save total of his career in 2007 with 39. I also learned that he had 96 strikeouts in 1995 and started a game in 2003. My wife was thrilled to hear this news.
226. Doug Mirabelli, Red Sox
187. Kevin Kouzmanoff, Padres
122. Jake Westbrook, Indians
239. Ken Griffy Jr., Reds
Wouldn't it be nice to see Griffey hit his 600th HR in a Mariners uniform?
125. Joe Borowski, Indians
47. Edgar Renteria, Braves
216. Gerald Laird, Rangers
177. Miguel Tejada, Orioles
138. Richie Sexson, Mariners
393. Johan Santana, Twins "Season Highlights"
333. Josh Newman RC, Rockies
366. David Wright, Mets "Team Checklist"
348. Eugenio Velez RC, Giants
396. Matt Holliday, Rockies "Season Highlights"
Bottom
Hot Commodities HC30. Ryan Howard, Phillies
Starquest filler
I hated Starquest cards in 1999 and I still think they're lame.
85. Dioner Navarro, Rays
46. Brian McCann, Braves
7. Orlando Cabrera, Angels
241. Jeff Francis, Rockies
CANADIAN!
31. Shaun Marcum, Blue Jays
200. Shane Victorino, Phillies
278. Jason Bartlett, Twins
44. Rafael Soriano, Braves
5. Scot Shileds, Angels
18. Ty Wigginton, Astros
291. Andy Pettitte, Yankees
255. Joel Peralta, Royals
294. Joba Chamberlain, Yankees
321. Rob Johnson, Mariners RC
339. Justin Ruggiano, Rays
375. Matt Holliday, Rockies "Team Checklist"
312. Willie Collazo, Mets RC
There you have it. My expectations were pretty low, but I think after these two packs I may go out and trade for the rest of the base set. No gimmicks, a decent checklist of current players, complete stats and GORGEOUS photography. This is exactly what Topps Stadium Club should be. Oh, wait. That brand doesn't exist. Instead we have Milestones or whatever the heck it is with all mirror cards and $2 one-of-one cards.
So the damage was a wallet-friendly $11 and I've got a good chunk of the set down, not to mention some happy times sorting.
Work can be hell.
Have no fear, my five readers west of Wisconsin and 12 from around the world. I read rumors that I was in jail for steal Wynona Ryder's "Wynona Ryder is innocent" shirt but it's not true. The day job has had me down. I'll be back ASAP with some stuff like an UGLY two-box break of Indiana Jones Heritage, a few hobby tidbits and whatever else I find time to do. In the meantime I suggest you style your mustache like this:
Thursday, February 28, 2008
2008 Topps Heritage Short Prints and Variations Announced
Topps has released its list of short prints and variations for 2008 Topps Heritage Baseball. Short prints fall 1:3 packs. Variations have a different colour number box on the back. Regular cards have a green box while variants have a black box.
Happy set building!
Short Prints (cut and pasted from the Topps press release, so don't ask me what the funky colour bars mean):
| 11 | | Luke Scott | |
| | | | |
| 231 | | Kevin Gregg | |
| 315 | | Jacque Jones | |
| 381 | | Casey Blake | |
| 409 | | Jon Lester | |
| 426 | | Kyle Lohse | |
| 427 | | Doug Davis | |
| 428 | | Ian Snell/Matt Capps/Tom Gorzelanny/Paul Maholm | |
| 429 | | Miguel Batista | |
| 430 | | Chien-Ming Wang | |
| 431 | | Jeff Salazar | Arionza Diamondbacks |
| 432 | | Yadier Molina | |
| 433 | | Adam Wainwright | |
| 434 | | Scott Kazmir | |
| 435 | | Adam Dunn | |
| 436 | | Ryan Freel | |
| 437 | | Jhonny Peralta | |
| 438 | | Kazuo Matsui | |
| | | | |
| 441 | | Emil Brown | |
| 442 | | Gary Sheffield | |
| 443 | | Jake Peavy | |
| 444 | | Scott Rolen | |
| 445 | | Kason Gabbard | |
| 446 | | Aaron Hill | |
| 447 | | Felipe Lopez | |
| 448 | | Dan Uggla | |
| 449 | | Willy Taveras | |
| 450 | | Chipper Jones | |
| 451 | | Josh Anderson | |
| 452 | | Chris Young/Justin Upton/Eric Byrnes | |
| 453 | | Braden Looper | |
| 454 | | Brandon Inge | |
| 455 | | Brian Giles | |
| 456 | | Corey Patterson | |
| 457 | | | |