This article is about a set that is scheduled to be released in the near-future.
Some information may change as more facts become known.

Description

2006 Sweet Spot is a 183-card set released in June, 2006. The final 83 cards in the set make up a Sweet Spot Signatures Red Stitch Black Ink subset, featuring autographs signed on a piece of leather made to resemble a baseball.

Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield one Sweet Spot Signatures card.

Distribution

12 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $10). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	184	-	?
short set	100	-	4:1
Signatures Red Stitch Black Ink	84	varies	AU
Super Sweet Swatch	100	varies	SSS
Super Sweet Swatch Gold	100	75	SSS
Super Sweet Swatch Platinum	100	45	SSS
Signatures Red Stitch Blue Ink	82	varies	AU
Signatures Red & Blue Stitch Black Ink	83	varies	AU
Signatures Red & Blue Stitch Black Ink	78	varies	AU
Signatures Black Stitch Black Ink	84	one-of-one	AU
Signatures Black Stitch Blue Ink	84	one-of-one	AU
Bat Barrel Black Ink	81	varies	AU
Bat Barrel Blue Ink	81	5	AU
Glove Leather Black Ink	80	varies	AU
Glove Leather Blue Ink	79	5	AU

SSS: Odds of finding a Super Sweet Swatch game-used card: 1:12/packs.
AU: Odds of finding a Sweet Spot Signature autograph: 1:12/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Bartolo Colon
2 Garret Anderson
3 Francisco Rodriguez
4 Dallas McPherson
5 Andy Pettitte
6 Lance Berkman
7 Willy Taveras
8 Bobby Crosby
9 Dan Haren
10 Nick Swisher
11 Vernon Wells
12 Orlando Hudson
13 Roy Halladay
14 Andruw Jones
15 Chipper Jones
16 Jeff Francoeur
17 John Smoltz
18 Carlos Lee
19 Rickie Weeks
20 Bill Hall
21 Jim Edmonds
22 David Eckstein
23 Mark Mulder
24 Aramis Ramirez
25 Greg Maddux
26 Nomar Garciaparra
27 Carlos Zambrano
28 Scott Kazmir
29 Jorge Cantu
30 Carl Crawford
31 Luis Gonzalez
32 Troy Glaus
33 Shawn Green
34 Jeff Kent
35 Milton Bradley
36 Cesar Izturis
37 Omar Vizquel
38 Moises Alou
39 Randy Winn
40 Jason Schmidt
41 Coco Crisp
42 CC Sabathia
43 Cliff Lee
44 Ichiro Suzuki
45 Richie Sexson
46 Jeremy Reed
47 Carlos Delgado
48 Miguel Cabrera
49 Luis Castillo
50 Carlos Beltran
51 Tom Glavine
52 David Wright
53 Cliff Floyd
54 Chad Cordero
55 Jose Vidro
56 Jose Guillen
57 Nick Johnson
58 Miguel Tejada
59 Melvin Mora
60 Javy Lopez
61 Khalil Greene
62 Brian Giles
63 Trevor Hoffman
64 Bobby Abreu
65 Jimmy Rollins
66 Pat Burrell
67 Billy Wagner
68 Jack Wilson
69 Zach Duke
70 Craig Wilson
71 Mark Teixeira
72 Hank Blalock
73 David Dellucci
74 Manny Ramirez
75 Johnny Damon
76 Jason Varitek
77 Trot Nixon
78 Adam Dunn
79 Felipe Lopez
80 Brandon Claussen
81 Sean Casey
82 Todd Helton
83 Clint Barmes
84 Matt Holliday
85 Mike Sweeney
86 Zack Greinke
87 David DeJesus
88 Ivan Rodriguez
89 Jeremy Bonderman
90 Magglio Ordonez
91 Torii Hunter
92 Joe Nathan
93 Michael Cuddyer
94 Paul Konerko
95 Jermaine Dye
96 Jon Garland
97 Alex Rodriguez
98 Hideki Matsui
99 Jason Giambi
100 Mariano Rivera

Signatures Red Stitch Black Ink

NOTES

The Sweet Spot Signatures are all sequentially-numbered as an extension of the base set. The Ball Red Stitch Black Ink cards are the most common, and are considered the "base set."
Card #144 (Mike Piazza) does not exist in the base set; however, he does exist in the two one-of-one Black Stitch parallels (see below).
Two different Ken Griffey, Jr. Red Stitch Black Ink (both sequentially-numbered #138) are known to exist: one serial-numbered to 275 the other to 37.

