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[[Image:00exbox.jpg|frame|2000 E-X Baseball Box]]
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=Description=
 
=Description=
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2000 E-X product was produced by Fleer/Skybox and was a 90-card set distributed exclusively to Hobby outlets and released in June, 2000.  For the first time since [[1995 Emotion|the 1995 Emotion]] set, cards were produced on a single piece of regular cardstock and design was simpler than products from previous years that utilized multiple layers, depth, [[Acetate|acetate]], and die-cutting to create complex base set designs.  Cards were printed on tri-colored holographic foil that was laminated to a piece of conventional paper cardstock.  The foil fronts emphasized two team colors for each player and featured a silver holographic sliver running the middle of each card and behind the player's team logo.  Card backs printed on a glossy white background.
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The base set consisted of established player cards (1-60) and a 30-card "Prospects" subset (61-90) which were inserted at a rate of 1:12 packs and serial-numbered to 3499 -- the first time this brand had had serial-numbered base cards.  Despite this, there were no true Rookie Cards in the set.
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Once again, the numbering of the base set was subjectively arranged to have top current stars in the game featured first in the set, semi-stars next, minor-stars after, then the non-prospect young stars, and prospects featured last - this arrangement was key to the serial-numbering rationale for the Essential Credentials parallel sets.
  
 
=Distribution=
 
=Distribution=
Boxes of 2000 E-X contained 24 packs of 3 cards each. This product was a Hobby Exclusive.
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24 packs of 3 cards each (MSRP $3.99). Hobby Exclusive.  
  
 
=Reviews=
 
=Reviews=
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!Hobby Odds
 
!Hobby Odds
 
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||60||-||?
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||90||-||?
 
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|Prospects||30||3499||?
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|Short Set||60||-||3:1
 
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|Autographics||?||-||1:24
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|Prospects||30||3499||1:12
 
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|Essential Credentials Future||90||Varied||?
 
|Essential Credentials Future||90||Varied||?
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|Essential Credentials Now||90||Varied||?
 
|Essential Credentials Now||90||Varied||?
 
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|E-Xceptional Red||15||1999||?
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|Generation E-X||15||-||1:8
 
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|E-Xceptional Green||15||999||?
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|E-Xciting||10||-||1:24
 
|-
 
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|E-Xceptional Blue||15||250||?
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|E-Xplosive||20||2499||?
 
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|-
|E-Xciting||10||-||1:24
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|E-Xceptional Red||15||1999||1:14
 
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|E-Xplosive||20||2499||?
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|E-Xceptional Green||15||999||?
 
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|Generation E-X||15||-||1:8
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|E-Xceptional Blue||15||250||1:288
 
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|Genuine Coverage||9||-||1:144
 
|Genuine Coverage||9||-||1:144
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|Autographics||?||-||1:24
 
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==Base Set==
 
==Base Set==
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2000) AND (setname = 'E-X') AND (num < 61);
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===Prospects===
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Each card in the Prospects subset (61-90) was distinguished with a gold-foil namplate and "E-X" logo on the cardfront along with "Prospect" (also in gold foil) printed under the "E-X" logo.  All Prospect subset cards were serial-numbered to 3,499.
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2000) AND (setname = 'E-X') AND (num > 60);
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</sql2wiki>
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==Parallels==
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Similar to the [[1999_E-X_Century#Essential_Credentials|1999 Essential Credentials set]], there were once again were two types of Essential Credentials parallels: Now and Future.  Once again, the specific number of Now and Future versions produced for each player varied based on the set they were in and the process used to determine the amount of Nows and Futures differed for cards in the Short Set (1-60) and the Prospects subset (61-90).
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* For the Short set (1-60), each player had 61 serial-numbered Essential Credentials cards produced in total
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* For the Prospects subset (61-90), each player had 31 serial-numbered Essential Credentials cards produced in total
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For example, Scott Rolen is card #32 in the base set and thus is part of the Short set.  Just like any other player in the Short set, Rolen has 61 total Essential Credentials cards that are serial-numbered.  Specifically, Rolen had 32 Essential Credentials Nows (matching his card number in the set) and 29 Essential Credentials Futures (61 - 32 = 29) produced.
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For example, Aaron McNeal is card #71 in the base set and thus is part of the Prospects set.  Just like any other player in the Prospects set, McNeal has 31 total Essential Credentials cards that are serial-numbered.  Specifically, McNeal had 11 Essential Credentials Nows (his card #71 is 11 spots after card #60, the first card in the Prospects subset) and 20 Essential Credentials Futures (31 - 11 = 20).
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---Base---Essential-Credentials-Future/71/Aaron-McNeal.jpg?id=a1533368-d58d-4e5b-aa73-1e3be97a979d&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
1 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
2 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
3 Mike Piazza
 
