SCF Official Review: 2011 Panini Playoff Contenders Baseball

[Enigma]

First and foremost, I'd like to thank our sponsors at Panini for providing us with this box.



24 packs per box
5 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): $124.99 - $139.99

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS
- Find an average of 6 autographs per box including 2 on-card autographs
- The first autographs of MLBPA stars including 2010 most valuable player Josh Hamilton and 2011 CY Young winner Clayton Kershaw
- Some 150 prospects signing. Including 50 players signing on-card!


CASE BREAK
Each 12-box case yields an average of 72 autographs including 24 on-card signatures


LOOK FOR
- 1/1 Championship Tickets
- 1/1 Press plate for every base and prospect card in the set.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

SWEET SIGNS
Feature autographed sweet spot baseball leather signed by a mixture of the old and new. Among the all-time greats who have signed: Stan Musial. Whitey Ford. Cal Ripken Jr. Bob Feller. Lou Brock, Johnny Bench, Andre Dawson. Will Clark and Craig Biggio. Top prospects who have signed the baseball pieces include Gerrit Cole. Dylan Bundy. Anthony Rendon, Josh Bell, Matt Purke. Nicky Delmonico and Bubba Starling among others.


FUTURE STARS SIGNATURES
Features autographs from a group of top players looking to make their mark in the professional ranks.


Some 150 prospects signing. Including 50 players signing on-card!
Among the 50 Players Signing On-Card Autographs:
- Anthony Rendon
- Danny Hultzen
- Bubba Starling
- Matt Barnes
- Gerrit Cole
- Josh Bell
- Trevor Bauer
- Joe Panik
- Brandon Nimmo
- Dylan Bundy
- Archie Bradley
- Levi Michael
- Jason Esposito
- Matt Purb
- Alex Meyer
- Michael Fulmer
- Taylor Guerrieri
- George Springer
- Michael Kelly
- Henry Owens
- Blake Swihart
- Sean Gilmartin
- Jace Peterson
- Jake Hager
- Zach Cone
- Larry Greene
- and several others!


WHAT WE PULLED



Base - 24/50 (48%)
Draft Ticket - 39/100 (39%)
Dupes - 2
Prospect Ticket - 24/50 (48%)



Crystal Collection Season Ticket /299 (2) - Johnny Damon, Gordon Beckham
Crystal Collection Draft Ticket /299 (3) - Lenny Linsky, Abel Baker, Roman Quinn
Playoff Draft Ticket /99 (1) - Taylor Featherstone
Crystal Collection Prospect Tickets /299 (1) - Tyler Goeddel



Award Winners (6)
First Overall (2)
Future Stars (3)
Legendary Debuts (1)
Winning Combos (6)



Ronald Guzman Autograph



Kendrick Perkins Autograph



Heath Hembree Autograph



Rookie Ticket Henry Owens Autograph (on card)



Rookie Ticket Granden Goetzman Autograph (on card)



Award Winners Brad Miller Autograph /141



FINAL RATINGS

Base - 3/5
Design - 3.5/5
Fun - 3/5
Value - 3.5/5
Rebuy - 3.5/5

Overall - 16.5/25 (66%)

Pros:
On-card Prospects Autographs

Cons:
Three different base sets in one
Same design for two of the three base sets (either do each different or all the same)
Seeing players without the full MLB uniforms will never be satisfying
Way too many unnumbered Autographs (won't carry the same value as football)

Once again, I'd like to thank our wonderful sponsors at Panini for giving us the opportunity to open and review this release. For more information on all their products, you can visit them today at www.paniniamerica.net.

[spuds1961]

Spot on review Tony,I just wasn't feeling that product.