101 Adrian Beltre 99
102 Matt Cain (RC) 275
103 Craig Biggio 99
104 Eric Chavez 99
105 J.D. Drew 99
106 Eric Gagne 99
107 Tim Hudson 99
108 Tom Glavine 275
109 David Ortiz 99
110 Scott Rolen 275
111 Johan Santana 99
112 Curt Schilling 96
113 John Smoltz 99
114 Alfonso Soriano 99
115 Kerry Wood 99
116 Edwin Jackson 99
117 Felix Hernandez 125
118 Prince Fielder (RC) 99
119 Vladimir Guerrero 86
120 Roger Clemens 99
121 Albert Pujols 45
122 Chris Carpenter 99
123 Derrek Lee 99
124 Dontrelle Willis 99
125 Roy Oswalt 99
126 Ryan Garko (RC) 275
127 Tadahito Iguchi 275
128 Mark Loretta 275
129 Joe Mauer 275
130 Victor Martinez 275
131 Wily Mo Pena 275
132 Oliver Perez 274
133 Corey Patterson EXCH 275
134 Ben Sheets 275
135 Michael Young 275
136 Jonny Gomes 275
137 Derek Jeter 99
138 Ken Griffey Jr. EXCH 275
139 Ryan Zimmerman (RC) 275
140 Scott Baker (RC) 275
141 Huston Street 275
142 Jason Bay EXCH 275
143 Ryan Howard 275
145 Travis Hafner 275
146 Brian Myrow RC 275
147 Scott Podsednik 275
148 Brian Roberts 275
149 Grady Sizemore 135
150 Chris Demaria RC 275
151 Jonah Bayliss RC 275
152 Geovany Soto (RC) 275
153 Lyle Overbay 275
154 Joey Devine RC 275
155 Alejandro Freire RC 275
156 Conor Jackson (RC) 275
157 Danny Sandoval RC 275
158 Chase Utley 275
159 Jeff Harris RC 275
160 Ron Flores RC 275
161 Scott Feldman RC 275
162 Yadier Molina 275
163 Tim Corcoran RC 275
164 Craig Hansen RC 275
165 Jason Bergmann RC 275
166 Craig Breslow RC 275
167 Jhonny Peralta 275
168 Jeremy Hermida (RC) 275
169 Scott Kazmir 275
170 Bobby Crosby 99
171 Rich Harden 275
172 Casey Kotchman 275
173 Tim Hamulack (RC) 275
174 Justin Morneau 275
175 Jake Peavy 275
176 Yuniesky Betancourt 275
177 Jeremy Accardo RC 275
178 Jorge Cantu 200
179 Marlon Byrd 275
180 Ryan Jorgensen RC 275
181 Chris Denorfia (RC) 275
182 Steve Stemle RC 275
183 Robert Andino RC 275
184 Chris Heintz RC 275

Game-Used

Super Sweet Swatch

Each Super Sweet Swatch is also available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
Platinum (serial-numbered to 45 copies)

Inserts

Autographs

Sweet Spot Signatures

Sweet Spot Signatures are a de facto parallel of the last 83 cards in the base set -- which are done in the style of a Sweet Spot Signature.

Ball

Each Sweet Spot Signature Ball is also available in the following parallels.

Red Stitch Blue Ink (see below)
Red & Blue Stitch Black Ink (see below)
Red & Blue Stitch Blue Ink (see below)
Black Stitch Black Ink (one-of-one)
Black Stitch Black Ink (one-of-one)