 
4 Tony Gwynn
 
 
5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
 
 
6 Juan Gonzalez
 
 
7 Vladimir Guerrero
 
 
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
 
 
9 Mo Vaughn
 
 
10 Chipper Jones
 
 
11 Derek Jeter
 
 
12 Nomar Garciaparra
 
 
13 Mark McGwire
 
 
14 Sammy Sosa
 
 
15 Pedro Martinez
 
 
16 Greg Maddux
 
 
17 Frank Thomas
 
 
18 Shawn Green
 
 
19 Carlos Beltran
 
 
20 Roger Clemens
 
 
21 Randy Johnson
 
 
22 Bernie Williams
 
 
23 Carlos Delgado
 
 
24 Manny Ramirez
 
 
25 Freddy Garcia
 
 
26 Barry Bonds
 
  
27 Tim Hudson
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'''Essential Credentials Now''':
 
28 Larry Walker
 
 
29 Raul Mondesi
 
 
30 Ivan Rodriguez
 
 
31 Magglio Ordonez
 
 
32 Scott Rolen
 
 
33 Mike Mussina
 
 
34 J.D. Drew
 
 
35 Tom Glavine
 
 
36 Barry Larkin
 
 
37 Jim Thome
 
 
38 Erubiel Durazo
 
 
39 Curt Schilling
 
 
40 Orlando Hernandez
 
 
41 Rafael Palmeiro
 
 
42 Gabe Kapler
 
 
43 Mark Grace
 
 
44 Jeff Cirillo
 
 
45 Jeromy Burnitz
 
 
46 Sean Casey
 
 
47 Kevin Millwood
 
 
48 Vinny Castilla
 
 
49 Jose Canseco
 
 
50 Roberto Alomar
 
 
51 Craig Biggio
 
 
52 Preston Wilson
 
 
53 Jeff Weaver
 
 
54 Robin Ventura
 
 
55 Ben Grieve
 
 
56 Troy Glaus
 
 
57 Jacque Jones
 
 
58 Brian Giles
 
 
59 Kevin Brown
 
 
60 Todd Helton
 
  
===Prospects===
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---Base---Essential-Credentials-Now/56/Troy-Glaus.jpg?id=bd9be802-fada-4c5f-ac4d-afd4d6af76bf&size=original&side=back&.jpg
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For the Short set (1-60), the serial-numbering for the Essential Credentials Now parallel set mirrored numbering of the base set such that card #1 in the set was serial-numbered to 1, #2 was serial numbered to 2, etc. The arrangement of players in the base set placed the top current stars in the game first, semi-stars next, minor-stars after, and the young stars last - thus, the established players who were starring "Now" in the game featured the lowest serial-numbering in the Essential Credentials Now parallel for the Short Set.
  
Each card is serial-numbered to 3499 copies.
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For the Prospects set, (61-90), the serial numbering for the Essential Credentials Now parallel was determined by counting the number of spots after card #61 in the base set (i.e., the first card in the Prospects subset).  For example, Josh Beckett is card #90 in the base set and thus is part of the Prospects subset; his card is 30 spots away from card number #61 and thus his Essential Credentials Now parallel is serial-numbered to 30.  
  
61 Ben Petrick
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Essential Credentials Now was printed on a glossy, opaque red acetate.  For each player in this parallel, the team-colored holographic foil from the base design was replaced with a frosted, team-colored etched foil embedded in the acetate; this red acetate replaced silver holographic portion of the base card.  "Essential Credentials Now" was printed on the back, along with the serial number.
  
