2008 UD A Piece of History Hobby Break Box 2 Part 1

Box one of 2008 APOH is done and it was a good one.  But, I assure you, this blows them all out of the water.

Pack 1:
186 California Gold Rush
148 Bill White RC
158 Gettysburg Address
FM3-1 Smoltz/Hudson/Glavine Franchise Members 3 #076/799
80 Trevor Hoffman
15 Manny Ramirez
41 Roy Oswalt
67 Joba Chamberlain

>>> Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz would have been better, but it's still a very nice looking card.

Pack 2:
184 Pope John Paul II
114 Josh Newman RC
170 Polio Vaccine Invented
FH-46 Ichiro Franchise History #640/699
TM-19 Matt Holliday Timeless Moments Jersey
46 Torii Hunter
16 Dustin Pedroia
59 David Wright
98 Frank Thomas

>>> A sweet Ichiro, the first hit, and a David Wright.  Lovin it.

Pack 3:
142 Wladimir Balentien RC
198 The Creation of Baseball
105 Clint Sammons RC
119 Troy Patton RC Autograph #317/499
55 Joe Mauer
81 Barry Zito
3 Justin Upton
42 Carlos Lee
YSL6453 Alex Rodriguez Yankee Stadium Legacy

>>> Apparently we're just going to dive right in with the hits. Sweet sig.

Pack 4:
156 Hawaii Becomes 50th State
147 Luis Mendoza RC
188 Louisiana Purchase
TM-8 Josh Beckett Timeless Moments #470/699
68 Phil Hughes
29 Matt Holliday
94 Josh Hamilton
56 Justin Morneau
20 Curt Schilling

Pack 5:
160 Opening of Panama Canal
118 Josh Anderson RC
174 N.A.T.O. Created
97 Scott Rolen Blue #10/25
48 Victor Martinez
87 Troy Glaus
9 Brian McCann
YSL6428 Randy Johnson Yankee Stadium Legacy

>>> OOOoooOOOoooh, a Blue Blue Jay.  And it's /25.  I love it when the team and the color match.  Lovely card.

Pack 6:
132 Jonathan Albaladejo RC
187 Creation of the Personal Computer
145 Jeff Ridgway RC
CSC-BR Beltran/Reyes Cut From the Same Cloth #524/799
35 Gary Sheffield
74 Jimmy Rollins
100 Ryan Zimmerman
61 Johan Santana

>>> I think I traded that same Beltran/Reyes to BA Benny a long time ago. If not, I'm sure I will soon.

Pack 7:
173 Hubble Telescope Launches
131 Ross Ohlendorf RC
159 Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
117 Chris Seddon RC
22 Aramis Ramirez
96 Alex Rios
31 Todd Helton
FH-3 Mark Teixeira Franchise History Gold #62/99

>>> Hooray Hubble!

Pack 8:
176 U.S.S.R. Crumbles
111 Ryan Hanigan RC
162 Treaty of Versailes
CSC-MA Mauer/Martin Cut From the Same Cloth #036/799
TM-9 Curt Schilling Timeless Moments Jersey
57 Delmon Young
83 Travis Hafner
18 Jonathan Papelbon
44 Alex Gordon

>>> A third hit and a very tradeable Mauer/Martin card. 

Well, three hits in the first half is on par for what I've told you about.  Three hits remain.  You may notice that 4 of the 8 packs above had 9 cards.  Something seems unusual about this box.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see...