2009 OPC blaster box #2...packs 52-66

This is a rundown of the 2nd blaster box I purchased last weekend.  I am now on packs 52-66, and have been very lucky so far with catching good black parallel cards, along with a couple of pretty good minis as well.  Plus, only 6 duplicates from the first 51 packs opened, so that has helped move the set along.   Here we go with the next 15!!

Pack 52:

129. Carlos Gomez
186. Jon Garland
380. Brandon Webb
410. Rich Hill
519. Padres Team Checklist
88. Jim Johnson Black Parallel

Pack 53:

107. Willie Harris
214. Tim Redding
420. John Lackey
475. Hanley Ramirez
586. Donald Veal RC
533. AL HR leaders Black Parallel

Pack 54:

AW11. the Award Show Joe Mauer
10. Jimmy Rollins
33. Nomar Garciaparra (I'd forgotten he finished with the A's)
105. Francisco Liriano
505. A's team checklist
419. Casey Kotchmann Black Parallel

Pack 55:

30. Kevin Youkilis
157. Endy Chavez
299. Nelson Cruz
446. Joe Inglett
547. Moments card
117. Asdrubal Cabrera Black Parallel

Pack 56:

35. Chase Headley
289. Mike Gonzalez
357. Russ Springer
400. Evan Longoria
587. Colby Rasmus RC
65. Alexei Ramirez Black Parallel

Pack 57:

142. Edwin Encarnacion
217. Chris Young
340. Michael Young
540. NL win leaders
1226.  Upper Deck 20th anniversary retrospective Middle East Peace Accord
94. Stephen Drew Black Parallel

Pack 58:

MM9.  Midsummer Memories Justin Morneau
46. Jason Michaels
203. Rafael Furcal
471. Juan Pierre
573. Ryan Perry
215. Ryan Ludwick Black Parallel

Pack 59:

154. Edwar Ramirez
337. Kevin Slowey
417. Jered Weaver
423. Mark Loretta
526. Twins team checklist
590. Chris Jakubauskas Black Parallel

Pack 60:

153. Jesse Crain
169. Joey Gathright
227. Jason Bay
474. Mark Buehrle
591. Brad Nelson
166. Felipe Lopez Black Parallel

Pack 61:

25. Chien-Ming Wang
291. Gary Sheffield
348. Chad Qualls
401. Hiroki Kuroda
557. Moments Card
312. David Purcey Black Parallel (another Jay!!)

Pack 62:

FF18. Face of the Franchise Adrian Gonzalez
70. Ryan Braun
80. Lance Berkman
188. Vernon Wells
515. Mariners Team Checklist
43. Edgar Gonzalez Black Parallel

Pack 63:

152. Steven Shell
267. Brandon Moss
354. Manny Corpas
451. Miguel Tejada
581. Brett Anderson
422. Bengie Molina Black Parallel

Pack 64:

64. Chone Figgins
209. Hank Blalock
276. Cliff Floyd
442. Shaun Marcum
529. Angels team checklist
7. J.D. Drew Black Parallel (kind of wild I got both Drew brothers in this box for the black parallels)

Pack 65:

49. Jeremy Guthrie
99. Trevor Hoffman
103. Joel Hanrahan
550. Moments card
519. Padres Team Checklist Black Parallel
517. Mets Team Checklist MINI Black Parallel (so much for my mini luck lasting, lol)

Pack 66:

HM9.  Highlights and Milestones Carlos Zambrano (how the mighty have fallen)
319. Ryan Rolwand-Smith
377. Jesse Carlson
477. Lastings Milledge
598. David Patton RC
41. Xavier Nady Black Parallel

Now let's see where we stand...  this box hit for 15 duplicates, one of which will go in the Blue Jays collection.  Total we are at 284/600 or 47.3% complete.  Hopefully I'll be able to pickup a couple of more blaster boxes on the cheap, would like to hit at least 400 unique cards before I start to debate to try and trade for the remainder of the set.   We'll keep you posted.

As always, thanks for reading,   Robert   (37 days)