36 Pack Wax Match: Pack 16

The Stage has been set. The Match is underway. Who will come out on top? There’s only one way to find out.

Keep going, and open that sixteenth pack!

As we dive into this pack, 1988 continued to chip away at 1990's lead with a victory in pack 15! Can it keep closing the gap? Let's see!

Yankees -2

What's the only thing worse than getting a checklist card? Getting a Yankees team checklist card! 1988 immediately finds itself in a hole. 

Red Sox +2

 This helps. The cool and collected Bruce Hurst gets the score of the pack back to zero, so it can start things off again.

Hall of Famer +1

 Too bad he's wearing the wrong color Sox. It's also too bad that this picture is cropped too tightly. (See? It's not just a recent Topps problem.) I bet the whole shot with the ball, runner, and next batter giving the "get down" sign would have been incredible.

That's where the scoring ends for 1988. It is able to sneak into positive numbers, and has to hope for the best.

Yankees -2

1990 falls into an immediate hole with this Yankees card. Not even a particularly good Yankees card.

And that's the end of the scoring for this pack! 1988 is able to hold onto the lead, and extend it's winning streak.

Box Bottom: 1988 +1 (1-0)

Pack 1:  1990 +6 (1-1)
Pack 2:  1990 +4 (2-1)
Pack 3:  1988 +3 (2-2)
Pack 4:  1990 +1 (3-2)
Pack 5:  1990 +1 (4-2)
Pack 6:  1988 +2 (3-4)
Pack 7:  1988 +3 (4-4)
Pack 8:  TIE   +0 (4-4)
Pack 9:  1990 +2 (5-4)
Pack 10: 1990 +4 (6-4)
Pack 11: 1990 +4 (7-4)
Pack 12: 1990 +1 (8-4)
Pack 13: 1990 +5 (9-4)
Pack 14: 1988 +3 (5-9)
Pack 15: 1988 +2 (6-9)
Pack 16: 1988 +3 (7-9)

What will happen next time?