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Some
Cracker Jacks are rarer than others.
Topps
has announced the following short prints in 2004 Cracker Jack Baseball
(1:3 packs):
1 Jose
Reyes
13 Vernon Wells
20 Scott Rolen
35 Brian Giles
50 Eric Gagne
51 Ichiro
60 Richie Sexson
80 Sammy Sosa
87 Raul Ibanez
100 Mark Prior
108 David Ortiz
109 Austin Kearns
126 Mark Teixeira
145 Rich Harden
163 Brandon Webb
165 Marcus Giles
166 Angel Berroa
167 Rocco Baldelli
172 Bo Hart
175 Javy Lopez
179 Delmon Young
182 Jeremy Reed
184 Casey Kotchman
186 Joe Mauer
192 B.J. Upton
193 Khalil Greene
195 Rickie Weeks
196 Zack Greinke
198 Vito Chiaravalloti
200 Jon Knott
206 Kyle Sleeth
209 Lastings Milledge
210 Rudy Guillen
211 Blake Hawksworth
214 Erick Aybar
216 Tim Stauffer
220 Josh Beckett
226 Miguel Cabrera
232 Derek Jeter
236 Jorge Posada
Not to be outdone, there's also the following ten variations that are also short prints:
NNO Alex
Rodriguez / short print has card # 17 on back
3 Albert Pujols / swinging
25 Jim Thome / fielding
95 Gary Sheffield / Yankees
140 Curt Schilling / Red Sox
178 Edwin Jackson / short print has card # 104 on back, same as Kevin
Brown’s
181 Felix Pie / short print has card # 80 on back, same as Sammy Sosa’s
201 Dioner Navarro / short print has card # 236 on back, same as Jorge
Posada’s
224 Ivan Rodriguez / Tigers
229 Jason Giambi / Fielding
And further still, here are three more variations that are not short prints:
55 Dick
Hoblitzel/ Dick Hoblitzell (correct spelling)
66 Nap La Joie / Nap Lajoie (correct spelling)
86 Burt Shotton / Burt Shotten (correct spelling)
And if parallels are your thing, have fun and lots of time:
The mini parallel (original Cracker Jack size) includes three different background colors—Red, White & Blue. The “Reds” are seeded 1 per pack while the short prints are 1:20. The “Blues” come every 10 packs while the “Blue” short prints appear every 60 packs. And the “White” background minis are all one of ones.
Also highlighted in each pack is a sticker parallel, which is found only in the Secret Surprise wrapper. The short printed stickers are seeded 1:10.
©
Ryan Cracknell, Trader Crack's; April 20, 2004.