I'm ready for round two.
I purchased one retail value box of 2015 Topps Series Two Baseball from Target for $14.76. Each box in that series includes 10 ten-card packs which includes two Target exclusive Babe Ruth cards, a coupon book, and a First Home Run Commemorative Medallion Card.
I was fairly lucky with my 2015 Topps Series 1 Baseball retail value box in which I pulled a $5 Dollar coupon (1:400 packs), and a Snow Camo card (1:267 packs). Let's find out if I'll continue that luck in round two.
Coupon Book
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$1 off three Topps Series Two Baseball packs.
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$5 off Topps 2015 baseball complete sets.
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$1 off two 2015 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball packs.
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$3 off one 2015 Topps Chrome Baseball value box.
I'll use those $1 coupons if I can find a fresh box; otherwise, I'll just use that $3 coupon.
Base Cards
I'll post my base cards at a later date.
Insert Cards
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EH-7 - Mike Trout / Rod Carew (odds 1:10)
Trout and Carew boasts the team's two highest career on-base percentages.
- FHR-7 - Johnny Bench (odds 1:2)
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FHR-16 - David Ortiz (odds 1:2)
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FHR-25 - Pedro Alvarez (odds 1:2)
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FHR-28 - Matt Kemp (odds 1:2)
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FHR-33 - Yadier Molina (odds 1:2)
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FP-25 - Gabriel Iglesias (odds 1:8)
Iglesias is best known for his stand-up special, I'm Not Fat… I'm Fluffy and Hot & Fluffy.
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Gold 517 - Yusmeiro Petit (odds: 1:8 | serial numbered 183/2015)
In 2014, Petit retired 46 consecutive batters to set a new MLB record.
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Gold 642 - Alex Wood (odds: 1:8 | serial numbered 1359/2015)
I pulled a bonus Gold card!
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H-48 - Tom Seaver (odds 1:4)
On June 16, 1978, Seaver shutdown the St. Louis Cardinals lineup in uncharacteristic pitch-to-contact fashion, striking out only three batters in his gem.
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H-57 - Edgar Martinez (odds 1:4)
Martinez participated in 1,054 Seattle Mariners Victories, the last of which took place on October 1, 2004.
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HDR-2 - Mike Piazza (odds 1:6)
This is a nice looking insert. Piazza claimed three NL Silver Slugger Awards in his first three seasons with the New York Mets.
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HDR-8 - Gary Carter (odds 1:6)
Carter was a member of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets.
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HS-10 - Clayton Kershaw (odds 1:6)
In June and July of 2014, Kershaw fired 41 consecutive scoreless innings.
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HS-20 - Luis Gonzalez (odds 1:6)
Gonzalez put together a 30-game hit streak from April 11 to May 18, 1999, that is still the longest in Arizona Diamondbacks history.
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Rainbow Foil 582 - Wei-Yin Chen (odds 1:10)
Chen was the first Taiwanese player ever signed by the Baltimore Orioles.
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Ruth-4 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth (odds 1:4)
Ruth hit his 25th home run of the season against the Boston Red Sox on June 30, 1927.
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Ruth-5 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth (odds 1:4)
Gehrig and Ruth competed with each other for the most home runs on their team.
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Short Print Photo Variation 387 - Jacob DeGrom (odds 1:67)
DeGrom was named the National League's (NL) Rookie of the Month twice, and the NL Rookie of the Year.
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SU-10 - Randy Johnson (odds 1:6)
Johnson won his fourth straight NL Cy Young Award in 2001.
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TIO-8 - Nolan Ryan (odds 1:8)
Ryan was the miracle the New York Mets prayed for in the 1960s.
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Bunt Loot Code (odds 1:10)
Commemorative Medallion Card
- FHRM-MC - Miguel Cabrera (odds 1:1 value box)
I'm pretty much forced to list that card for $0.99 on eBay because the centering of that coin is way off.
This box ended up being a hit. Sure my commemorative medallion card is off-centered... but pulling a bonus Gold card and a sellable Short Print Photo Variation card make this box well worth the $14.76.
I'm heading back to Target to purchase another value box in hopes that I'll pull a mint commemorative medallion card.