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2000 Black Diamond hobby box

Description

2000 Black Diamond is a 120-card set released by Upper Deck in December, 1999. The last 30 cards in the set (cards #91-#120) make up the "Diamond Debut" subset, and are short-printed. Despite this, there are no notable rookie cards in the product.

Distribution

30 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	120	-	?	?
short set	90	-	?	?
Diamond Debuts	30	-	1:4	1:4
Reciprocal Cut short set	90	-	1:7	1:7
Reciprocal Cut Diamond Debuts	30	-	1:12	1:12
Final Cut	120	100	?	?
Diamonation	10	-	1:4	1:4
Diamonds in the Rough	10	-	1:9	1:9
Diamond Gallery	10	-	1:14	1:14
Diamond Might	10	-	1:14	1:14
Barrage	10	-	1:29	1:29
Constant Threat	10	-	1:29	1:29
A Piece of History	19	-	1:179	1:359
A Piece of History Double	19	-	1:1079	N/A
A Piece of History Triple	19	one-of-one	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Darin Erstad
2 Tim Salmon
3 Mo Vaughn
4 Matt Williams
5 Travis Lee
6 Randy Johnson
7 Tom Glavine
8 Chipper Jones
9 Greg Maddux
10 Andruw Jones
11 Brian Jordan
12 Cal Ripken, Jr.
13 Albert Belle
14 Mike Mussina
15 Nomar Garciaparra
16 Troy O'Leary
17 Pedro Martinez
18 Sammy Sosa
19 Henry Rodriguez
20 Frank Thomas
21 Magglio Ordonez
22 Greg Vaughn
23 Barry Larkin
24 Sean Casey
25 Jim Thome
26 Kenny Lofton
27 Roberto Alomar
28 Manny Ramirez
29 Larry Walker
30 Todd Helton
31 Gabe Kapler
32 Tony Clark
33 Dean Palmer
34 Cliff Floyd
35 Alex Gonzalez
36 Moises Alou
37 Jeff Bagwell
38 Craig Biggio
39 Richard Hidalgo
40 Carlos Beltran
41 Johnny Damon
42 Adrian Beltre
43 Gary Sheffield
44 Kevin Brown
45 Jeromy Burnitz
46 Jeff Cirillo
47 Joe Mays
48 Todd Walker
49 Vladimir Guerrero
50 Michael Barrett
51 Rickey Henderson
52 Mike Piazza
53 Robin Ventura
54 John Olerud
55 Edgardo Alfonzo
56 Derek Jeter
57 Orlando Hernandez
58 Tino Martinez
59 Bernie Williams
60 Roger Clemens
61 Eric Chavez
62 Ben Grieve
63 Jason Giambi
64 Scott Rolen
65 Bob Abreu
66 Curt Schilling
67 Mike Lieberthal
68 Warren Morris
69 Brian Giles
70 Eric Owens
71 Tony Gwynn
72 Reggie Sanders
73 Barry Bonds
74 J.T. Snow
75 Jeff Kent
76 Ken Griffey, Jr.
77 Alex Rodriguez
78 Edgar Martinez
79 Jay Buhner
80 Mark McGwire
81 J.D. Drew
82 Eric Davis
83 Fernando Tatis
84 Wade Boggs
85 Fred McGriff
86 Juan Gonzalez
87 Ivan Rodriguez
88 Rafael Palmeiro
89 Shawn Green
90 Carlos Delgado

Diamond Debuts

91 Pat Burrell DD
92 Eric Munson DD
93 Jorge Toca DD
94 Rick Ankiel DD
95 Tony Armas DD
96 Byung-Hyun Kim DD
97 Alfonso Soriano DD
98 Mark Quinn DD
99 Ryan Rupe DD
100 Adam Kennedy DD
101 Jeff Weaver DD
102 Ramon Ortiz DD
103 Eugene Kingsale DD
104 Josh Beckett DD
105 Eric Gagne DD
106 Peter Bergeron DD
107 Erubiel Durazo DD
108 Chad Meyers DD
109 Kip Wells DD
110 Chad Harville DD
111 Matt Riley DD
112 Ben Petrick DD
113 Ed Yarnall DD
114 Calvin Murray DD
115 Vernon Wells DD
116 A.J. Burnett DD
117 Jacque Jones DD
118 Francisco Cordero DD
119 Tomo Ohka DD RC
120 Julio Ramirez DD

Parallels

Reciprocal Cut

Each of the 120 base cards are available in a Reciprocal Cut parallel. In this set, each card is die-cut and his their images reversed, with the front image on the back and vice versa. There is also a Final Cut parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Inserts

Diamonds in the Rough

R1 Pat Burrell
R2 Eric Munson
R3 Alfonso Soriano
R4 Ruben Mateo
R5 A.J. Burnett
R6 Ben Davis
R7 Lance Berkman
R8 Ed Yarnall
R9 Rick Ankiel
R10 Ryan Bradley

Diamond Gallery

G1 Derek Jeter
G2 Alex Rodriguez
G3 Nomar Garciaparra
G4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
G5 Sammy Sosa
G6 Tony Gwynn
G7 Mark McGwire
G8 Roger Clemens
G9 Greg Maddux
G10 Pedro Martinez

Diamond Might

M1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
M2 Mark McGwire
M3 Sammy Sosa
M4 Manny Ramirez
M5 Jeff Bagwell
M6 Frank Thomas
M7 Mike Piazza
M8 Juan Gonzalez
M9 Barry Bonds
M10 Alex Rodriguez

Barrage

B1 Mark McGwire
B2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
B3 Sammy Sosa
B4 Jeff Bagwell
B5 Juan Gonzalez
B6 Alex Rodriguez
B7 Manny Ramirez
B8 Ivan Rodriguez
B9 Chipper Jones
B10 Mike Piazza

Constant Threat

Diamonation

D1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
D2 Randy Johnson
D3 Mark McGwire
D4 Manny Ramirez
D5 Scott Rolen
D6 Bernie Williams
D7 Roger Clemens
D8 Mo Vaughn
D9 Frank Thomas
D10 Sean Casey

Autographs & Game-Used

A Piece of History

A Piece of History is a game-used bat set. Each card is available in Single (one piece), Double (two pieces), and Triple (three pieces) versions. The Double is exclusive to Hobby packs and Triple is a one-of-one.

The one-of-one Cal Ripken, Jr. Triple card was found in a Blaster box of 2000 Ultra.

AB Albert Belle
AJ Andruw Jones
AR Alex Rodriguez
BB Barry Bonds
CAL Cal Ripken, Jr.
CB Carlos Beltran
CJ Chipper Jones
DE Darin Erstad
DJ Derek Jeter
FT Frank Thomas
GK Gabe Kapler
IR Ivan Rodriguez
JB Jeff Bagwell
JC Jose Canseco
JD J.D. Drew
JE Jim Edmonds
JG Juan Gonzalez
JR Ken Griffey, Jr.
LW Larry Walker
MP Mike Piazza
MR Manny Ramirez
MV Mo Vaughn
NG Nomar Garciaparra
RM Raul Mondesi
SR Scott Rolen
SS Sammy Sosa
TG Tony Gwynn
TG1 Troy Glaus
TH Todd Helton
TL Travis Lee
VG Vladimir Guerrero