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2008 Stadium Club hobby box

Description

2008 Stadium Club is a 184-card base set released in November 2008. This was the first Stadium Club set released in five years, but structurally bears little resemblance to the Stadium Club sets of years past.

The first 90 cards are all of current Major League players, and cards #91-#100 are of Hall of Famers. The next 50 cards make up a "Rising Stars" subset of rookies. The final 35 cards make up an autographed rookie set and are seeded at the rate of 1:2 in Hobby packs.

For the first 150 cards, every third card (i.e. Card #3, #6, #9, #150, etc) is short-printed and serial-numbered to 999 copies. Each Hobby pack contains one of 50 Rising Stars variations which are also serial-numbered to 999 copies.

Card #94 was to have been Joe DiMaggio, but Topps lost DiMaggio's rights to Upper Deck and was forced to withdraw it. However, a number of "cut-out" DiMaggio's (similar to the 2006 Topps Alex Gordon) did find their way into packs.

Each Hobby pack, which had a suggested price of $25, yielded one autograph and two serial-numbered cards. A retail version of Stadium Club, which had a suggested price of $2.99 per pack, was released to retail outlets in both loose packs and in blasters.

When asked about 2008 Stadium Club at the 2011 NSCC, Clay Luraschi, the Director of Product Development for Topps, responded "It didn't sell well." Due to the unusual divide-by-three configuration, 2008 Stadium Club was one of the most confusing sets ever.

Distribution

Hobby: 8 cards per pack ($25), 12 packs per box

Retail: 8 cards per pack ($2.99), 8 packs per blaster ($19.99)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	100	-	?	?
Short Prints	50	999	?	?
Autographed Rookies	35	-	1:2	?
Variations	50	999	one-per-pack	?
Blue Photographer's Proof	150	99	1:5	?
Gold Photographer's Proof	150	50	1:9	?
Platinum Photographers Proof	150	1	?	?
Printing Plate	200	4	?	?
Sketch Card	?	1	?	?
First Day Issue Retail	50	-	NA	1:1
First Day Issue Retail Variation	50	-	NA	?
First Day Issue Hobby	150	599	10:12	NA
Beam Team	61	-	1:12	?
Beam Team Black and White	61	99	1:19	?
Beam Team Gold	61	50	1:40	?
Beam Team Platinum	61	1	?	?
Triumvirate Autographed Triple Relics	33	99	1:26	?
Triumvirate Autographed Triple Relics Black Parallel	33	1	?	?
Stadium Slices	15	299	1:23	?
Ceremonial Cuts	10	299	1:34	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Chase Utley
2 Tim Lincecum
3 Ryan Zimmerman 999
4 Todd Helton
5 Russell Martin
6 Curtis Granderson 999
7 Torii Hunter
8 Mark Teixeira
9 Alfonso Soriano 999
10 CC Sabathia
11 David Ortiz
12 Miguel Tejada 999
13 Alex Rodriguez
14 Prince Fielder
15 Alex Gordon 999
16 Jake Peavy
17 B.J. Upton
18 Michael Young 999
19 Jason Bay
20 Jorge Posada
21 Jacoby Ellsbury 999
22 Nick Markakis
23 Tom Glavine
24 Justin Upton 999
25 Edinson Volquez
26 Miguel Cabrera
27 Carlos Lee 999
28 Ryan Church
29 Delmon Young
30 Carlos Quentin 999
31 Carl Crawford
32 Roy Halladay
33 Brandon Webb 999
34 Brian Roberts
35 Ken Griffey, Jr.
36 Troy Tulowitzki 999
37 Hanley Ramirez
38 Hunter Pence
39 Johnny Damon 999
40 Eric Chavez
41 Adrian Gonzalez
42 Carlos Pena 999
43 Felix Hernandez
44 Magglio Ordonez
45 Josh Beckett 999
46 Fausto Carmona
47 Chris Young
48 John Lackey 999
49 John Smoltz
50 David Wright
51 Ichiro 999
52 Vernon Wells
53 Josh Hamilton
54 Albert Pujols 999
55 Dustin Pedroia
56 Garrett Atkins
57 Roy Oswalt 999
58 Jose Reyes
59 Derek Jeter
60 Scott Kazmir 999
61 Vladimir Guerrero
62 Joba Chamberlain
63 Kevin Youkilis 999
64 Victor Martinez
65 Nick Swisher
66 Carlos Beltran 999
67 Joe Mauer
68 Gary Sheffield
69 Cole Hamels 999
70 Brian McCann
71 Grady Sizemore
72 Robinson Cano 999
73 Greg Maddux
74 Rich Harden
75 Ryan Howard 999
76 Johan Santana
77 Dan Uggla
78 Justin Verlander 999
79 Derrek Lee
80 Ryan Braun
81 Lance Berkman 999
82 Manny Ramirez
83 Chipper Jones
84 Daisuke Matsuzaka 999
85 Matt Holliday
86 Justin Morneau
87 Jimmy Rollins 999
88 Hideki Matsui
89 Pedro Martinez
90 Carlos Zambrano 999

