Product: 2009 Upper Deck Series 2 Baseball

Key Cards in Set:

Inserts and Parallel Cards:

• Base Set Gold Parallel (# to 99)
• Goodwin Champions preview cards!
• Starquest silver common and parallels
• 1977 O-Pee-Chee Insert
• USA Baseball National team
• Six (6) 20th Anniversary Cards per box, on average!

Memorabilia Cards (One per box, on average):

• UD Game Materials
• UD Game Materials Autographs numbered up to 99
• USA Baseball Team Jerseys
• USA Baseball Team Jersey Autographs numbered to 225
• 20th Anniversary Memorabilia cards!

Autograph Cards:

• Inkredible
• UD Game Materials Autographs numbered up to 99
• USA Baseball Team Jersey Autographs numbered to 225
• Deter Jeter Autograph Rookie Buyback cards!

I Purchased: 1 retail pack containing 18 cards for $1.50.

Opening Thoughts: Upper Deck packs are loaded with cool stuff. I really liked the 2008 set, and I may like this one even more!

Cards In My Pack:

• 570 - Kosuke Fukudome

"A member of Team Japan during the 2006 World Baseball Classic, Fukudome played well in his highly anticipated Major League debut with the Cubs in 2008," the card says on the back.

946 - Colby Rasmus

Rasmus can play all three outfield positions.

• [Silver Common] SQ-38 - Dustin Pedroia

I was hoping for a Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, or Ken Griffey Jr. Starquest card, but this one's okay.

• 902 - Josh Hamilton

Hamilton lead the league in total bases (331) and RBI in 2008.

• OPC-44 - Josh Beckett

I'm a sucker for preview cards, and this one made my day.

Other Cards in My Pack:

• 521 - Jorge Campillo
• 537 - Adam Jones
• 589 - Chris Getz
• 622 - Clint Barmes
• 629 - Ian Stewart
• 674 - Kyle Farnsworth
• 684 - Kyle Davies
• 769 - Andy Pettitte
• 803 - Ryan Madson
• 825 - Matt Capps
• 841 - Steve Holm
• 862 - Carlos Silva
• 906 - Brandon Boggs

Closing Thoughts: This was a pretty decent pack. I actually like this years look better than last years because I have a thing for silver lines. I'm definitely going to purchase a box from this series.

Breakdown:

• I paid approximately $0.08 per card.
• I found 1 rookie card in my pack.
• I found 2 insert cards in my pack.
• I found 0 parallel cards in my box/pack.
• 1 of the cards in my pack are going to be added to my main collection*.
• The most valuable card (SQ-38 Silver Common - Dustin Pedroia) in my pack has a book price of $4.00**.
• There's a 100% chance that I'll purchase a product from this series hereafter***.

*Cards in my "main collection" will most likely never be sold. I'm either a huge fan of the player, or I really like the card.

**As of this writing. Data taken from 1-3 sources.

***Ranges from 0% - 100%. The lower the percentage: The less interest I have in the product, and the less I'm willing to pay for the product.