62 Chad Hermansen
 
 
63 Kevin Barker
 
 
64 Matt LeCroy
 
 
65 Brad Penny
 
 
66 D.T. Cromer
 
 
67 Steve Lomasney
 
 
68 Cole Liniak
 
 
69 B.J. Ryan
 
 
70 Wilton Veras
 
 
71 Aaron McNeal
 
 
72 Nick Johnson
 
 
73 Adam Piatt
 
 
74 Adam Kennedy
 
 
75 Cesar King
 
 
76 Peter Bergeron
 
 
77 Rob Bell
 
 
78 Wily Mo Pena
 
 
79 Ruben Mateo
 
 
80 Kip Wells
 
 
81 Alex Escobar
 
 
82 Danys Baez
 
 
83 Travis Dawkins
 
 
84 Mark Quinn
 
 
85 Jimmy Anderson
 
 
86 Rick Ankiel
 
 
87 Alfonso Soriano
 
 
88 Pat Burrell
 
 
89 Eric Munson
 
 
90 Josh Beckett
 
  
==Parallels==
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'''Essential Credentials Future''':
The 90-card set is mirrored by parallels known as Essential Credentials Future and Essential Credentials Now. The print runs are as follows:
 
  
===Essential Credentials Future===
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---Base---Essential-Credentials-Future/9/Mo-Vaughn.jpg?id=5b0c1c9f-ad19-4908-bb37-bdf5e7eac811&size=original&side=front.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---Base---Essential-Credentials-Future/9/Mo-Vaughn.jpg?id=5b0c1c9f-ad19-4908-bb37-bdf5e7eac811&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
Cards 1-60: Print run determined by subtracting card number from 61 (ex. card 13 would have a print run of 48)
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For the Short set (1-60), the serial-numbering for the Essential Credentials Future parallel was determined by subtracting the player's card number in the base set from 91. Again, due to the arrangement of players in the base set, the top current stars were featured first while the young stars were featured last - thus, the potential "Future", non-prospect stars of the game featured the lowest serial-numbering in the Essential Credentials Future parallel of the Short set.
  
Cards 61-90: Print run determined by subtracting card number from 91 (ex. card 76 would have a print run of 15)
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For the Prospects set, (61-90), the serial numbering for the Essential Credentials Future parallel was determined subtracting the number of spots the card player's card number was away from card #61 in the base set (i.e., the first card in the Prospects subset). For example, Josh Beckett is card #90 in the base set and thus is part of the Prospects subset; his card is 30 spots away from card number #61 and thus his Essential Credentials Future parallel is serial-numbered to 1 (31 - 30 = 1). The potential "Future" prospects in the game featured the lowest serial-numbering in the Essential Credentials Future parallel of the Prospects subset.
  
===Essential Credentials Now===
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Essential Credentials Now was printed on a glossy, opaque blue acetate.  For each player in this parallel, the team-colored holographic foil from the base design was replaced with a frosted, team-colored etched foil embedded in the acetate; this blue acetate replaced silver holographic portion of the base card.  "Essential Credentials Now" was printed on the back, along with the serial number.
  
Cards 1-60: Print run matches card number (ex. card 1 is a 1/1)
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For the sake of brevity, the individual serial-number production figures for each card are not listed here.
  
Cards 61-90: Print run matches card number minus 60 (ex. card 88 has a print run of 28)
 
 
 
==Inserts==
 
==Inserts==
  
===E-Xceptional===
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===Generation E-X===
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This 15-card set highlighted the top young players of the next generation. Each card was printed on a space-themed holographic foil.
  
Each card is available in Red (numbered to 1999 copies), Green (999), and Blue (250)
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---Generation-E-X/7-GX/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=7e352b8d-dd0d-4c36-b5a0-d2ca794c337f&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---Generation-E-X/7-GX/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=7e352b8d-dd0d-4c36-b5a0-d2ca794c337f&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
XC1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2000) AND (setname = 'E-X Generation E-X');
XC2 Derek Jeter
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</sql2wiki>
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===E-Xciting===
XC3 Nomar Garciaparra
 
 
XC4 Mark McGwire
 
 
XC5 Sammy Sosa
 
 
XC6 Mike Piazza
 
 
XC7 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
XC8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
 
 
XC9 Chipper Jones
 
 
XC10 Pedro Martinez
 
 
XC11 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
XC12 Greg Maddux
 
 
XC13 Roger Clemens
 
  
XC14 Tony Gwynn
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This 10-card set highlighted some of the most exciting players in the game on a die-cut, holographic rendition of that player's team jersey.
 
