Description

2006 Sweet Spot Update is a 182-card set released by Upper Deck December 29th, 2006. This was the first, and only, Sweet Spot Update set and was issued due to the poor performance of [[2006 Sweet Spot|that year's Sweet Spot set.] Each 12-pack Hobby box will contain two Sweet Spot Signatures (one of which is a rookie) and one Sweet Beginnings Swatches jersey. Every third box will yield either a Sweet Spot Signatures Glove Leather or Bat Barrel card, or a Dual Signature.

Distribution

12 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $9.99) 16 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	182	-	?
short set	100	-	4:1
Rookie Signatures Red Stitch Black Ink	84	varies	AU
Sweet Beginnings Swatches	95	-	GU
Sweet Beginnings Patches	87	-	GU
Rookie Signatures Red & Blue Stitch Black Ink	68	varies	AU
Rookie Signatures Black Stitch Black Ink	71	one-of-one	AU
Rookie Signatures Glove Leather Black Ink	71	varies	AU
Rookie Signatures Glove Leather Blue Ink	71	varies	AU
Rookie Signatures Glove Leather Silver Ink	74	one-of-one	AU
Rookie Signatures Bat Barrel Black Ink	70	varies	AU
Rookie Signatures Bat Barrel Blue Ink	70	varies	AU
Rookie Signatures Bat Barrel Silver Ink	70	one-of-one	AU
Veteran Signatures Red Stitch Blue Ink	32	varies	AU
Veteran Signatures Red & Blue Stitch Red Ink	30	varies	AU
Veteran Signatures Black Stitch Black Ink	30	one-of-one	AU
Veteran Signatures Black & White	20	-	AU 1:192
Veteran Signatures Glove Leather Black Ink	29	varies	AU
Veteran Signatures Glove Leather Blue Ink	31	varies	AU
Veteran Signatures Glove Leather Silver Ink	31	one-of-one	AU
Veteran Signatures Bat Barrel Black Ink	31	varies	AU
Veteran Signatures Bat Barrel Blue Ink	31	varies	AU
Veteran Signatures Bat Barrel Silver Ink	31	one-of-one	AU
Dual Signatures	53	varies	AU
Spokesman Signatures	16	varies	AU
Announcer Signatures	5	varies	AU

GU: Odds of finding a Sweet Beginnings game-used card: 1:12/packs.
AU: Odds of finding an autograph: 1:6/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Luis Gonzalez
2 Chad Tracy
3 Brandon Webb
4 Andruw Jones
5 Chipper Jones
6 John Smoltz
7 Tim Hudson
8 Miguel Tejada
9 Brian Roberts
10 Ramon Hernandez
11 Curt Schilling
12 David Ortiz
13 Manny Ramirez
14 Jason Varitek
15 Josh Beckett
16 Greg Maddux
17 Derrek Lee
18 Mark Prior
19 Aramis Ramirez
20 Jim Thome
21 Paul Konerko
22 Scott Podsednik
23 Jose Contreras
24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
25 Adam Dunn
26 Felipe Lopez
27 Travis Hafner
28 Victor Martinez
29 Grady Sizemore
30 Jhonny Peralta
31 Todd Helton
32 Garrett Atkins
33 Clint Barmes
34 Ivan Rodriguez
35 Chris Shelton
36 Jeremy Bonderman
37 Miguel Cabrera
38 Dontrelle Willis
39 Lance Berkman
40 Morgan Ensberg
41 Roy Oswalt
42 Reggie Sanders
43 Mike Sweeney
44 Vladimir Guerrero
45 Bartolo Colon
46 Chone Figgins
47 Nomar Garciaparra
48 Jeff Kent
49 J.D. Drew
50 Carlos Lee
51 Ben Sheets
52 Rickie Weeks
53 Johan Santana
54 Torii Hunter
55 Joe Mauer
56 Pedro Martinez
57 David Wright
58 Carlos Beltran
59 Carlos Delgado
60 Jose Reyes
61 Derek Jeter
62 Alex Rodriguez
63 Randy Johnson
64 Hideki Matsui
65 Gary Sheffield
66 Rich Harden
67 Eric Chavez
68 Huston Street
69 Bobby Crosby
70 Bobby Abreu
71 Ryan Howard
72 Chase Utley
73 Pat Burrell
74 Jason Bay
75 Sean Casey
76 Mike Piazza
77 Jake Peavy
78 Brian Giles
79 Milton Bradley
80 Omar Vizquel
81 Jason Schmidt
82 Ichiro
83 Felix Hernandez
84 Kenji Johjima RC
85 Albert Pujols
86 Chris Carpenter
87 Scott Rolen
88 Jim Edmonds
89 Carl Crawford
90 Jonny Gomes
91 Scott Kazmir
92 Mark Teixeira
93 Michael Young
94 Phil Nevin
95 Vernon Wells
96 Roy Halladay
97 Troy Glaus
98 Alfonso Soriano
99 Nick Johnson
100 Jose Vidro

