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Description

2000 Skybox Metal (the "Universe" moniker was dropped due to the re-branding effort that started with the previous year's set) was a 250-card single-series set produced by Fleer/Skybox and released in March, 2000. Notably, this was the final year for the Metal brand in baseball as Fleer discontinued the Skybox brand name. In the basketball Hobby, the Metal brand reappeared in 2008 for a single release but more prominently in 2011 for a Fleer Retro release; in the football Hobby, the Metal brand reappeared in 2012 through its own Fleer Retro release. However, no such revival has occurred in baseball and the brand has been defunct ever since.

Each card in the set is printed on silver etched foil that created a textured look and feel and emanated from the player photo in the center. The last fifty cards in the base set made up a short-printed "Prospects" subset. As in previous years, all cards were highly susceptible to chipping along the edges and marked as "condition sensitive" by Beckett.

Alex Rodriguez returned as the frontman for this product has he continued to be the face of Fleer and was featured to promote their other brands that year (e.g., 2000 E-X, 2000 Fleer Ultra).

Distribution

Although Hobby boxes were wrapped in plastic marked "Hobby Exclusive", Retail boxes were also distributed.

Hobby: 28 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).

Retail: 20 packs per box, 9 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
short set	200	-	?	?
Prospects	50	-	1:2	1:2
Emerald	200	-	1:4	1:4
Emerald Prospects	50	-	1:8	1:8
Fusion	15	-	1:4	1:4
Talent Show	15	-	1:4	1:4
Platinum Portraits	10	-	1:8	1:8
Heavy Metal	10	-	1:20	1:20
Hit Machines	10	-	1:20	1:20
Autographics	54	-	1:96	?
Purple Foil Autographics	47	50	?	?
Base Shredders	18	-	1:288	1:288

Checklist

Promo

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Alex Rodriguez promo cards were distributed prior to the set's release. The card is identical to Rodriguez's base card except for the text "PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE" written diagonally along the card front and back.

100 Alex Rodriguez

Base Set

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1 Tony Gwynn
2 Derek Jeter
3 Johnny Damon
4 Javy Lopez
5 Preston Wilson
6 Derek Bell
7 Richie Sexson
8 Vinny Castilla
9 Billy Wagner
10 Carlos Beltran
11 Chris Singleton
12 Nomar Garciaparra
13 Carlos Febles
14 Jason Varitek
15 Luis Gonzalez
16 Jon Lieber
17 Mo Vaughn
18 Dave Burba
19 Brady Anderson
20 Carlos Lee
21 Chuck Finley
22 Alex Gonzalez
23 Matt Williams
24 Chipper Jones
25 Pokey Reese
26 Todd Helton
27 Mike Mussina
28 Butch Huskey
29 Jeff Bagwell
30 Juan Encarnacion
31 A.J. Burnett
32 Micah Bowie
33 Brian Jordan
34 Scott Erickson
35 Sean Casey
36 John Smoltz
37 Edgard Clemente
38 Mike Hampton
39 Tom Glavine
40 Albert Belle
41 Jim Thome
42 Jermaine Dye
43 Sammy Sosa
44 Pedro Martinez
45 Paul Konerko
46 Damion Easley
47 Cal Ripken, Jr.
48 Jose Lima
49 Mike Lowell
50 Randy Johnson
51 Dean Palmer
52 Tim Salmon
53 Kevin Millwood
54 Mark Grace
55 Aaron Boone
56 Omar Vizquel
57 Moises Alou
58 Travis Fryman
59 Erubiel Durazo
60 Carl Everett
61 Charles Johnson
62 Trot Nixon
63 Andres Galarraga
64 Magglio Ordonez
65 Pedro Astacio
66 Roberto Alomar
67 Pete Harnisch
68 Scott Williamson
69 Alex Fernandez
70 Robin Ventura
71 Chad Allen
72 Darin Erstad
73 Ron Coomer
74 Ellis Burks
75 Kent Bottenfield
76 Ken Griffey, Jr.
77 Mike Piazza
78 Jorge Posada
79 Dante Bichette
80 Adrian Beltre
81 Andruw Jones
82 Wilson Alvarez
83 Edgardo Alfonzo
84 Brian Giles
85 Gary Sheffield
86 Matt Stairs
87 Bret Boone
88 Kenny Rogers
89 Barry Bonds
90 Scott Rolen
91 Edgar Renteria
92 Larry Walker
93 Roger Cedeno
94 Kevin Brown
95 Lee Stevens
96 Brad Radke
97 Andy Pettitte
98 Bob Higginson
99 Eric Chavez
100 Alex Rodriguez
101 Shannon Stewart
102 Ryan Rupe
103 Freddy Garcia
104 John Jaha
105 Greg Maddux
106 Hideki Irabu
107 Rey Ordonez
108 Troy O'Leary
109 Frank Thomas
110 Corey Koskie
111 Bernie Williams
112 Barry Larkin
113 Kevin Appier
114 Curt Schilling
115 Bartolo Colon
116 Edgar Martinez
117 Ray Lankford
118 Todd Walker
119 John Wetteland
120 David Nilsson
121 Tino Martinez
122 Phil Nevin
123 Ben Grieve
124 Ron Gant
125 Jeff Kent
126 Rick Helling
127 Russ Ortiz
128 Troy Glaus
129 Chan Ho Park
130 Jeromy Burnitz
131 Aaron Sele
132 Mike Sirotka
133 Brad Ausmus
134 Jose Rosado
135 Mariano Rivera
136 Jason Giambi
137 Mike Lieberthal
138 Chris Carpenter
139 Henry Rodriguez
140 Mike Sweeney
141 Vladimir Guerrero
142 Charles Nagy
143 Jason Kendall
144 Matt Lawton
145 Michael Barrett
146 David Cone
147 Bob Abreu
148 Fernando Tatis
149 Jose Canseco
150 Craig Biggio
151 Matt Mantei
152 Jacque Jones
153 John Halama
154 Trevor Hoffman
155 Rondell White
156 Reggie Sanders
157 Steve Finley
158 Roberto Hernandez
159 Geoff Jenkins
160 Chris Widger
161 Orel Hershiser
162 Tim Hudson
163 Kris Benson
164 Kevin Young
165 Rafael Palmeiro
166 David Wells
167 Ben Davis
168 Jamie Moyer
169 Randy Wolf
170 Jeff Cirillo
171 Warren Morris
172 Billy Koch
173 Marquis Grissom
174 Geoff Blum
175 Octavio Dotel
176 Orlando Hernandez
177 J.D. Drew
178 Carlos Delgado
179 Sterling Hitchcock
180 Shawn Green
181 Tony Clark
182 Joe McEwing
183 Fred McGriff
184 Tony Batista
185 Al Leiter
186 Roger Clemens
187 Al Martin
188 Eric Milton
189 Bobby Smith
190 Rusty Greer
191 Shawn Estes
192 Ken Caminiti
193 Eric Karros
194 Manny Ramirez
195 Jim Edmonds
196 Paul O'Neill
197 Rico Brogna
198 Ivan Rodriguez
199 Doug Glanville
200 Mark McGwire