XC15 Frank Thomas
 
  
===E-Xciting===
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---E-Xciting/10-XT/Barry-Bonds.jpg?id=05bab468-a9f0-4d40-ac74-391359d6c114&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
XT1 Mark McGwire
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2000) AND (setname = 'E-X E-Xciting');
XT2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
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</sql2wiki>
 
XT3 Randy Johnson
 
 
XT4 Sammy Sosa
 
 
XT5 Manny Ramirez
 
 
XT6 Jose Canseco
 
 
XT7 Derek Jeter
 
 
XT8 Scott Rolen
 
 
XT9 Juan Gonzalez
 
 
XT10 Barry Bonds
 
  
 
===E-Xplosive===
 
===E-Xplosive===
  
XP1 Tony Gwynn
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This 15-card set highlighted some of the most powerful batters and pitchers in the game on a firework-themed holographic foilEach E-Xplosive card was serial-numbered to 2,499.
 
XP2 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
XP3 Pedro Martinez
 
 
XP4 Sammy Sosa
 
 
XP5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
 
   
 
XP6 Adam Piatt
 
 
XP7 Pat Burrell
 
 
XP8 J.D. Drew
 
 
XP9 Mike Piazza
 
 
XP10 Shawn Green
 
 
XP11 Troy Glaus
 
 
XP12 Randy Johnson
 
 
XP13 Juan Gonzalez
 
 
XP14 Chipper Jones
 
 
XP15 Ivan Rodriguez
 
 
XP16 Nomar Garciaparra
 
 
XP17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
 
 
XP18 Nick Johnson
 
 
XP19 Mark McGwire
 
 
XP20 Frank Thomas
 
  
===Generation E-X===
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---E-Xplosive/15-XP/Ivan-Rodriguez.jpg?id=f95afdaa-3fa1-4d7c-92c2-8eda73bcd8ab&size=original&side=back&.jpg
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2000) AND (setname = 'E-X E-Xplosive');
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===E-Xceptional===
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This 15-card set highlighted some of the top players in the game and were similar to the wildly-popular "Jambalaya" inserts from the E-X brand in basketball.
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Each card is available in:
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* '''Red''' (serial-numbered to 1,999):
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---E-Xceptional---Red/9-XC/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=291427a9-9ea8-43c7-a4f7-33c45f269047&size=original&side=front.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---E-Xceptional---Red/9-XC/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=291427a9-9ea8-43c7-a4f7-33c45f269047&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
GX1 Rick Ankiel
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* '''Green''' (serial-numbered to 999):
 
GX2 Josh Beckett
 
 
GX3 Carlos Beltran
 
 
GX4 Pat Burrell
 
 
GX5 Freddy Garcia
 
 
GX6 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
GX7 Derek Jeter
 
 
GX8 Tim Hudson
 
 
GX9 Shawn Green
 
 
GX10 Eric Munson
 
 
GX11 Adam Piatt
 
 
GX12 Adam Kennedy
 
 
GX13 Nick Johnson
 
 
GX14 Alfonso Soriano
 
 
GX15 Nomar Garciaparra 
 
  
==Autographs & Game-Used==
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---E-Xceptional---Green/9-XC/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=8c59f04d-8cf6-4359-9a3b-8abef8579ed7&size=original&side=front.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---E-Xceptional---Green/9-XC/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=8c59f04d-8cf6-4359-9a3b-8abef8579ed7&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
===Genuine Coverage===
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* '''Blue''' (serial-numbered to 250):
  
2 Derek Jeter
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---E-Xceptional---Blue/9-XC/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=7f47fde2-3d1e-4000-9c36-b5cd2a6e6731&size=original&side=front.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---E-Xceptional---Blue/9-XC/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=7f47fde2-3d1e-4000-9c36-b5cd2a6e6731&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
3 Alex Rodriguez
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2000) AND (setname = 'E-X E-Xceptional Red');
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</sql2wiki>
  
8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
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==Autographs & Game-Used==
  
10 Chipper Jones
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===Genuine Coverage===
  
11 Edgar Martinez
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---Genuine-Coverage/CHJO/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=803de801-3077-4706-8f2f-b05c57d4c794&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2000/EX---Genuine-Coverage/CHJO/Chipper-Jones.jpg?id=803de801-3077-4706-8f2f-b05c57d4c794&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
25 Barry Bonds
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Genuine Coverage cards featured a postage stamp-sized swatch of game-used jersey which were still a novelty at a time.  The set is sequentially-numbered based on the player's uniform jersey number.
  
