The most interesting card in the blaster box was this.
This is a Goodwin Champions Preview card. I don't see this on Upper Deck's calendar of upcoming releases (which only goes to June 3 anyway). Albert looks like he has joined the cast of the TV show Lost in this picture. After a little digging I found the 1888 Goodwin Champions set. It was introduced as a competitor to Allen & Ginter. There is a short article on the cards on Wikipedia. I got this image from Wikipedia.
There were 8 cards featuring baseball players in the 50-card set. The set is also mentioned in my 1989 book Great Book of Baseball Cards. I checked, nobody is selling any of these currently on eBay. My 1989 book says these are in plentiful supply but too expensive.On the blaster box it said "ONE JERSEY CARD inside!" I took this as a promise, no mention of "on average". This is want I got.
Hopefully this guy will be a big star one day.
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