Turk-Off 2 Packs 17-20: A New Hope

Well. there you have it. I have come from behind, and now hold a slight lead. Motherscratcher already gave me a heads up, and let me know he has some "cool stuff" coming up, which most likely means a second consecutive loss for the Beardmaster. I already know for a fact there's nothing "cool" left in my box. That beautiful McCann on-card auto was about as "cool" as this box would get.

Will I get Jeffrey Maier'ed like it's 1996, or can this lead hold up? There's only 8 packs to go, and four of them are already here.


PACK 17
#495 Carl Everett
#373 Carl Crawford
#580 Jeter Steals Third Checklist YANKEE -1 point
#408 Jamie Moyer
#414 Jon Lieber RED +2 points
#514 Mike Cameron
#526 Jeff Kent
#326 C.C. Sabathia TRIBER +2 points

PACK 17 TOTAL: 3 points

PACK 18
#428 Dmitri Young
#454 Miguel Cabrera
#442 Jose Lopez
#355 Adam Dunn BLACK +10 points
#403 J.D. Drew RED +2 points
#521 Ervin Santana SHORT PRINT +5 points (nothing like getting a short print double in the same box. At least I need the points)
#560 Vernon Wells
#568 Gary Carter RETIRED PLAYER +2 points

PACK 18 TOTAL: 19 points

PACK 19
#563 Steve Finley
#327 Oliver Perez
#574 Breaking Up Two Checklist
#528 Joe Crede WHITE +5 points
#396 Jack Wilson RED +2 points
#TRR-CBA Clint Barmes BASE RELIC +8 points
#362 Mark Loretta

PACK 19 TOTAL: 15 points

PACK 20
#371 Ivan Rodriguez
#600 Val Majewski ORIOLE +2 points
#530 David Wright
#623 Kenji Johjima
#433 Brian McCann RED +2 points
#468 Curtis Granderson
#366 Reggie Sanders
#331 Paul Konerko

PACK 20 TOTAL: 4 points

I think things should remain as they are after this round, with me still clinging to a one pack lead. I just saw Motherscratcher's post, and initially thought I was in big trouble. Thank goodness for short prints!

Stay tuned for the finale! If memory serves me well, I'm going to need as much of a lead as I can get, because the last 4 packs are pretty lame in the points department.