43 Raul Mondesi
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The Mike Mussina and Heath Murray jersey cards did not pack out and only emerged after Fleer's bankruptcy in 2005.  Murray is depicted as a Cincinnati Red, a team he went to Spring Training with in 2000, but never pitched in a regular season game for. 
  
47 Tom Glavine
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2000) AND (setname = 'E-X Genuine Coverage')
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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===Autographics===
  
52 Tim Hudson
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''See [[2000 Skybox Autographics]].''
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[[Category:2000]]
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[[Category:Fleer]]
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[[Category:Skybox]]

Latest revision as of 13:46, 2 July 2019


Description

2000 E-X product was produced by Fleer/Skybox and was a 90-card set distributed exclusively to Hobby outlets and released in June, 2000. For the first time since the 1995 Emotion set, cards were produced on a single piece of regular cardstock and design was simpler than products from previous years that utilized multiple layers, depth, acetate, and die-cutting to create complex base set designs. Cards were printed on tri-colored holographic foil that was laminated to a piece of conventional paper cardstock. The foil fronts emphasized two team colors for each player and featured a silver holographic sliver running the middle of each card and behind the player's team logo. Card backs printed on a glossy white background.

The base set consisted of established player cards (1-60) and a 30-card "Prospects" subset (61-90) which were inserted at a rate of 1:12 packs and serial-numbered to 3499 -- the first time this brand had had serial-numbered base cards. Despite this, there were no true Rookie Cards in the set.

Once again, the numbering of the base set was subjectively arranged to have top current stars in the game featured first in the set, semi-stars next, minor-stars after, then the non-prospect young stars, and prospects featured last - this arrangement was key to the serial-numbering rationale for the Essential Credentials parallel sets.

Distribution

24 packs of 3 cards each (MSRP $3.99). Hobby Exclusive.

Reviews

http://oldschoolbreaks.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/2000-e-x-baseball-review/

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 90 - ?
Short Set 60 - 3:1
Prospects 30 3499 1:12
Essential Credentials Future 90 Varied ?
Essential Credentials Now 90 Varied ?
Generation E-X 15 - 1:8
E-Xciting 10 - 1:24
E-Xplosive 20 2499 ?
E-Xceptional Red 15 1999 1:14
E-Xceptional Green 15 999 ?
E-Xceptional Blue 15 250 1:288
Genuine Coverage 9 - 1:144
Autographics ? - 1:24

Checklist

Base Set

Jose-Canseco.jpg?id=542fe37f-a3c6-4902-85c5-2dca3fadce8c&size=original&side=front&.jpg Jose-Canseco.jpg?id=542fe37f-a3c6-4902-85c5-2dca3fadce8c&size=original&side=back&.jpg

  • 1 Alex Rodriguez
  • 2 Jeff Bagwell
  • 3 Mike Piazza
  • 4 Tony Gwynn
  • 5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 6 Juan Gonzalez
  • 7 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 9 Mo Vaughn
  • 10 Chipper Jones
  • 11 Derek Jeter
  • 12 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 13 Mark McGwire
  • 14 Sammy Sosa
  • 15 Pedro Martinez
  • 16 Greg Maddux
  • 17 Frank Thomas
  • 18 Shawn Green
  • 19 Carlos Beltran
  • 20 Roger Clemens
  • 21 Randy Johnson
  • 22 Bernie Williams
  • 23 Carlos Delgado
  • 24 Manny Ramirez
  • 25 Freddy Garcia
  • 26 Barry Bonds
  • 27 Tim Hudson
  • 28 Larry Walker
  • 29 Raul Mondesi
  • 30 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 31 Magglio Ordonez
  • 32 Scott Rolen
  • 33 Mike Mussina
  • 34 J.D. Drew
  • 35 Tom Glavine
  • 36 Barry Larkin
  • 37 Jim Thome
  • 38 Erubiel Durazo
  • 39 Curt Schilling
  • 40 Orlando Hernandez
  • 41 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 42 Gabe Kapler
  • 43 Mark Grace
  • 44 Jeff Cirillo
  • 45 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 46 Sean Casey
  • 47 Kevin Millwood
  • 48 Vinny Castilla
  • 49 Jose Canseco
  • 50 Roberto Alomar
  • 51 Craig Biggio
  • 52 Preston Wilson
  • 53 Jeff Weaver
  • 54 Robin Ventura
  • 55 Ben Grieve
  • 56 Troy Glaus
  • 57 Jacque Jones
  • 58 Brian Giles
  • 59 Kevin Brown
  • 60 Todd Helton

Prospects

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Each card in the Prospects subset (61-90) was distinguished with a gold-foil namplate and "E-X" logo on the cardfront along with "Prospect" (also in gold foil) printed under the "E-X" logo. All Prospect subset cards were serial-numbered to 3,499.