Red Stitch Blue Ink

101 Adrian Beltre 25
102 Matt Cain 150
103 Craig Biggio 25
104 Eric Chavez 25
105 J.D. Drew 25
106 Eric Gagne 25
107 Tim Hudson 25
109 David Ortiz 25
110 Scott Rolen EXCH 150
111 Johan Santana 25
112 Curt Schilling 25
113 John Smoltz 25
114 Alfonso Soriano 25
115 Kerry Wood 23
116 Edwin Jackson 150
117 Felix Hernandez 125
118 Prince Fielder 25
119 Vladimir Guerrero 25
120 Roger Clemens 25
121 Albert Pujols 15
122 Chris Carpenter 25
123 Derrek Lee 25
124 Dontrelle Willis 25
125 Roy Oswalt 25
126 Ryan Garko 150
127 Tadahito Iguchi 150
128 Mark Loretta 114
129 Joe Mauer EXCH 150
130 Victor Martinez EXCH 150
131 Wily Mo Pena EXCH 150
132 Oliver Perez 135
133 Corey Patterson 150
134 Ben Sheets 150
135 Michael Young EXCH 150
136 Jonny Gomes 150
137 Derek Jeter 25
138 Ken Griffey Jr. 150
139 Ryan Zimmerman 150
140 Scott Baker 150
141 Huston Street 150
142 Jason Bay 150
143 Ryan Howard 150
144 Mike Piazza 100
145 Travis Hafner EXCH 150
146 Brian Myrow 150
147 Scott Podsednik 150
148 Brian Roberts 150
149 Grady Sizemore 75
150 Chris Demaria 150
151 Jonah Bayliss 150
152 Geovany Soto 150
153 Lyle Overbay 150
154 Joey Devine 150
155 Alejandro Freire 150
156 Conor Jackson 150
157 Danny Sandoval 150
158 Chase Utley 150
159 Jeff Harris 150
160 Ron Flores 150
161 Scott Feldman 150
162 Yadier Molina 135
163 Tim Corcoran 150
164 Craig Hansen 150
165 Jason Bergmann 150
166 Craig Breslow 150
167 Jhonny Peralta 120
168 Jeremy Hermida 150
169 Scott Kazmir 150
170 Bobby Crosby 25
171 Rich Harden 150
172 Casey Kotchman 150
173 Tim Hamulack 150
174 Justin Morneau 150
175 Jake Peavy 150
176 Yuniesky Betancourt 150
177 Jeremy Accardo 150
178 Jorge Cantu 25
179 Marlon Byrd EXCH 40
180 Ryan Jorgensen 150
181 Chris Denorfia 150
182 Steve Stemle 150
183 Robert Andino 150
184 Chris Heintz 150

Red & Blue Stitch Black Ink

101 Adrian Beltre 50
102 Matt Cain 99
103 Craig Biggio 50
104 Eric Chavez EXCH 50
105 J.D. Drew 50
106 Eric Gagne 50
107 Tim Hudson 50
108 Tom Glavine 99
109 David Ortiz 50
110 Scott Rolen 99
111 Johan Santana 50
112 Curt Schilling 45
113 John Smoltz 50
114 Alfonso Soriano 50
115 Kerry Wood 49
116 Edwin Jackson 50
117 Felix Hernandez 60
118 Prince Fielder 50
119 Vladimir Guerrero 50
120 Roger Clemens 50
121 Albert Pujols 25
122 Chris Carpenter 50
123 Derrek Lee 50
124 Dontrelle Willis 50
125 Roy Oswalt 50
126 Ryan Garko 99
127 Tadahito Iguchi 99
128 Mark Loretta 99
129 Joe Mauer 99
130 Victor Martinez 99
131 Wily Mo Pena 99
132 Oliver Perez 99
133 Corey Patterson EXCH 99
134 Ben Sheets 99
135 Michael Young 99
136 Jonny Gomes 99
137 Derek Jeter 50
138 Ken Griffey Jr. EXCH 99
139 Ryan Zimmerman 99
140 Scott Baker 99
141 Huston Street 99
142 Jason Bay 99
143 Ryan Howard 99
145 Travis Hafner 99
146 Brian Myrow 99
147 Scott Podsednik 99
148 Brian Roberts 99
149 Grady Sizemore 50
150 Chris Demaria 99
151 Jonah Bayliss 99
152 Geovany Soto 99
153 Lyle Overbay 99
154 Joey Devine 99
155 Alejandro Freire 99
156 Conor Jackson 99
157 Danny Sandoval 99
158 Chase Utley EXCH 99
159 Jeff Harris 99
160 Ron Flores 99
161 Scott Feldman 99
162 Yadier Molina 99
163 Tim Corcoran 99
164 Craig Hansen 99
165 Jason Bergmann 99
166 Craig Breslow 99
167 Jhonny Peralta 90
168 Jeremy Hermida 99
169 Scott Kazmir 99
170 Bobby Crosby 50
171 Rich Harden 99
172 Casey Kotchman 99
173 Tim Hamulack 99
174 Justin Morneau 99
175 Jake Peavy 99
176 Yuniesky Betancourt 99
177 Jeremy Accardo 99
178 Jorge Cantu 50
179 Marlon Byrd 99
180 Ryan Jorgensen 99
181 Chris Denorfia 99
182 Steve Stemle 99
183 Robert Andino 91
184 Chris Heintz 99