Hall of Famers

91 Jackie Robinson
92 Mickey Mantle
93 Ty Cobb 999
94 Joe DiMaggio SP (cut out)
95 Honus Wagner
96 Babe Ruth 999
97 Nolan Ryan
98 Roberto Clemente
99 Ted Williams 999
100 Tom Seaver

Rookie Autographs

151 Emmanuel Burriss AU RC EXCH A
152 Elliot Johnson AU A
153 Jonathan Van Every AU RC A
154 Darren O'Day AU RC A
155 Matt Joyce AU RC A
156 Burke Badenhop AU RC A
157 Brent Lillibridge AU (RC) A
158 Johnny Cueto AU A
159 Jeff Niemann AU A
160 John Bowker AU (RC) A
161 Brandon Boggs AU A
162 Justin Masterson AU A
163 Masahide Kobayashi AU A
164 Nick Adenhart AU A
165 Chris Perez AU EXCH A
166 Gregor Blanco AU A
167 Travis Denker AU RC A
168 Jeff Clement AU EXCH A
169 Evan Longoria AU A
170 Greg Smith AU A
171 Jay Bruce AU B
172 Brian Barton AU B
173 Max Scherzer AU B
174 Blake DeWitt AU B
175 Jed Lowrie AU B
176 Clayton Kershaw AU B
177 Jonathan Albaladejo AU RC B
178 Josh Banks AU B
179 Brian Horwitz AU RC B
180 Micah Hoffpauir AU RC B
181 Robinzon Diaz AU (RC) B
182 Nick Evans AU RC B
183 Joe Mather AU RC EXCH B
184 Danny Herrera AU RC B
185 Eugenio Velez AU RC B

Variations

Variations of cards 101-150 exist. Compared to the short prints, these cards have a different photo on the front. The photo on the front of the card does not match the photo on the back of the card. They are serial-numbered to 999.

101 Luke Hochevar (vertical card)
102 Daric Barton (batting)
103 Nick Adenhart (black glove)
104 Gregor Blanco (blue jersey)
105 Chris Carter (batting)
106 Eric Hurley (wind-up)
107 Clayton Kershaw (pitching)
108 Evan Longoria (signing autographs)
109 Garrett Mock (white uniform)
110 David Purcey (throwing)
111 Ryan Tucker (tossing baseball)
112 Joey Votto (flipping ball)
113 Jeff Clement (running in catchers equipment)
114 Michael Aubrey (running)
115 Brandon Boggs (fielding)
116 Johnny Cueto (red jersey)
117 Hernan Iribarren (throwing)
118 Masahide Kobayashi (portrait)
119 Jed Lowrie (standing)
120 Greg Reynolds (pitching)
121 Matt Tolbert (blue jersey)
122 Jonathan Herrera (running)
123 J.R. Towles (swinging)
124 Armando Galarraga (gray uniform)
125 Josh Banks (tan uniform)
126 Mitchell Boggs (pitching)
127 Blake DeWitt (batting)
128 Carlos Gonzalez (batting)
129 Elliot Johnson (throwing)
130 Brian Barton (batting)
131 Sean Rodriguez (throwing)
132 Kosuke Fukudome (throwing)
133 Chin-Lung Hu (batting)
134 Wladimir Balentien (sliding)
135 Jeff Niemann (in bullpen)
136 Jay Bruce (batting)
137 Brandon Jones (base running)
138 Justin Masterson (pitching)
139 Jayson Nix (throwing)
140 Max Scherzer (non-striped grass)
141 Mike Aviles (batting)
142 Greg Smith (pitching)
143 Nick Blackburn (solid blue hat)
144 Justin Ruggiano (batting)
145 Clay Buchholz (no crowd)
146 German Duran (blue uniform)
147 Radhames Liz (pitching)
148 Chris Perez (#63)
149 Hiroki Kuroda (blue jersey)
150 Gregorio Petit (fielding)

Parallels

First Day Issue

There are two versions of First Day Issue cards, hobby and retail.

