July 2012 Affordable Group Break - 2001 Fleer Futures

With the UD Retro box out of the way we're finishing the break w/ a hobby box of 2001 Fleer Futures.  I'll be honest and say I originally chose this box because I thought there was a chance at a Pujols RC.  After doing my homework I realized his card couldn't be found in the regular box, however it still seemed like an interesting product so I went with it.  The wrapper lists the overall odds of finding an autograph or memorabilia card at 1:55 packs so let's see if we can beat the odds.

Pack 1:
#015 Eric Chavez (A's)
#128 Mark Grace (Diamondbacks)
#108 Mike Lamb (Rangers)
#043 Dmitri Young (Reds)
#189 Barry Zito (A's)
#182 Luis Matos (Orioles)
#220 Tike Redman (Pirates)
#167 J.D. Drew (Cardinals)

Pack 2:
#033 Keith Foulke (White Sox)
#004 Troy O'Leary (Red Sox)

#088 Garret Anderson - Black Gold #058/499 (Angels)
#090 Mike Lieberthal (Phillies)
#131 Kevin Millwood (Braves)
#204 Dernell Stenson (Red Sox)
#069 Kevin Young (Pirates)
#162 Edgar Martinez (Mariners)

The Black Gold parallels aren't half bad looking.  No odds listed for those.

Pack 3:
#130 Phil Nevin (Padres)
#158 Juan Gonzalez (Indians)
#053 Robin Ventura (Mets)
#105 Greg Maddux (Braves)
#111 Jeff Kent (Giants)
#149 Kris Benson (Pirates)
#203 Esix Snead (Cardinals)
#168 Trot Nixon (Red Sox)

Pack 4:
#085 Aaron Boone (Reds)
#022 Par Burrell (Phillies)
 
#06HC Barry Bonds - Hot Commodities (Giants)
#002 Manny Ramirez (Red Sox)
#099 Scott Elarton (Astros)
#123 Greg Vaughn (Rays)
#092 Adrian Beltre (Dodgers)
#173 Al Leiter (Mets)

1:14 packs, the Hot Commodities are a nice looking insert set.  There is a section of rainbow foil on the front and I liked the one cut rounded corner.

Pack 5:
#157 Rafael Furcal (Braves)
#048 Brady Anderson (Orioles)

#14C Frank Thomas - Characteristics (White Sox)
#059 Ivan Rodriguez (Rangers)
#067 Jose Vidro (Expos)
#209 Juan Pierre (Rockies)
#215 Eric Byrne (A's)
#176 Trevor Hoffman (Padres)

I absolutely love these Characteristics cards that are seeded 1:9 packs.  I had never seen these before today, but I think I'm going to make a run at this set.  It's too bad the card doesn't scan well as they are really nice.  They have that etched foil look and some sort of oriental writing.

Pack 6:
#109 Charles Johnson (Marlins)
#107 Bernie Williams (Yankees)
#040 Derrek Lee (Marlins)
#058 Roger Clemens (Yankees)
#072 Derek Jeter (Yankees)
#194 Mark Buehrle (White Sox)
#091 Frank Thomas (White Sox)
#125 Moises Alou (Astros)

Pack 7:
#047 Robert Person (Phillies)
#066 Sandy Alomar Jr. (White Sox)
#115 Tim Salmon (Angels)
#101 Jay Payton (Mets)
#008 Todd Walker (Rockies)
#068 Pedro Martinez (Red Sox)
#187 Timo Perez (Mets)
#172 Kenny Lofton (Indians)

Pack 8:
#009 Mike Piazza (Mets)
#037 David Wells (White Sox)

#09C Jim Edmonds - Characteristics (Cardinals)
#034 Ron Coomer (Twins)
#106 Juan Encarnacion (Tigers)
#198 Vernon Wells (Blue Jays)
#103 Kerry Wood (Cubs)
#210 Keith Ginter (Astros)

