First baseball card set for 2010 contains unique variations of select base-set cards!
Carlsbad, CA (February 9, 2010) – With the release of its first baseball card set of the New Year, the Upper Deck Company is excited to announce a unique “variation card” promotion that should send collectors clamoring for both hobby and retail packs of 2010 Upper Deck Series One Baseball. A total of 25 of the 600-card first series set’s base-level cards have scarce variation cards featuring between two and four subtle tweaks to the image shown on the commonly seeded version of the card that collectors will need to keep an eye out for.
In a tribute to last year’s championship match-up, the first two cards batting leadoff for this promotion belong to Jorge Posada (#347) and Chase Utley (#376). See if you can find all three variations on Posada’s card and all four variations on Utley’s. Below is a listing of all the players who have variation cards in the set.
Card # |
Player Name |
Notes |
Scarcity |
42 |
Justin Upton |
4 changes made to variant card |
Common Variation |
267 |
Jered Weaver |
3 changes made to variant card |
Common Variation |
288 |
Clayton Kershaw |
2 changes made to variant card |
Common Variation |
291 |
Ryan Braun |
4 changes made to variant card |
Common Variation |
347 |
Jorge Posada |
3 changes made to variant card |
Common Variation |
376 |
Chase Utley |
4 changes made to variant card |
Common Variation |
129 |
Alexei Ramirez |
3 changes made to variant card |
Rare Variation |
180 |
Troy Tulowitzki |
3 changes made to variant card |
Rare Variation |
451 |
Ichiro |
3 changes made to variant card |
Rare Variation |
498 |
Elvis Andrus |
3 changes made to variant card |
Rare Variation |
104 |
Josh Beckett |
3 changes made to variant card |
Super Rare Variation |
146 |
Joey Votto |
2 changes made to variant card |
Super Rare Variation |
323 |
David Wright |
4 changes made to variant card |
Super Rare Variation |
350 |
Mariano Rivera |
3 changes made to variant card |
Super Rare Variation |
466 |
Yadier Molina |
3 changes made to variant card |
Super Rare Variation |
66 |
Yunel Escobar |
3 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
83 |
Koji Uehara |
3 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
109 |
Ryan Theriot |
3 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
110 |
Kosuke Fukudome |
3 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
165 |
Shin-Soo Choo |
4 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
198 |
Brandon Inge |
2 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
212 |
Chris Coghlan |
3 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
226 |
Michael Bourn |
3 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
408 |
Tony Gwynn Jr. |
3 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation |
418 |
Heath Bell |
2 changes made to variant card |
Ultra Rare Variation | Of note, one in every 96 hobby packs (and one in 960 retail packs) will contain a “Double Take” variation card. Furthermore, some Double Take variations are considerably scarcer – up to six times, in fact – than others. Thus, don’t be surprised to find some cards surface more quickly than others after the cards are announced.
“This should be a lot of fun for collectors as they seek out the variation cards,” said Gabriel Garcia, Upper Deck’s Baseball brand manager. “You really have to be looking closely at the cards to tell the differences sometimes, but it's a nice promotion to help make regular cards more interesting to collectors by creating these short printed variations."
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Terry Melia, Public Relations Mgr., Upper Deck
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