Description

2008 Topps Moments & Milestones is a 189-card set, released exclusively to Hobby outlets, in February 29th, 2008. The set consists of 144 veteran and retired players and 45 cards of 15 different rookies.

The set follows the same "mirrored" structure of the previous year's product. Each of the 144 veterans has multiple variations based on the player's statistical accomplishments. For example, Alex Rodriguez's card #1 has 518 different variations, one for each home run he had hit coming into the 2008 season. Like a mirror, each of the 518 cards is identical to each other, with the exception of a large numeral on the front side of the card. Each individual card is serial-numbered to 150 copies, but when all the different variations of each card are factored in, the production runs are much higher -- there are a total of 77,700 copies of the aforementioned card #1.

The final 45 cards make up a rookie subset. 15 selected 2008 rookies appear on three different cards, each serial-numbered to 150 copies. Unlike the veterans, the three cards of each player are sequentially-numbered separately (i.e. Jay Bruce's three cards are sequentially-numbered #145, #146, and #147 in the set) and there is only one version of each card.

Including all base set variations, a "Master Set" consists of 12,569 cards. However, a set is considered complete with only one variation of each card.

Each 18-pack box should yield two autographs, and each six-card pack contains a serial-numbered parallel.

Thankfully, this was the second and final year for this product.

Distribution

18 packs per box, six cards per pack. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	189*	150	5:1
Black	189*	25	1:2
Blue	189*	10	1:4
Red	189*	one-of-one	1:32
Printing Plates	189	four-for-each	?
Rookie Autographs	20	-	1:11#
Rookie Autographs Black	20	25	BLK-AU
Rookie Autographs Blue	20	10	BLU-AU
Rookie Autographs Red	20	one-of-one	RED-AU
Rookie Autographs Printing Plates	20	four-for-each	PLATE-AU
Milestone Autographs	34	-	#
Milestone Autographs Black	34	25	BLK-AU
Milestone Autographs Blue	34	10	BLU-AU
Milestone Autographs Red	34	one-of-one	RED-AU
Milestone Autographs Printing Plates	34	four-for-each	PLATE-AU
Alex Rodriguez 500 HR Wall Relic	1	-	1:109
Alex Rodriguez 500 HR Wall Relic Black	1	99	1:4125
Alex Rodriguez 500 HR Wall Relic Blue	1	25	1:19,000
Alex Rodriguez 500 HR Wall Relic Red	1	one-of-one	1:316,440

