Night Owl
hit his 10th Anniversary blogging and ran a contest to celebrate the
accomplishment. Being selected as one of the participants, I picked a box of
1993 Leaf Baseball Series 1 jumbo box. Thank you Night Owl for the contest and the
prizes.
Series 1 has
a 220-card base checklist and 5 inserts with varying odds. The jumbo packs box
is 24 packs with 20 cards each, so 480 total cards.
In typical
1990s collation I ended up 23 cards short, 89.6% complete. Each pack contained 1 Gold Leaf Stars, so I pulled 24 for a 10-card set, I was able to
complete one set. I pulled an Eddie Murray Heading For The Hall insert and one
Frank Thomas insert. Based on the odds I should have pulled 3 of each, but back
to collation.
But, opening a box of 1990s product is fun no matter what because it brings me back to when I came back to collecting in 1993. Leaf also used some great photos for both the fronts and backs of the cards, something that seems to be becoming less common.