Pack 9:
#157 Rafael Furcal (Braves)
#075 Jeromy Burnitz (Brewers)
#148 Jermaine Dye (Royals)
#153 Rafael Palmeiro (Rangers)
#044 Vladimir Guerrero (Expos)
#077 Andres Galarraga (Rangers)
#205 Jose Ortiz (A's)
#165 Chuck Finley (Indians)

Pack 10:
#019 John Olerud (Mariners)
#003 Darryl Kile (Cardinals)
#023 Bengie Molina (Angels)
#020 Nomar Garciaparra (Red Sox)
#081 Tom Glavine (Braves)
#186 Jason Hart (A's)
#078 Ryan Dempster (Marlins)
#175 Mike Sweeney (Royals)

Pack 11:
#117 Rick Ankiel (Cardinals)
#063 Ken Caminiti (Rangers)

#02C Mark McGwire - Characteristics (Cardinals)
#071 Larry Walker (Rockies)
#142 Preston Wilson (Marlins)
#119 Johnny Damon (A's)
#214 Rodney Lindsey (Tigers)
#161 Matt Lawton (Twins)

That makes the 2nd insert for the Cardinals already!

Pack 12:
#005 Mark Quinn (Royals)
#074 Magglio Ordonez (White Sox)

#11BF Robin Yount - Bats to the Future (Brewers)
#007 Randy Johnson (Diamondbacks)
#217 Corey Patterson (Cubs)

#208 Jimmy Rollins (Phillies)
#104 Shawn Green (Dodgers)
#174 Rondell White (Cubs)

The Bats to the Future are a 3 tiered set w/ autographs and memorabilia cards.  Unfortunately we got the level 1 "base" card.  I'm sure though cynicalbuddha from Collector's Crack will still find a place for it in his Brew Crew collection.

Pack 13:
#065 Troy Glaus (Angels)
#028 Eric Karros (Dodgers)

#04HC Cal Ripken Jr. - Hot Commodities (Orioles)
#030 Brian Jordan (Braves)
#089 Fernando Seguignol (Expos)
#137 Rick Helling (Rangers)
#206 Paxton Crawford (Red Sox)
#160 Gary Sheffield (Dodgers)

I'll go out on a limb and say Kyle claimed the Orioles hoping I'd pull something like the card above.

Pack 14:
#027 Eric Young (Cubs)
#032 Gabe Kapler (Rangers)

#117 Rick Ankiel - Black Gold #092/499 (Cardinals)
#029 Adam Eaton (Padres)
#154 Ray Durham (White Sox)
#212 Larry Barnes (Angels)
#124 Carl Everett (Red Sox)
#211 Adam Dunn (Reds)

Pack 15:
#140 Robb Nen (Giants)
#060 Brad Radke (Twins)
#096 Danny Graves (Reds)
#093 Ellis Burks (Indians)
#051 Adam Kennedy (Angels)
#159 Tino Martinez (Yankees)
#191 Joey Nation (Cubs)
#121 Roberto Alomar (Indians)

Pack 16:
#055 Tony Gwynn (Padres)
#045 Rickey Henderson (Mariners)
#017 Sean Casey (Reds)
#049 Lance Berkman (Astros)
#207 Jason Tyner (Rays)
#202 A.J. Burnett (Marlins)
#120 Brian Anderson (Diamondbacks)
#178 Jeffrey Hammonds (Brewers)

Pack 17:
#097 Alex Rodriguez (Rangers)
#110 Richie Sexson (Brewers)
#095 Tony Clark (Tigers)
#152 Paul O'Neill (Yankees)
#136 Mariano Rivera (Yankees)
#112 Albert Belle (Orioles)
#200 Scott Downs (Expos)
#164 Scott Rolen (Phillies)

Pack 18:
#038 Carlos Lee (White Sox)
#133 Ruben Mateo (Rangers)

#135 Dean Palmer - Black Gold #151/499 (Tigers)
#147 Jay Buhner (Mariners)
#193 Aubrey Huff (Rays)
#190 Ryan Kohlmeier (Orioles)
#079 Ken Griffey Jr. (Reds)
#170 Ryan Klesko (Padres)