  • 61 Ben Petrick
  • 62 Chad Hermansen
  • 63 Kevin Barker
  • 64 Matt LeCroy
  • 65 Brad Penny
  • 66 D.T. Cromer
  • 67 Steve Lomasney
  • 68 Cole Liniak
  • 69 B.J. Ryan
  • 70 Wilton Veras
  • 71 Aaron McNeal RC
  • 72 Nick Johnson
  • 73 Adam Piatt
  • 74 Adam Kennedy
  • 75 Cesar King
  • 76 Peter Bergeron
  • 77 Rob Bell
  • 78 Wily Mo Pena
  • 79 Ruben Mateo
  • 80 Kip Wells
  • 81 Alex Escobar
  • 82 Danys Baez RC
  • 83 Travis Dawkins
  • 84 Mark Quinn
  • 85 Jimmy Anderson
  • 86 Rick Ankiel
  • 87 Alfonso Soriano
  • 88 Pat Burrell
  • 89 Eric Munson
  • 90 Josh Beckett

Parallels

Similar to the 1999 Essential Credentials set, there were once again were two types of Essential Credentials parallels: Now and Future. Once again, the specific number of Now and Future versions produced for each player varied based on the set they were in and the process used to determine the amount of Nows and Futures differed for cards in the Short Set (1-60) and the Prospects subset (61-90).

  • For the Short set (1-60), each player had 61 serial-numbered Essential Credentials cards produced in total
  • For the Prospects subset (61-90), each player had 31 serial-numbered Essential Credentials cards produced in total

For example, Scott Rolen is card #32 in the base set and thus is part of the Short set. Just like any other player in the Short set, Rolen has 61 total Essential Credentials cards that are serial-numbered. Specifically, Rolen had 32 Essential Credentials Nows (matching his card number in the set) and 29 Essential Credentials Futures (61 - 32 = 29) produced.

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For example, Aaron McNeal is card #71 in the base set and thus is part of the Prospects set. Just like any other player in the Prospects set, McNeal has 31 total Essential Credentials cards that are serial-numbered. Specifically, McNeal had 11 Essential Credentials Nows (his card #71 is 11 spots after card #60, the first card in the Prospects subset) and 20 Essential Credentials Futures (31 - 11 = 20).

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Essential Credentials Now:

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For the Short set (1-60), the serial-numbering for the Essential Credentials Now parallel set mirrored numbering of the base set such that card #1 in the set was serial-numbered to 1, #2 was serial numbered to 2, etc. The arrangement of players in the base set placed the top current stars in the game first, semi-stars next, minor-stars after, and the young stars last - thus, the established players who were starring "Now" in the game featured the lowest serial-numbering in the Essential Credentials Now parallel for the Short Set.

For the Prospects set, (61-90), the serial numbering for the Essential Credentials Now parallel was determined by counting the number of spots after card #61 in the base set (i.e., the first card in the Prospects subset). For example, Josh Beckett is card #90 in the base set and thus is part of the Prospects subset; his card is 30 spots away from card number #61 and thus his Essential Credentials Now parallel is serial-numbered to 30.

Essential Credentials Now was printed on a glossy, opaque red acetate. For each player in this parallel, the team-colored holographic foil from the base design was replaced with a frosted, team-colored etched foil embedded in the acetate; this red acetate replaced silver holographic portion of the base card. "Essential Credentials Now" was printed on the back, along with the serial number.


Essential Credentials Future:

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For the Short set (1-60), the serial-numbering for the Essential Credentials Future parallel was determined by subtracting the player's card number in the base set from 91. Again, due to the arrangement of players in the base set, the top current stars were featured first while the young stars were featured last - thus, the potential "Future", non-prospect stars of the game featured the lowest serial-numbering in the Essential Credentials Future parallel of the Short set.

For the Prospects set, (61-90), the serial numbering for the Essential Credentials Future parallel was determined subtracting the number of spots the card player's card number was away from card #61 in the base set (i.e., the first card in the Prospects subset). For example, Josh Beckett is card #90 in the base set and thus is part of the Prospects subset; his card is 30 spots away from card number #61 and thus his Essential Credentials Future parallel is serial-numbered to 1 (31 - 30 = 1). The potential "Future" prospects in the game featured the lowest serial-numbering in the Essential Credentials Future parallel of the Prospects subset.

