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2003 Donruss/Leaf/Playoff Rookies Baseball

From Mike Eisner, for About.com

Donruss Loewen
Jan 6 2004
If you are looking for the most bang for your buck, and have an affinity for cards of top draft picks Delmon Young, Rickie Weeks and Ryan Wagner, you should look no further than the new 2003 Donruss/Leaf/Playoff Rookies & Stars update product.

Jam-packed with updated rookie and veteran cards from 11 2003 products, “DLP” Rookies & Stars is a sure-fire winner. As a matter of fact, our box yielded 8 Hideki Matusi, 9 Rickie Weeks, 10 Delmon Young and 10 Ryan Wagner rookie cards!

To further enhance your pack-ripping experience, DLP loaded up boxes with an average of 3 certified rookie autographs and 1-2 game-used memorabilia cards per box. Hobby packs have a suggested retail price of $5.99.

Our box break was one of the most entertaining of the year as we pulled 4 autographs, highlighted by a Jerome Williams serial numbered to 50, and 2 game-used jersey cards, highlighted by a Rafael Palmerio serial numbered to just 10! In addition, we also pulled autographs of Craig Brazell, Ramon Nivar and Dustin McGowan and a game-used jersey card of Mark Prior, serial numbered to 500.

In my humble opinion, this stellar effort from DLP has resulted in perhaps the finest update set since the 1984 Fleer release. Now I know that might be like comparing apples to oranges, considering the medium by which each was released and the sheer number of Fleer Update sets as compared to this DLP product, but I stick by my story.

Go out and give this product a try or two. I promise that you will definitely be back for more.

Here is a quick breakdown of what you might expect to find in a box of 2003 Donruss/Leaf/Playoff Rookies & Stars:

2003 Donruss/Leaf/Playoff Rookies & Traded MLB Baseball
Packs Per Box: 24 Packs
Cards Per Pack: 8 Cards Per Pack


Base Set
65 Donruss Rookie & Update Cards
8 Donruss Team Heroes Rookie & Update Cards
8 Donruss Champions Rookies & Update Cards
9 Leaf Rookies & Update Cards
10 Playoff Prestige Rookies & Update Cards
10 Classics Rookies (serial #'d to 1,000)
10 Studio Rookies (serial #'d to 1,500)
10 Diamond King Rookies
9 Playoff Absolute (1:123)
38 Elite Extra Edition Rookies (serial #'d to 900)
8 Leaf Certified Materials (serial #'d to 250)


Parallels
65 Donruss Stat Line Season/Career (serial #'d to various)
8 Team Heroes Glossy
8 Team Heroes Stat Line (serial #'d to various)
8 Team Heroes Autographs
8 Champions Metalized (serial #'d to 100)
8 Champions Holo-Foil (serial #'d to 25)
8 Champions Autographs
8 Champions Autographs Notations (serial #'d to various)
10 Classics Rookies Timeless Tributes (serial #'d to 100)
10 Classics Rookies Significant Signatures (serial #'d to various)
10 Studio Rookies Studio Proof (serial #'d to 100)
10 Studio Rookies Private Signings (serial #'d to various)
10 Diamond King Rookies Bronze (serial #'d to 200)
10 Diamond King Rookies Silver (serial #'d to 100)
10 Diamond King Rookies Gold (serial #'d to 50)
9 Leaf (serial #'d to 25)
9 Leaf Red Proof Parallels (serial #'d to 100)
9 Leaf Blue Proof Parallels (serial #'d to 50)
9 Leaf Autographs (serial #'d to various)
10 Prestige X-tra Points Purple (serial #'d to 50)
10 Prestige Autographs (serial #'d to various)
9 Absolute Spectrum (serial #'d to 100)
9 Absolute Spectrum Signatures (serial #'d to various)
38 Elite Extra Edition Turn of the Century (die cut w/ some autographed)
38 Elite Extra Edition Rookie Gold Status (serial #'d to jersey #)
38 Elite Extra Edition Rookie Gold Aspirations (serial #'d to 1)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Red (serial #'d to 100)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Blue (serial #'d to 50)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Gold (serial #'d to 25)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Emerald (serial #'d to 5)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Black (serial #'d to 1)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Signatures Red (serial #'d to 100)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Signatures Blue (serial #'d to 50)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Signatures Gold (serial #'d to 25)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Signatures Emerald (serial #'d to 5)
8 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror Signatures Black (serial #'d to 1)


Inserts
50 Gamers
- Base (#'d to 500)
- Prime (#'d to 25)
- Jersey (#'d to 100)
- Position (#'d to 100)
- Rewards (#'d to 5)
Recollection Collection (serial #’d, autographed and stamped)

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