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2007 SP Authentic hobby box

Description

2007 SP Authentic is a 162-card set released by Upper Deck on November 20, 2007. The By The Letter autographed manufactured letter patches that debuted in the previous year's product return, this time as part of the base set. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two By The Letter cards.

In addition, a series of unannounced "gimmick" cards of Alex Rodriguez were randomly inserted into packs without prior notice -- although mostly received by The Hobby with ambivalence.

Distribution

24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	162	-	?
short set	100	-	?
By The Letter Rookie Signatures	62	varies	*
Alex Rodriguez Gimmicks	5	-	?
Power	50	-	1:2
Speed	50	-	1:2
Autographed Parallels	46	5	?
By The Letter Rookie Signatures Full Name Redemptions	58	varies	?
By The Letter Signatures	90	varies	*
By The Letter Signatures Full Name Redemptions	52	varies	?
Chirography Dual	13	varies	**
Chirography Quad	6	5	**
Sign of the Times Dual	12	varies	**
Sign of the Times Triple	9	varies	**
Sign of the Times Quad	4	5	**

* Odds of finding a By The Letter Signature: 1:12/packs
** Odds of finding a multi-signed card: 1:288/packs

Checklist

Base Set

1 Chipper Jones
2 Andruw Jones
3 John Smoltz
4 Carlos Quentin
5 Randy Johnson
6 Brandon Webb
7 Alfonso Soriano
8 Derrek Lee
9 Aramis Ramirez
10 Carlos Zambrano
11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
12 Adam Dunn
13 Josh Hamilton
14 Todd Helton
15 Jeff Francis
16 Matt Holliday
17 Hanley Ramirez
18 Dontrelle Willis
19 Miguel Cabrera
20 Lance Berkman
21 Roy Oswalt
22 Carlos Lee
23 Nomar Garciaparra
24 Derek Lowe
25 Juan Pierre
26 Rafael Furcal
27 Rickie Weeks
28 Prince Fielder
29 Ben Sheets
30 David Wright
31 Jose Reyes
32 Tom Glavine
33 Carlos Beltran
34 Cole Hamels
35 Jimmy Rollins
36 Ryan Howard
37 Jason Bay
38 Freddy Sanchez
39 Ian Snell
40 Jake Peavy
41 Greg Maddux
42 Trevor Hoffman
43 Matt Cain
44 Barry Zito
45 Ray Durham
46 Albert Pujols
47 Chris Carpenter
48 Jim Edmonds
49 Scott Rolen
50 Ryan Zimmerman
51 Felipe Lopez
52 Austin Kearns
53 Miguel Tejada
54 Erik Bedard
55 Daniel Cabrera
56 David Ortiz
57 Curt Schilling
58 Manny Ramirez
59 Jonathan Papelbon
60 Jim Thome
61 Paul Konerko
62 Bobby Jenks
63 Grady Sizemore
64 Victor Martinez
65 Travis Hafner
66 Ivan Rodriguez
67 Justin Verlander
68 Joel Zumaya
69 Jeremy Bonderman
70 Gil Meche
71 Mike Sweeney
72 Mark Teahen
73 Vladimir Guerrero
74 Howie Kendrick
75 Francisco Rodriguez
76 Johan Santana
77 Justin Morneau
78 Joe Mauer
79 Joe Nathan
80 Alex Rodriguez
81 Derek Jeter
82 Johnny Damon
83 Chien-Ming Wang
84 Rich Harden
85 Mike Piazza
86 Dan Haren
87 Ichiro
88 Felix Hernandez
89 Kenji Johjima
90 Adrian Beltre
91 Carl Crawford
92 Scott Kazmir
93 Delmon Young
94 Michael Young
95 Mark Teixeira
96 Eric Gagne
97 Hank Blalock
98 Vernon Wells
99 Roy Halladay
100 Frank Thomas

By The Letter Rookie Signatures

Each By The Letter Rookie Signature is signed on a manufactured letter patch. Each player signed various letters, usually, one for each letter in their last name. Each card is serial-numbered, but only to the production run of that particular letter. The production figures listed below are the aggregate number of letters signed by the player.

101 Joaquin Arias 825
102 Jeff Baker 550
103 Michael Bourn 825
104 Brian Burres 900
105 Jared Burton 900
106 Ryan Braun 550
107 Yovani Gallardo 730
108 Hector Gimenez 800
109 Alex Gordon 600
110 Josh Hamilton 580
111 Justin Hampson 800
112 Sean Henn 750
113 Phil Hughes 600
114 Kei Igawa 275
115 Akinori Iwamura 260
116 Mark Reynolds 730
117 Homer Bailey 750
118 Kevin Kouzmanoff 850
119 Adam Lind 750
120 Carlos Gomez 700
121 Glen Perkins 800
122 Rick Vanden Hurk 820
123 Brad Salmon 900
124 Zack Segovia 800
125 Kurt Suzuki 750
126 Chris Stewart 800
127 Cesar Jimenez 870
128 Ryan Sweeney 580
129 Troy Tulowitzki 420
130 Chase Wright 900
131 Delmon Young 220
132 Tony Abreu 700
133 Brian Barden 900
134 Curtis Thigpen 730
135 Jon Coutlangus 450
136 Kevin Cameron 800
137 Billy Butler 900
138 Alexi Casilla 800
139 Kory Casto 825
140 Matt Chico 825
141 John Danks 825
142 Andrew Miller 600
143 Ben Francisco 810
144 Andy Gonzalez 850
145 Devern Hansack 800
146 Mike Rabelo 900
147 Tim Lincecum 580
148 Matt Lindstrom 810
149 Jay Marshall 850
150 Daisuke Matsuzaka 290
151 Miguel Montero 891
152 Micah Owings 450
153 Hunter Pence 825
154 Brandon Wood 750
155 Felix Pie 675
156 Danny Putnam 900
157 Andy LaRoche 580
158 Jarrod Saltalamacchia 800
159 Doug Slaten 900
160 Joe Smith 825
161 Justin Upton 500
162 Joba Chamberlain 500

Gimmicks

With speculation as to his plans for the 2008 season and beyond, Upper Deck created these five unannounced Alex Rodriguez cards featuring teams he might have signed for.

80 Alex Rodriguez
80 Alex Rodriguez
80 Alex Rodriguez
80 Alex Rodriguez
80 Alex Rodriguez

Autograph Parallels

Autograph Parallels Checklist

Insert Sets

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-SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic') AND (num > 100);
+SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic') AND (num > 100);
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 ===Gimmicks===

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Description

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Checklist

Base Set

By The Letter Rookie Signatures

Gimmicks

Autograph Parallels

Insert Sets

Authentic Power

Authentic Speed

By the Letter Signatures

Chirography Dual

Sign of the Times