Sweet Spot Rookie Signatures Red Stitch Black Ink

101 Adam Wainwright (RC) 100
102 Anderson Hernandez (RC) EXCH 100
103 Andre Ethier (RC) 150
104 Jason Botts (RC) EXCH 100
105 Ben Johnson (RC) 400
106 Boof Bonser (RC) 100
107 Boone Logan RC 200
108 Brian Anderson (RC) 200
109 Brian Bannister (RC) 100
110 Chris Denorfia (RC) 100
111 Agustin Montero (RC) 100
112 Cody Ross (RC) 100
113 Cole Hamels (RC) 399
114 Conor Jackson (RC) 400
115 Dan Uggla (RC) 125
116 Dave Gassner (RC) 100
117 C.J. Wilson (RC) 150
118 Eric Reed (RC) 150
119 Fausto Carmona (RC) 99
120 Fernando Nieve (RC) 100
121 Francisco Liriano (RC) 499
122 Freddie Bynum (RC) 100
123 Hanley Ramirez (RC) 100
124 Hong-Chih Kuo (RC) 100
125 Ian Kinsler (RC) 100
126 Carlos Marmol RC 100
127 Bob Keppel (RC) 200
128 Jason Kubel (RC) 100
129 Jeff Harris RC 100
130 Alay Soler RC 100
131 Jered Weaver (RC) EXCH 100
132 Carlos Quentin (RC) 100
133 Jeremy Hermida (RC) 100
134 Joel Zumaya (RC) 100
135 Joey Devine RC 100
136 John Koronka (RC) 98
137 Jonathan Papelbon (RC) 399
138 Jose Capellan (RC) 240
139 Josh Johnson (RC) 100
140 Josh Rupe (RC) EXCH 100
141 Josh Willingham (RC) 100
143 Justin Verlander (RC) 100
144 Kelly Shoppach (RC) 100
145 Kendrys Morales (RC) EXCH 100
146 Kevin Thompson (RC) 100
147 Macay McBride (RC) 100
148 Martin Prado (RC) EXCH 100
149 Matt Cain (RC) EXCH 150
150 Clay Hensley (RC) 100
151 Ty Taubenheim RC 100
152 Mike Jacobs (RC) 200
153 Saul Rivera (RC) 100
154 Mike Thompson RC 100
155 Nate McLouth (RC) 100
156 Mike Vento (RC) 100
157 Paul Maholm (RC) 200
159 Reggie Abercrombie (RC) 100
160 Mike Rouse (RC) 100
161 Ken Ray (RC) 100
162 Ron Flores RC 100
163 Ryan Zimmerman (RC) 100
164 Erick Aybar (RC) 100
165 Sean Marshall (RC) 150
166 Takashi Saito RC EXCH 100
167 Taylor Buchholz (RC) 100
168 Matt Murton (RC) 100
169 Luis Figueroa RC EXCH 100
170 Wil Nieves (RC) 100
171 James Shields RC 100
172 Jon Lester RC 399
173 Craig Hansen RC EXCH 100
174 Aaron Rakers (RC) 100
175 Bobby Livingston (RC) 100
176 Brendan Harris (RC) 100
177 Zach Jackson (RC) 100
178 Chris Britton RC 100
179 Howie Kendrick (RC) 399
180 Zach Miner (RC) 100
181 Kevin Frandsen (RC) 100
182 Matt Capps (RC) 100
183 Peter Moylan RC 100
184 Melky Cabrera (RC) EXCH 100

Parallels

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used