* Including all variations, the complete number of unique base cards is 12,569.
# Stated odds of finding an autograph (of any variety): 1:9 packs.
BLK-AU: Odds of finding a Black Autograph: 1:332/packs.
BLU-AU: Odds of finding a Blue Autograph: 1:763/packs.
RED-AU: Odds of finding a Red Autograph: 1:7740/packs.
PLATE-AU: Odds of finding an Autographed Printing Plate: 1:1832/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Alex Rodriguez 518 HR
2 Alex Rodriguez 54
3 Frank Thomas 513 HR
4 Mickey Mantle 18
5 Mickey Mantle 30
6 Mickey Mantle 89
7 Mickey Mantle 20
8 Greg Maddux 347
9 Troy Tulowitzki 99
10 Hunter Pence 147
11 Hunter Pence 17
12 Albert Pujols 129
13 Albert Pujols 195
14 Albert Pujols 41
15 Albert Pujols 97
16 David Ortiz 11
17 David Ortiz 52
18 David Wright 30
19 David Wright 34
20 Aaron Hill 47
21 Eric Byrnes 50
22 Dmitri Young 13
23 Garret Anderson 22
24 Jimmy Rollins 20
25 Jimmy Rollins 30
26 Joba Chamberlain 34
27 Magglio Ordonez 54
28 Ryan Howard 149
29 Ryan Howard 25
30 Ryan Howard 128
31 Ryan Howard 23
32 Trevor Hoffman 524
33 Ken Griffey, Jr. 147
34 Travis Hafner 100
35 Joe Mauer 13
36 Daisuke Matsuzaka 1
37 Daisuke Matsuzaka 15
38 Curtis Granderson 23
39 Curtis Granderson 26
40 Curtis Granderson 23
41 Curtis Granderson 38
42 Alex Gordon 15
43 Aramis Ramirez 92
44 Jonathan Papelbon 75
45 B.J. Upton 25
46 C.C. Sabathia 19
47 Carl Crawford 50
48 Jason Bay 24
49 Carlos Beltran 22
50 Carlos Guillen 21
51 C.C. Sabathia 209
52 Gary Sheffield 480
53 Chris Young 32
54 Dontrelle Willis 22
55 Dustin Pedroia 50
56 Alfonso Soriano 170
57 Derek Jeter 214
58 Chase Utley 15
59 Chase Utley 32
60 Chase Utley 75
61 Chase Utley 25
62 Ichiro Suzuki 1
63 Ichiro Suzuki 238
64 Jorge Posada 20
65 Jorge Posada 40
66 Jose Reyes 78
67 Miguel Tejada 27
68 Miguel Tejada 50
69 Nick Swisher 24
70 Robinson Cano 78
71 Roy Halladay 22
72 Ryan Zimmerman 24
73 Scott Rolen 21
74 Tim Lincecum 150
75 Vernon Wells 49
76 Roger Clemens 24
77 Roger Clemens 20
78 Roger Clemens 18
79 Roger Clemens 21
80 Roger Clemens 20
81 Roger Clemens 21
82 Roger Clemens 18
83 Michael Young 24
84 John Smoltz 207
85 Jim Thome 507
86 Johan Santana 20
87 Johan Santana 245
88 Jack Cust 18
89 Jack Cust 26
90 Jake Peavy 19
91 Hanley Ramirez 51
92 Hanley Ramirez 125
93 Hideki Okajima 27
94 Grady Sizemore 24
95 Erik Bedard 221
96 Derrek Lee 15
97 Derrek Lee 50
98 Delmon Young 13
99 Delmon Young 26
100 Cole Hamels 15
101 Brad Hawpe 150
102 Mike Lowell 120
103 Placido Polanco 200
104 Nick Swisher 100
105 Adrian Gonzalez 46
106 Adrian Gonzalez 100
107 Scott Kazmir 239
108 Freddy Sanchez 200
109 Jeremy Guthrie 123
110 Chipper Jones 45
111 Chris Carpenter 21
112 Andy Pettitte 201
113 Andruw Jones 24
114 Bobby Abreu 41
115 Eric Chavez 31
116 Eric Chavez 34
117 Josh Hamilton 47
118 Manny Ramirez 174
119 Manny Ramirez 100
120 Mariano Rivera 50
121 Kelly Johnson 26
122 Jeff Kent 125
123 Mark Teixeira 194
124 Matt Holliday 50
125 Matt Holliday 216
126 Huston Street 23
127 Carlos Lee 41
128 Brian Bannister 12
129 Carlos Pena 46
130 Brian McCann 24
131 Prince Fielder 50
132 Randy Johnson 19
133 Russell Martin 21
134 Ryan Braun 26
135 Vladimir Guerrero 125
136 Vladimir Guerrero 17
137 Tom Glavine 303
138 Miguel Cabrera 116
139 Miguel Cabrera 195
140 Miguel Cabrera 50
141 Pedro Martinez 313
142 Daisuke Matsuzaka 201
143 Garrett Atkins 25
144 Brian Roberts 50

Rookie Subset

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NOTE: Unlike the rest of the set, only one version of each card exists; however, there are three separate cards of each player. Each card is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

145 Joey Votto
146 Joey Votto
147 Joey Votto
148 Luke Hochevar
149 Luke Hochevar
150 Luke Hochevar
151 Clay Buchholz
152 Clay Buchholz
153 Clay Buchholz
154 Billy Buckner
155 Billy Buckner
156 Billy Buckner
157 Jeff Clement
158 Jeff Clement
159 Jeff Clement
160 Radhames Liz
161 Radhames Liz
162 Radhames Liz
163 Bronson Sardinha
164 Bronson Sardinha
165 Bronson Sardinha
166 Seth Smith
167 Seth Smith
168 Seth Smith
169 Chris Seddon
170 Chris Seddon
171 Chris Seddon
172 Wladimir Balentien
173 Wladimir Balentien
174 Wladimir Balentien
175 Josh Banks
176 Josh Banks
177 Josh Banks
178 Ross Detwiler
179 Ross Detwiler
180 Ross Detwiler
181 Felipe Paulino
182 Felipe Paulino
183 Felipe Paulino
184 Troy Patton
185 Troy Patton
186 Troy Patton
187 Brandon Jones
188 Brandon Jones
189 Brandon Jones

Parallels

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With the exception of the Printing Plates, all 189 base cards and their numerous variations are available in the following parallels. Only one set of four Printing Plates were issued for each of the 189 base cards.

Black (serial-numbered to 25, one-per-pack)
Blue (serial-numbered to 10)
Red (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (four-for-each)

NOTE: On the original sell-sheet the Black parallels were to have been serial-numbered to 33 copies. Some Blacks with serial numbers above 25 did make their way into packs. At least one Albert Pujols Black card serial-numbered "32/25" is known to exist. Additionally, the Red parallels for the Rookie Subset were printed multiple times. So while each is numbered 1/1, Topps estimated that 20 of each were produced in error.

Autographs & Game-Used

NOTE: All autographs in this product are on stickers.

Alex Rodriguez 500 HR Wall Relic

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To commemorate Alex Rodriguez's 500th career home run, Topps issued a card with a piece of a stadium's outfield wall on the front. Unfortunately, the card does not mention anywhere, on either side, from what stadium the wall was taken from.

Each of the Alex Rodriguez 500 HR Wall Relics is available in the following parallels.