Red & Blue Stitch Blue Ink

101 Adrian Beltre 10
102 Matt Cain 40
103 Craig Biggio 10
104 Eric Chavez EXCH 10
105 J.D. Drew 10
106 Eric Gagne 10
107 Tim Hudson 10
109 David Ortiz 10
110 Scott Rolen EXCH 50
111 Johan Santana 10
112 Curt Schilling 10
113 John Smoltz 10
114 Alfonso Soriano 10
115 Kerry Wood 10
116 Edwin Jackson 50
118 Prince Fielder 10
119 Vladimir Guerrero 10
120 Roger Clemens 10
121 Albert Pujols 5
122 Chris Carpenter 10
123 Derrek Lee 10
124 Dontrelle Willis 10
125 Roy Oswalt 10
127 Tadahito Iguchi 50
128 Mark Loretta 50
129 Joe Mauer EXCH 50
130 Victor Martinez EXCH 50
131 Wily Mo Pena EXCH 50
132 Oliver Perez 30
133 Corey Patterson 50
134 Ben Sheets 50
135 Michael Young EXCH 50
136 Jonny Gomes 50
137 Derek Jeter 10
138 Ken Griffey Jr. 50
139 Ryan Zimmerman 50
140 Scott Baker 50
141 Huston Street 50
142 Jason Bay 50
143 Ryan Howard 50
144 Mike Piazza 50
145 Travis Hafner 50
146 Brian Myrow 50
147 Scott Podsednik 50
148 Brian Roberts 50
149 Grady Sizemore 25
150 Chris Demaria 50
151 Jonah Bayliss 50
152 Geovany Soto 50
153 Lyle Overbay 50
154 Joey Devine 50
155 Alejandro Freire 50
156 Conor Jackson 50
157 Danny Sandoval 50
158 Chase Utley 50
159 Jeff Harris 50
160 Ron Flores 50
161 Scott Feldman 50
162 Yadier Molina 30
163 Tim Corcoran 50
164 Craig Hansen 50
165 Jason Bergmann 50
166 Craig Breslow 50
167 Jhonny Peralta 50
168 Jeremy Hermida 50
170 Bobby Crosby 50
171 Rich Harden 50
172 Casey Kotchman 50
173 Tim Hamulack 50
174 Justin Morneau 50
175 Jake Peavy 49
177 Jeremy Accardo 50
178 Jorge Cantu 10
180 Ryan Jorgensen 50
181 Chris Denorfia 50
182 Steve Stemle 50
183 Robert Andino 50
184 Chris Heintz 50

Bat Barrel

Black Ink

Each Bat Barrel is also available in a Blue Ink parallel which is serial-numbered to five.

