I needed to go to Target to pick up some medicine today, so I checked the baseball card aisle while I was there. The 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights cards have finally put in an appearance in pack ($1.99 for 12 cards) jumbo ($?.?? for 36 cards) and blaster ($19.99 for 80 cards & 1 relic card) forms.

I picked up a blaster, and was disappointed to miss out on the T-205 cards… I guess they are only in the loose packs this time around. I did get a spiffy Darin Estrad bat card (25/99)… which would be great, if I collected Erstad or Astros. (When exactly did Erstad become an Astro anyway?)

Pluses: I got one more Mets ring of Honor card and some of the base Mets cards I had been looking for.

Minuses: I really could have found better things to use $20 on. I’ll be updating my trade list shortly, in the event anyone is actually working on this set.

Pack #1 

248 Doug Mientkiewicz
116 Odalis Perez
171 Brian Bixler
3 Freddie Bynum
165 Burke Bradenhop
318 Kyle Farnsworth
276 Cory Hart All-Star
256 Aramis Ramirez All-Star (Gold 382/2008)
David Wright Topps of the Class

Pack #2

302 Brandon Moss
188 Ray Durham
261 Matt Macri
204 Franquelis Osoria
12 Trot Nixon — Yay! One I actually wanted.
YR166 Jim Thome 500th Home Run
WBC2 Alexei Ramirez
MRH-DJ Davey Johnson — I only need 7 more!
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Pack #3

92 Eric Hinkse
164 Jason LaRue
81 J.C. Romero
225 Ryan Tucker
222 David Borkowski
306 Casey Kotchman
96 Vladimir Nunez
Take Me Out To The Ball Game – ugly inset… more care was put into the design of the throwaway cards in every pack
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Pack #4

80 Eric Bedard
272 Guillermo Quiroz
105 Dan Giese
309 John Bowker
181 Runelvys Hernandez
258 Arthur Rhodes
186 Wes Littleton
FC-28 Grace & Calvin Coolidge
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Pack #5

224 Angel Pagan – Yay! Another Met
206 Russell Branyan
320 Heath Bell
45 Eric Hurley
297 Cory Wade
100 Jay Bruce
219 Damaso Marte
264 David Ortiz All-Star
David Wright Topps of the Class

Pack #6

182 Sidney Ponson
62 Matt Albers
254 Jose Castillo
87 Ryan Langerhans
63 Eric Bruntlett
78 Dallas Braden
85 Chad Gaudin
24 Tony Armas Jr. – A Met, but not one I needed
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Pack #7

140 Dana Eveland
170 Greg Smith
15 Kevin Cash
207 Alberto Gonzalez
321 Jeff Niemann
114 Billy Traber
168 Ben Zobrist
144 Robinson Tejada
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Pack #8

326 Kevin Mench
120 Angel Berroa
57 Ramon Castro – Another Met, but he should have been in the regular set
201 Travis Denker
48 Grant Balfour
YR162 David Ortiz hits 2 HRs, walk-off
RH-ML Mike Lowell
130 Mike Cameron (Gold 1432/2008)
Gold WH35HMB

Pack #9

296 Gabe Gross
284 Curtis Thigpen
98 Denny Bautista
189 Micah Hoffpauir
20 Justin Masterson
234 Carl Pavano
162 Eric Stults
108 Shin-Soo Choo
Another Topps of the Class

Pack #10
194 Gary Bennett
104 Omar Infante
242 Joe Mather
123 Matt Joyce
39 Jose Molina
97 Sean Gallagher
66 Robinson Cancel – Another Met I needed
FC-7 Rachel & Andrew Jackson
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