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Description

After a three-year layoff, Upper Deck brought back Exquisite Baseball for 2010. Unlike the 2006 or 2007 set, 2010 Exquisite was not distributed as a stand-alone product. Rather, the set would be randomly inserted into packs of all 2010 Upper Deck Baseball products.

The first 100 cards of the base set were randomly inserted into packs of 2010 Upper Deck Series One as case hits. Each base card is serial-numbered to 75 copies.

On March 3, 2010, as part of a settlement with Major League Baseball Properties, Upper Deck agreed not to release any baseball card products already in the pipeline -- to include SPx, SP Authentic, First Edition, and Goudey. The first wave of Exquisite patch cards were to have been included in 2010 SPx, and the first autographs were to have been seeded into packs of 2010 SP Authentic. However, some Exquisite patch cards have been seen for sale on eBay.

It is unclear if any further Exquisite cards will be produced in 2010.

Distribution

2010 Upper Deck Series One: 1:720 packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Derek Jeter

3 Joba Chamberlain

4 Hideki Matsui

5 Alex Rodriguez

8 Daisuke Matsuzaka

10 Dustin Pedroia

12 Carl Crawford

13 David Price

14 Roy Halladay

18 Chipper Jones

20 Ryan Howard

23 Cole Hamels

27 Ryan Zimmerman

28 Gordon Beckham

34 Joe Mauer

35 Justin Morneau

38 Derek Lee

43 Yadier Molina

49 Felix Hernandez

53 Torii Hunter

63 Troy Tulowitzki

64 Justin Upton

65 Dan Haren

67 Kirk Gibson

68 Willie Randolph

71 Joe DiMaggio

72 Pete Rose

80 Bob Feller

82 Steve Carlton

88 Robin Yount

91 Tony Perez

96 Carlton Fisk

? Harold Baines

? Dave Concepcion

? Greg Maddux

? Jose Reyes

? Bo Jackson

? Rod Carew

? Ted Williams

? Chase Utley

? Johan Santana

? Ichiro

? Matt Holliday

? David Ortiz

? Alfonso Soriano

Autographs & Game Used

Diamond Club Autograph

This autographed Derek Jeter card was distributed exclusively to members of Upper Deck's Diamond Club at their January 2010 meeting. It is serial-numbered to 130 copes.

DC-DJ Derek Jeter

Patches

Each card is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

EP-CJ Chipper Jones

EP-TL Tim Lincecum

EP-ZG Zach Greinke

EP-?? Prince Fielder

EP-?? Albert Pujols

EP-?? Mariano Rivera

EP-?? Kirk Gibson

Combo Patches

Each card is serial-numbered to 35 copies.

ECP2 C. Billingsley/C. Kershaw

? J. Canseco/D. Eckersley

? R. Sandberg/R. Santo

Trio Patches

Each card is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

ETP3 C. Crawford/G. Sizemore/J. Hamilton

ETP7 P. Molitor/C. Cooper/R. Yount

ETP? N. Ryan/N. Ryan/N. Ryan

Quad Patches

Each card is serial-numbered to 15 copies.

? P. Molitor/C. Ripken/W. Boggs/R. Carew

? A. Pujols/R. Ludwick/C. Carpenter/Y. Molina

? A. Pujols/P. Fielder/K. Griffey, Jr./J. Hamilton