Retail FDIs consist of the 50 players that are short-printed in the regular set (cards 1-100 divisible by 3), cards 101-150 and the 50 variation cards (divisible by 3) of cards 101-150. There are 100 total retail FDIs. They are printed on regular cardboard stock and are not serial numbered.

Hobby FDIs are printed on a thicker foam stock, are serial-numbered to 599 and only parallel the 100 cards that were not short-printed.

Photographer's Proof

These cards come in four versions: Regular, Blue (#/99), Gold (#/50) and Platinum (#/1). Photographer's Proof variation cards exist. These cards will have the alternate photo on the front.

Printing Plates

Sketch Card

Autographs & Game-Used

Stadium Slices

SS AP Albert Pujols 428
SS AR Alex Rodriguez 89
SS DM Daisuke Matsuzaka 428
SS DO David Ortiz 428
SS GG Rich Gossage 89
SS HM Hideki Matsui 428
SS IS Ichiro 428
SS JT Joe Torre 89
SS LP Lou Piniella 89
SS MM Mickey Mantle 89
SS MR Mariano Rivera 428
SS RJ Reggie Jackson 89
SS TM Thurman Munson 89
SS WF Whitey Ford 89
SS YB Yogi Berra 89

Ceremonial Cuts

CC-BR Babe Ruth 199
CC-GB George W. Bush 199
CC-JF Jimmie Foxx 199
CC-JR Jackie Robinson 199
CC-LG Lou Gehrig 199
CC-MO Mel Ott 199
CC-RH Rogers Hornsby 199
CC-TC Ty Cobb 199
CC-TW Ted Williams 199

Beam Team Autographs

Parallels include: Black and White (#/99), Gold (#/50) and Platinum (#/1).

BTA-AG Adrian Gonzalez C
BTA-BH Brad Hawpe C
BTA-BP Brandon Phillips B
BTA-BT Brad Thompson C
BTA-CC Carl Crawford C
BTA-CCR Callix Crabbe C
BTA-CD Carlos Delgado C
BTA-CF Chone Figgins B
BTA-CM Carlos Marmol C
BTA-CMO Craig Monroe B
BTA-CP Carlos Pena C
BTA-CV Claudio Vargas C
BTA-CVI Carlos Villanueva B
BTA-CW C.J. Wilson B
BTA-DH Dan Haren C
BTA-DS Darryl Strawberry B
BTA-DY Delwyn Young A
BTA-ER Edwar Ramirez C
BTA-FL Francisco Liriano C
BTA-FP Felix Pie B
BTA-FS Freddy Sanchez C
BTA-GC Gary Carter C
BTA-GD German Duran B
BTA-GP Glen Perkins B
BTA-GS Gary Sheffield C
BTA-GSM Greg Smith C
BTA-JB Jason Bartlett C
BTA-JC Jack Cust C
BTA-JCR Jesse Crain A
BTA-JGA Joey Gathright C
BTA-JGU Jeremy Guthrie C
BTA-JH Josh Hamilton B
BTA-JJ Jair Jurrjens C
BTA-JL John Lackey B
BTA-JN Jayson Nix A
BTA-JP Jonathan Papelbon C
BTA-JPO Johnny Podres B
BTA-JR Jose Reyes C
BTA-JS Jeff Salazar B
BTA-KS Kevin Slowey B
BTA-LM Lastings Milledge B
BTA-ME Mark Ellis C
BTA-MK Mark Kotsay C
BTA-MN Mike Napoli C
BTA-MT Marcus Thames C
BTA-MTO Matt Tolbert A
BTA-NR Nate Robertson B
BTA-RC Robinson Cano B
BTA-RP Ronny Paulino B
BTA-TG Tom Gorzelanny C
BTA-TJ Todd Jones B
BTA-YP Yusmeiro Petit A

Triumvirate Autographed Triple Relics

Parallels include: Black (#/1).