2008 FanFest
Description
2008 FanFest were two separate sets distributed at the 2008 All-Star Game FanFest in New York. One eight-card set was produced by Topps, and a twenty-card set was issued by Upper Deck. As with other FanFest sets, all cards were distributed via wrapper redemption programs.
Checklist
Topps
FanFest
Collectors who opened three packs of any 2008 Topps or Bowman baseball product at Topps' corporate booth would receive one card from this set.
- 1 Babe Ruth
- 2 Jackie Robinson
- 3 Alex Rodriguez
- 4 David Wright
- 5 Lou Gehrig
- 6 Joba Chamberlain
- 7 Mickey Mantle
- 8 Johan Santana
Promos
These four promo cards wre distributed at the FanFest event. The design is identical to that of the 2008 Topps set, but has the All-Star Game logo on the front. Each card is sequentially-numbered "X of 4" on the back.
- 1 Mickey Mantle
- 2 Joba Chamberlain
- 3 Alex Rodriguez
- 4 Chien-Ming Wang
Yankee Stadium Patches
Collectors who purchased the special All-Star Game edition of the 2008 Topps factory set from Topps at FanFest would receive a five-card pack of Yankees Legends (see our 2008 Topps article) and one of four Yankee Stadium Patches. Each Patch (which was a manufactured patch) is serial-numbered to 375 copies.
- Babe Ruth
- Lou Gehrig
- Mickey Mantle
- Thurman Munson
Shea Stadium Patches
Collectors who purchased the special New York Mets edition of the 2008 Topps factory set from Topps at FanFest would receive a five-card pack of Mets cards (see our 2008 Topps article) and one of four Shea Stadium Patches. Each Patch (which was a manufactured patch) is serial-numbered to 375 copies.
- David Wright
- Jose Reyes
- Johan Santana
- Tom Seaver
Upper Deck
- FF-1 Joe DiMaggio
- FF-2 Derek Jeter
- FF-3 Robinson Cano
- FF-4 Mike Mussina
- FF-5 Alex Rodriguez
- FF-6 Phil Hughes
- FF-7 Mariano Rivera
- FF-8 Joba Chamberlain
- FF-9 Jorge Posada
- FF-10 Jason Giambi
- FF-11 Johnny Damon
- FF-12 Ian Kennedy
- FF-13 Andy Pettitte
- FF-14 Chien-Ming Wang
- FF-15 Roger Maris
- FF-16 Whitey Ford
- FF-17 Don Mattingly
- FF-18 Yogi Berra
- FF-19 Bobby Abreu
- FF-20 Hideki Matsui