Prospects

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201 Mark Quinn
202 Norm Hutchins
203 Ramon Ortiz
204 Brett Laxton
205 Jimmy Anderson
206 Calvin Murray
207 Wilton Veras
208 Chad Hermansen
209 Nick Johnson
210 Kevin Barker
211 Casey Blake
212 Chad Meyers
213 Kip Wells
214 Eric Munson
215 Lance Berkman
216 Wily Mo Pena
217 Gary Matthews, Jr.
218 Travis Dawkins
219 Josh Beckett
220 Tony Armas
221 Alfonso Soriano
222 Pat Burrell
223 Danys Baez RC
224 Adam Kennedy
225 Ruben Mateo
226 Vernon Wells
227 Brian Cooper
228 Jeff DaVanon RC
229 Glen Barker
230 Robinson Cancel
231 D'Angelo Jimenez
232 Adam Piatt
233 Buddy Carlyle
234 Chad Hutchinson
235 Matt Riley
236 Cole Liniak
237 Ben Petrick
238 Peter Bergeron
239 Cesar King
240 Aaron Myette
241 Eric Gagne
242 Joe Nathan
243 Bruce Chen
244 Rob Bell
245 Juan Sosa RC
246 Julio Ramirez
247 Wade Miller
248 Trace Coquillette RC
249 Rob Ramsay RC
250 Rick Ankiel

Parallels

Emerald

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Emeralds fully paralleled the 250-card base set and were available in Hobby and Retail packs. Each Emerald parallel had the same base set foil design but featured a green tint at the top of the cardfront and had an encircled "E" as a marker on the back of the card.

Inserts

Fusion

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This 15-card set highlighted some of the best player duos across teams in the Major Leagues on regular, plain cardstock.

1 F Ken Griffey, Jr. / Alex Rodriguez
2 F Mark McGwire / Rick Ankiel
3 F Scott Rolen / Curt Schilling
4 F Pedro Martinez / Nomar Garciaparra
5 F Carlos Beltran / Carlos Febles
6 F Sammy Sosa / Mark Grace
7 F Vladimir Guerrero / Ugueth Urbina
8 F Roger Clemens / Derek Jeter
9 F Jeff Bagwell / Craig Biggio
10 F Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
11 F Cal Ripken, Jr. / Mike Mussina
12 F Manny Ramirez / Roberto Alomar
13 F Sean Casey / Barry Larkin
14 F Ivan Rodriguez / Rafael Palmeiro
15 F Mike Piazza / Robin Ventura

Heavy Metal

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This 10-card set highlighted some of the best power hitters in the game at the time on a team-colored foil background accented with holographic foil finishes on the insert nameplate.

1 HM Sammy Sosa
2 HM Mark McGwire
3 HM Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 HM Mike Piazza
5 HM Nomar Garciaparra
6 HM Alex Rodriguez
7 HM Manny Ramirez
8 HM Jeff Bagwell
9 HM Chipper Jones
10 HM Vladimir Guerrero

Hit Machines

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This 10-card set highlighted some of the best all-around hitters in the game at the time. Each card was die-cut to resemble a series of metal machine gears and finished on team-colored foil. The insert nameplate in the center was printed on a marble-holographic foil design.

