Nuttin But The Hits:2018 Donruss Baseball Rack Pack

I sometimes feel alone in the blogging world when it comes to liking Panini baseball products. Yes, I know there are no logos but sometimes you have to look past that. I struggle with it, but mainly when it comes to products from completely unlicensed companies like Sage and Leaf.

One of my favorite Panini baseball products is Donruss. It's affordable and can pack a punch. Maybe not so much retail wise, but hobby wise, the stuff is pretty solid in my opinion.

Since I couldn't afford a hobby box and missed out on 2017 Donruss completely, I said, I am so digging in for 2018 and picked up a rack pack.

Each rack pack comes with 30 cards for the $4.98.

I pulled three Yankees for my PC including Mickey Mantle. Panini included a ton of name variations this year. For those of you who complain about Topps doing that, Panini said hold my glass for that one. I liked how they did the name variations in the past making them actual tough pulls, but this year there is simply too much.

Here is another nickname. I believe this is a sepia parallel but couldn't read my wrapper once I tore it.

My two Rated Rookies. Pitchers. Ugh. I am not a fan of pitchers. But, the design isn't too shabby.

Diamond Kings has taken a facelift change every year. I am not too much of a fan of this design however.

This, this is what Donruss baseball is all about. Throwback design. I think Panini should use the throwback designs for the base cards. They could throw it back like Topps does with Archives.

I hit this blue parallel of the throwback. It's a very similar parallel to the ones found in 2015 Panini Americana. A tiny bit shiny but right to my liking.

 

I found a few things with this years Donruss I wasn't completely a fan of , but I still like the product. The hobby boxes from what I see still pack plenty of fun and are reasonably priced. I may still try to get my hands onto a box.

What do you guys think about 2018 Donruss?