Pack 19:
#056 Matt Williams (Diamondbacks)
#073 Miguel Cairo (Rays)
#046 Jeff Bagwell (Astros)
#062 Cal Ripken Jr. (Orioles)
#216 Julio Lugo (Astros)
#113 Cliff Floyd (Marlins)
#188 Adam Bernero (Tigers)
#179 David Justice (Yankees)

Pack 20:
#098 Mike Mussina (Yankees)
#036 Miguel Tejada (A's)
#026 Fernando Tatis (Expos)
#001 Darin Erstad (Angels)
#102 Gerald Williams (Rays)
#201 Ben Petrick (Rockies)
#138 Paul Konerko (White Sox)
#145 Barry Larkin (Reds)

Pack 21:
#134 Luis Gonzalez (Diamondbacks)
#088 Garret Anderson (Angels)
#129 Kevin Brown (Dodgers)
#126 Jason Kendall (Pirates)
#011 Sammy Sosa (Cubs)
#090 Jim Edmonds (Cardinals)
#199 Joe Crede (White Sox)
#192 Oswaldo Mairena (Cubs)

Pack 22:
#087 Delino DeShields (Orioles)
#114 Ben Grieve (Rays)
#156 Livan Hernandez (Giants)
#010 Fred McGriff (Rays)
#181 Eric Munson (Tigers)
#213 Adam Piatt (A's)
#150 Curt Schilling (Diamondbacks)
#171 Mo Vaughn (Angels)

Pack 23:
#018 Corey Koskie (Twins)
#057 Jeff Cirillo (Rockies)
#013 John Rocker (Braves)
#080 Aaron Sele (Mariners)
#122 Mike Hampton (Rockies)
#143 Terrence Long (A's)
#139 Marquis Grissom (Brewers)
#177 Steve Finley (Diamondbacks)

Pack 24:
#141 Javy Lopez (Braves)
#025 Rey Ordonez (Mets)
#083 Orlando Hernandez (Yankees)
#094 Andruw Jones (Braves)
#197 Xavier Nady (Padres)
#218 Reggie Taylor (Phillies)
#196 Julio Zuleta (Cubs)
#163 Richardo Hidalgo (Astros)

Pack 25:
#135 Dean Palmer (Tigers)
#016 Carlos Delgado (Blue Jays)
#086 Jacque Jones (Twins)
#127 Omar Vizquel (Indians)
#185 Nate Rolison (Marlins)
#144 Shannon Stewart (Blue Jays)
#151 Todd Walker (Rockies)
#166 Edgardo Aldonzo (Mets)

Pack 26:
#116 Carl Pavano (Expos)
#042 Billy Koch (Blue Jays)
#132 Bobby Higginson (Tigers)
#035 Chipper Jones (Braves)
#076 J.T. Snow (Giants)
#183 Alex Cabrera (Diamondbacks)
#070 Jay Bell (Diamondbacks)
#169 Carlos Beltran (Royals)

Pack 27:
#054 Mark McGwire (Cardinals)
#006 Brian Giles (Pirates)
#052 Russell Branyan (Indians)
#146 Cristian Guzman (Twins)
#021 Craig Biggio (Astros)
#118 Dante Bichette (Red Sox)
#219 Kenny Kelly (Rays)
#184 Randy Keisler (Yankees)

Pack 28:
missing!!

I hate factory errors like this.  We were shorted one pack, but like usual I'll be adding in several free cards to everyone's stack.

Craving more group break fun?  Dissatisfied with this month's break only containing 2 boxes?  Be sure to watch the blog in the coming weeks as I'll have a special announcement concerning next month's break.  With 2012 Topps Chrome coming out so late in August, I decided to bump it and officially make it September's break.  That means I'm working on something special - something BIG for August.  In fact if all goes as planned it'll be the BIGGEST Affordable Group Break I've ever hosted.  And for those of you on a budget the buy in price oughta be reasonable for the number of boxes we'll be busting.