Another resurrection from the Fleer bankruptcy vault, this originally scheduled 2005 release was pushed into the market in February 2006.

Patchworks' platform is a your basic Fleer product, simple and boring. A smattering of unimaginative color parallels mirror the basic set. Our 18-pack box yielded one uninspiring B.J. Upton sticker autograph and a dual jersey card displaying plain jersey swatches of David Wright and Mike Piazza.

Patchworks' one saving grace, the premium patch cards, are available in generous quantities making them available to the average collector. Case in point, we pulled a fat Albert Pujols three-color nameplate patch card numbered to 49. That was a sweet moment. The nameplate patch, while not overwhelming in size, is easily the creme de la creme of this product.

We don't blame Patchworks lack of personality on Upper Deck; after all UD inherited this product and arguably made it better by removing the redemptions and reworking checklists. But next year, the jury will be out on the brand managers in Carlsbad when the Patchwork concept and product line is fully developed under their corporate watch.



By the Box

Packs Per Box: 18 Cards Per Pack: 5 Completion of Set: 97 percent (68 of 70 w/out SPs) Duplicates: 10 Inserts/Short Prints/Parallels: Base Set Short Prints (2) Eddie Murray 233/999, Joe Morgan 59/999 (serial #'d to 999, 1:8) Base Set Short Print Rookies (1) Josh Kroeger 230/499 (serial #'d to 499, 1:8) Gold Parallels (1) David Wright 39/99, (serial #'d to 99, 1:16) Masterpiece Parallels (1) Sean Burnett 1 of 1, (serial #'d to 1) Patchworks By the Numbers (1) David Ortiz, Patchworks Property of (3) Bobby Crosby, Albert Pujols, Vernon Wells, Patchwork Autoworks Gold (1) BJ Upton 40/49 (serial #'d to 49, 1:18) Patchworks Dual Jersey Die Cut (1) David Wright/Mike Piazza 174/199 (serial #'d to 199) Patchworks Property of the Patch Nameplate (1) Albert Pujols 43/49 (serial #'d to 49, 1:9)

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