Essential Credentials Now was printed on a glossy, opaque blue acetate. For each player in this parallel, the team-colored holographic foil from the base design was replaced with a frosted, team-colored etched foil embedded in the acetate; this blue acetate replaced silver holographic portion of the base card. "Essential Credentials Now" was printed on the back, along with the serial number.

For the sake of brevity, the individual serial-number production figures for each card are not listed here.

Inserts

Generation E-X

This 15-card set highlighted the top young players of the next generation. Each card was printed on a space-themed holographic foil.

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  • GX1 Rick Ankiel
  • GX2 Josh Beckett
  • GX3 Carlos Beltran
  • GX4 Pat Burrell
  • GX5 Freddy Garcia
  • GX6 Alex Rodriguez
  • GX7 Derek Jeter
  • GX8 Tim Hudson
  • GX9 Shawn Green
  • GX10 Eric Munson
  • GX11 Adam Piatt
  • GX12 Adam Kennedy
  • GX13 Nick Johnson
  • GX14 Alfonso Soriano
  • GX15 Nomar Garciaparra

E-Xciting

This 10-card set highlighted some of the most exciting players in the game on a die-cut, holographic rendition of that player's team jersey.

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  • XT1 Mark McGwire
  • XT2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • XT3 Randy Johnson
  • XT4 Sammy Sosa
  • XT5 Manny Ramirez
  • XT6 Jose Canseco
  • XT7 Derek Jeter
  • XT8 Scott Rolen
  • XT9 Juan Gonzalez
  • XT10 Barry Bonds

E-Xplosive

This 15-card set highlighted some of the most powerful batters and pitchers in the game on a firework-themed holographic foil. Each E-Xplosive card was serial-numbered to 2,499.

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  • XP1 Tony Gwynn
  • XP2 Alex Rodriguez
  • XP3 Pedro Martinez
  • XP4 Sammy Sosa
  • XP5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • XP6 Adam Piatt
  • XP7 Pat Burrell
  • XP8 J.D. Drew
  • XP9 Mike Piazza
  • XP10 Shawn Green
  • XP11 Troy Glaus
  • XP12 Randy Johnson
  • XP13 Juan Gonzalez
  • XP14 Chipper Jones
  • XP15 Ivan Rodriguez
  • XP16 Nomar Garciaparra
  • XP17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • XP18 Nick Johnson
  • XP19 Mark McGwire
  • XP20 Frank Thomas

E-Xceptional

This 15-card set highlighted some of the top players in the game and were similar to the wildly-popular "Jambalaya" inserts from the E-X brand in basketball. Each card is available in:

  • Red (serial-numbered to 1,999):

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  • Green (serial-numbered to 999):

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  • Blue (serial-numbered to 250):

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  • 1 XC Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 2 XC Derek Jeter
  • 3 XC Nomar Garciaparra
  • 4 XC Mark McGwire
  • 5 XC Sammy Sosa
  • 6 XC Mike Piazza
  • 7 XC Alex Rodriguez
  • 8 XC Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 9 XC Chipper Jones
  • 10 XC Pedro Martinez
  • 11 XC Jeff Bagwell
  • 12 XC Greg Maddux
  • 13 XC Roger Clemens
  • 14 XC Tony Gwynn
  • 15 XC Frank Thomas

Autographs & Game-Used

Genuine Coverage

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Genuine Coverage cards featured a postage stamp-sized swatch of game-used jersey which were still a novelty at a time. The set is sequentially-numbered based on the player's uniform jersey number.

The Mike Mussina and Heath Murray jersey cards did not pack out and only emerged after Fleer's bankruptcy in 2005. Murray is depicted as a Cincinnati Red, a team he went to Spring Training with in 2000, but never pitched in a regular season game for.

  • NNO Heath Murray SP
  • 2 Derek Jeter
  • 3 Alex Rodriguez
  • 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 10 Chipper Jones
  • 11 Edgar Martinez
  • 25 Barry Bonds
  • 35 Mike Mussina SP
  • 43 Raul Mondesi
  • 47 Tom Glavine
  • 52 Tim Hudson

Autographics

See 2000 Skybox Autographics.