I just got home from work and found my box of National Chicle waiting to be opened. Let's get started!
Cabinet Card:
I really like the look of these!
Pack #1:
#196 Will Venable
#166 Duke Snider
#126 Melky Cabrera
#70 Cliff Lee
#28 Andrew McCutchen National Chicle Ad Back
#64 Alex Rodriguez
#104 Justin Upton
#159 Kenshin Kawakami
Pack #2:
#46 Youk
#11 C.C. Sabathia
#30 Michael Cuddyer
#175 Dexter Fowler
#3 Ichiro Bazooka Back
#194 Tim Lincecum
#184 Phil Hughes
#49 Adrian Gonzalez
-Checklist
Pack #3:
#192 J.D. Drew
#222 Lou Brock
#47 Brandon Inge
#260 Drew Stubbs
#291 Cy Young
#53 Marco Scutaro
#224 Al Kaline
#179 Carlos Quentin
I'm having a lot of fun with these cards so far. There are some curious looking cards, but most of them are well done and beautiful.
Pack #4:
#62 Chad Billingsley
#102 Adam Wainwright
#157 Jimmy Rollins
#205 John Danks
#35 Justin Morneau
#79 Russell Branyan
#154 Derek Lowe
#249 Nolan Ryan (with an interesting chin)
-checklist
Pack #5:
#22 Tim Wakefield (this is the weirdest card I've seen so far. I'd like to know why Wake is licking the baseball. It also looks like he's winking.)
#137 Zack Greinke
#107 Mark Teixeira
#110 Curtis Granderson (cool idea to have NY in the background)
#160 Jonathan Sanchez
#134 Felix Pie
#59 Wandy Rodriguez
#174 Marlon Byrd
Pack #6:
#211 Jim Palmer
#266 Carlos Carrasco
#140 Javier Vazquez
#255 Mike Schmidt
#NCA-LD Luis Durango Autograph (the fact that it's on card in blue ink is nice)
#3 Ichiro
#269 Tommy Manzella
#19 Jay Bruce
Pack #7
#112 Dustin Pedroia
#232 Roy Campanella
#1 Albert Pujols
#5 Prince Fielder (not a very attractive card of him)
#107 Mark Teixeira National Chicle Ad Back
#119 Jose Lopez
#164 Andre Ethier
#204 Carlos Gonzalez
Pack #8:
#250 Joe Morgan
#25 Aaron Hill
#NCR-MT Mark Teixeira's Pants =p (of course I get a Yankee relic, but the card looks nice)
#234 Tris Speaker (nice looking card)
#54 Yunel Escobar
#84 Hanley Ramirez
-checklist
Pack #9:
#37 Ryan Howard
#92 Cole Hamels
#90 Miguel Tejada
#45 Adam Lind
#140 Javier Vazquez Bazooka Back
#14 Mariano Rivera
#69 Jose Reyes
#124 Carlos Zambrano
-checklist
Pack #10:
#187 Joe Saunders
#217 Frank Robinson
#262 Reid Gorecki
#135 Chris Carpenter
#214 Warren Spahn National Chicle Ad Back (sweet card)
#144 Jhoulys Chacin
#209 Juan Marichal
#259 Henry Rodriguez
Pack #11:
#147 Jon Lester
#252 Duke Snider
#237 Thurman Munson
#20 David DeJesus
#329 Juan Francisco
#44 Jason Bay
#244 Eddie Matthews
#274 Ian Desmond
Pack #12:
#122 Roy Halladay
#97 Matt Kemp
#87 Ted Lilly
#195 Alex Rios
#150 Zack Duke
#9 Brandon Webb
#4 Daisuke Matsuzaka
#74 Ryan Zimmerman
Pack #13:
#201 AJ Burnett
#261 Kevin Richardson
#36 Derek Jeter
#55 Carl Crawford
#317 Kevin Richardson
#24 Kevin Kouzmanoff
#89 Chone Figgins
#109 Nelson Cruz
Pack #14:
#71 Miguel Cabrera
#141 Brett Anderson
#206 Hank Greenberg
#85 Justin Verlander (I think this card is one of my favorites so far)
#65 Clayton Kershaw
#189 Mat Gamel
#219 Eddie Murray
#264 Josh Thole
Pack #15:
#241 Christy Mathewson
#226 Phil Rizzuto
#216 Bob Gibson
#105 Mark Reynolds
#137 Zack Greinke National Chicle Ad Back
#39 Michael Young
#94 Nyjer Morgan
#149 Trevor Cahill
Pack #16:
#91 Asbrubal Cabrera
#96 Derrek Lee
#151 Michael Bourn
#190 Orlando Hudson
#309 Ryan Zimmerman
#129 Nolan Reimold
#169 Denard Span
#199 Trevor Crowe
Pack #17:
#202 Ian Stewart
#42 Robinson Cano
#255 Babe Ruth
#125 Luis Castillo
#271 Brent Dnugach Bazooka Back
#103 Pablo Sandoval
#63 Aramis Ramirez
#23 Shane Victorino
-checklist
Pack #18:
#52 Nick Swisher
#82 Josh Beckett
#127 Kyle Blanks
#165 Jed Lowrie
#290 Walter Johnson
#188 Rich Harden
#138 Scott Kazmir
#108 Josh Hamilton
Pack #19:
#167 Ryan Ludwick
#197 Dan Haren
#120 Tommy Hanson
#80 Jermaine Dye
#NCA-BD Brent Dlugach Auto
#68 Vladimir Guerrero
#28 Andrew McCutchen
#173 Jonathan Broxton
Pack #20:
#67 Mark Buehrle
#267 Tobi Stoner
#17 Ken Griffey Jr.
#275 Buster Posey
#65 Clayton Kershaw National Chicle Ad Back
#214 Warren Spahn
#83 Brian Roberts
#248 Tom Seaver
Pack #21:
#257 Madison Bumgarner
#12 Raul Ibanez
#227 Rogers Hornsby
#10 Manny Ramirez
#95 Ryan Braun
#33 Evan Longoria
#203 Edinson Volquez
#273 Juan Francisco (I love this card)
-checklist
Pack #22:
#32 Andy Pettitte
#172 Gavin Floyd
#242 Mickey Mantle
#235 Jackie Robinson
#277 Rogers Hornsby
#258 Gordon Beckham
#223 Carl Yastrzemski
#158 Stephen Drew
Pack #23:
#22 Michael Brantley
#7 Joe Mauer
#2 Grady Sizemore
#180 Freddy Sanchez
#289 Johnny Mize National Chicle Ad Back
#133 Andrew Bailey
#88 Jorge Cantu
#43 Ian Kinsler
Pack #24:
#72 Jorge Posada
#117 Jason Marquis
#162 Jonathan Papelbon
#220 Dale Murphy
#187 Joe Saunders National Chicle Ad Back
#18 Josh Johnson
#193 Mark Rzepczynski
#148 Chris Young (nice to end on a good looking card)
Not too shabby. Nothing fancy with the autos and I didn't get anything extra, but it was a fun box break. You can tell that there was a lot of effort by the artists put into these cards. I like the fact that they used a variety of artists so all the cards don't look the same.
As I've been looking through the cards, I noticed the ones by Jason Davies stick out to me. Some examples are the Verlander, Francisco and the Young. The cards look like they glow and are very appealing.
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