101 Adrian Beltre 15
102 Matt Cain 25
103 Craig Biggio 15
104 Eric Chavez 15
105 J.D. Drew 15
106 Eric Gagne EXCH 15
107 Tim Hudson 15
108 Tom Glavine 13
109 David Ortiz 15
110 Scott Rolen 25
111 Johan Santana 15
112 Curt Schilling 15
113 John Smoltz 15
114 Alfonso Soriano 15
115 Kerry Wood 25
116 Edwin Jackson 15
117 Felix Hernandez 25
118 Prince Fielder 15
119 Vladimir Guerrero 25
120 Roger Clemens 15
121 Albert Pujols 15
122 Chris Carpenter 15
123 Derrek Lee 15
124 Dontrelle Willis 15
125 Roy Oswalt 15
126 Ryan Garko 25
127 Tadahito Iguchi 25
128 Mark Loretta 25
129 Joe Mauer 25
130 Victor Martinez 25
131 Wily Mo Pena 25
132 Oliver Perez 25
133 Corey Patterson 15
134 Ben Sheets 25
135 Michael Young 24
136 Jonny Gomes 25
137 Derek Jeter 15
138 Ken Griffey Jr. 15
139 Ryan Zimmerman 25
140 Scott Baker 25
141 Huston Street 25
142 Jason Bay 25
143 Ryan Howard 25
144 Mike Piazza 25
146 Brian Myrow 25
148 Brian Roberts 25
149 Grady Sizemore 25
150 Chris DeMaria 25
151 Jonah Bayliss 25
152 Geovany Soto 25
153 Lyle Overbay 25
154 Joey Devine 25
155 Alejandro Freire 24
156 Conor Jackson 14
157 Danny Sandoval 25
158 Chase Utley 25
159 Jeff Harris 25
160 Ron Flores 25
161 Scott Feldman 25
162 Yadier Molina 25
163 Tim Corcoran 25
164 Craig Hansen 25
165 Jason Bergmann 25
166 Craig Breslow 25
167 Jhonny Peralta 25
168 Jeremy Hermida 25
169 Scott Kazmir 15
170 Bobby Crosby 15
171 Rich Harden 25
172 Casey Kotchman 15
174 Justin Morneau 25
175 Jake Peavy 25
176 Yuniesky Betancourt 25
177 Jeremy Accardo EXCH 25
178 Jorge Cantu 15
179 Marlon Byrd 25
180 Ryan Jorgensen 25
181 Chris Denorfia 25
182 Steve Stemle 25
183 Robert Andino 24
184 Chris Heintz 15

Glove Leather

Black Ink

Each Sweet Spot Signatures Glove Leather Black Ink is also available in a Blue Ink parallel which is serial-numbered to five.

101 Adrian Beltre 5
102 Matt Cain 15
103 Craig Biggio 5
104 Eric Chavez 5
105 J.D. Drew 5
106 Eric Gagne 5
107 Tim Hudson 5
108 Tom Glavine 5
109 David Ortiz 5
110 Scott Rolen 15
111 Johan Santana 5
113 John Smoltz 5
114 Alfonso Soriano 5
115 Kerry Wood 5
116 Edwin Jackson 5
117 Felix Hernandez 5
118 Prince Fielder 5
119 Vladimir Guerrero 5
120 Roger Clemens 5
121 Albert Pujols 5
122 Chris Carpenter 5
123 Derrek Lee 5
124 Dontrelle Willis 5
125 Roy Oswalt 5
126 Ryan Garko 15
127 Tadahito Iguchi 15
128 Mark Loretta 15
129 Joe Mauer 15
130 Victor Martinez 15
131 Wily Mo Pena 15
132 Oliver Perez 15
133 Corey Patterson EXCH 15
134 Ben Sheets 15
135 Michael Young 15
136 Jonny Gomes 15
137 Derek Jeter 5
138 Ken Griffey Jr. 15
139 Ryan Zimmerman 15
140 Scott Baker EXCH 15
141 Huston Street 15
142 Jason Bay 15
143 Ryan Howard 15
145 Travis Hafner 15
146 Brian Myrow 15
147 Scott Podsednik 15
148 Brian Roberts 15
149 Grady Sizemore 5
150 Chris Demaria 15
151 Jonah Bayliss 15
152 Geovany Soto 15
153 Lyle Overbay 15
154 Joey Devine 15
155 Alejandro Freire 15
156 Conor Jackson 15
157 Danny Sandoval 15
158 Chase Utley EXCH 15
159 Jeff Harris 15
160 Ron Flores 15
161 Scott Feldman 15
163 Tim Corcoran 15
164 Craig Hansen 15
165 Jason Bergmann 15
166 Craig Breslow 15
167 Jhonny Peralta 15
168 Jeremy Hermida 15
169 Scott Kazmir 15
170 Bobby Crosby 5
171 Rich Harden 15
172 Casey Kotchman 15
173 Tim Hamulack 15
174 Justin Morneau 15
175 Jake Peavy 14
176 Yuniesky Betancourt 15
177 Jeremy Accardo 15
178 Jorge Cantu 5
180 Ryan Jorgensen 15
181 Chris Denorfia 15
182 Steve Stemle 15
183 Robert Andino 15
184 Chris Heintz 15

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