1 H Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 H Mark McGwire
3 H Frank Thomas
4 H Tony Gwynn
5 H Rafael Palmeiro
6 H Bernie Williams
7 H Derek Jeter
8 H Sammy Sosa
9 H Mike Piazza
10 H Chipper Jones

Platinum Portraits

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This 10-card set featured some of the top young stars in the game, as this set had done in previous years. Each card was printed on white cardstock that featured a reflective-foiled headshot of the player.

1 PP Carlos Beltran
2 PP Vladimir Guerrero
3 PP Manny Ramirez
4 PP Ivan Rodriguez
5 PP Sean Casey
6 PP Alex Rodriguez
7 PP Derek Jeter
8 PP Nomar Garciaparra
9 PP Vernon Wells
10 PP Shawn Green

Talent Show

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This 15-card set identified some of the most promising young players in the game. Each card was designed to resemble a futuristic performance "stage" featuring the player in the center, with the background of the "stage" finished with a team-centric holographic foil.

1 TS Rick Ankiel
2 TS Matt Riley
3 TS Chad Hermansen
4 TS Ruben Mateo
5 TS Eric Munson
6 TS Alfonso Soriano
7 TS Wilton Veras
8 TS Vernon Wells
9 TS Erubiel Durazo
10 TS Pat Burrell
11 TS Ben Davis
12 TS AJ Burnett
13 TS Peter Bergeron
14 TS Mark Quinn
15 TS Ben Petrick

Autographs and Game Used

Autographics

See 2000 Skybox Autographics

Base Shredders

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This 18-card, unnumbered set highlighted young and established players that were skilled at getting on base. Each Base Shredders card featured a piece of a game-used base from the home stadium of the featured player.

Roberto Alomar
Manny Ramirez
Tony Gwynn
Ben Davis
Vladimir Guerrero
Michael Barrett
Eric Munson
Tony Clark
Ben Grieve
Miguel Tejada
Rafael Palmeiro
Ivan Rodriguez
Matt Williams
Erubiel Durazo
Mo Vaughn
Troy Glaus
Larry Walker
Todd Helton

Metal Universe
1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000
Other Metal Brands: 1999 Skybox Molten Metal

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-Metal is a 250-card set released in March, 2000 by Fleer's Skybox imprint.  The last fifty cards in the base set make up a short-printed "Prospects" subset.
+Skybox Metal (the "Universe" moniker was dropped due to the re-branding effort that started with the [[1999 Metal Universe|previous year's set]]) was a 250-card single-series set produced by Fleer/Skybox and released in March, 2000.  Notably, this was the final year for the Metal brand in baseball as Fleer discontinued the Skybox brand name.  In the basketball Hobby, the Metal brand reappeared in 2008 for a single release but more prominently in 2011 for a ''Fleer Retro'' release; in the football Hobby, the Metal brand reappeared in 2012 through its own ''Fleer Retro'' release.  However, no such revival has occurred in baseball and the brand has been defunct ever since.
-After five years, this would be the final Metal baseball set.
+Each card in the set is printed on silver etched foil that created a textured look and feel and emanated from the player photo in the center.  The last fifty cards in the base set made up a short-printed "Prospects" subset. As in previous years, all cards were highly susceptible to chipping along the edges and marked as "condition sensitive" by Beckett.
+Alex Rodriguez returned as the frontman for this product has he continued to be the face of Fleer and was featured to promote their other brands that year (e.g., [[2000 E-X|2000 E-X]], [[2000 Ultra|2000 Fleer Ultra]]).
 =Distribution=
-packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).
+Although Hobby boxes were wrapped in plastic marked "Hobby Exclusive", Retail boxes were also distributed.
-=Reviews=
+Hobby: 28 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).
+Retail: 20 packs per box, 9 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).
 =Insertion Ratios=
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+Emeralds fully paralleled the 250-card base set and were available in Hobby and Retail packs.  Each Emerald parallel had the same base set foil design but featured a green tint at the top of the cardfront and had an encircled "E" as a marker on the back of the card.
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+This 10-card set highlighted some of the best all-around hitters in the game at the time.  Each card was die-cut to resemble a series of metal machine gears and finished on team-colored foil.  The insert nameplate in the center was printed on a marble-holographic foil design.
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+This 15-card set identified some of the most promising young players in the game.  Each card was designed to resemble a futuristic performance "stage" featuring the player in the center, with the background of the "stage" finished with a team-centric holographic foil.
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-''See [[2000 Skybox Autographics]].''
+''See [[2000 Skybox Autographics]]''
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-Each Base Shredder features a piece of a game-used base.
+This 18-card, unnumbered set highlighted young and established players that were skilled at getting on base.  Each Base Shredders card featured a piece of a game-used base from the home stadium of the featured player.
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+{{Metal}}
 [[Category:Fleer]]
 [[Category:Skybox]]
 [[Category:2000]]