Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2013 Panini Cooperstown (Hour 8)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is our finale for today.

The box: 2013 Panini Cooperstown baseball cards (hobby box)
The cost: BlowoutCards.com (when available) -- see other baseball boxes here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per box: 25 (24 standard, one single-card box-topper)
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 145
Base set completion: 
88 of 100 (88 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Buck Leonard, Frank Robinson, Bob Gibson, Christy Mathewson, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Cap Anson, Warren Spahn, Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby, Jimmie Foxx, Yogi Berra, Tris Speaker, Casey Stengel, Whitey Ford, Willie Stargell, George Brett, Mike Schmidt, Nolan Ryan, Robin Yount, Brooks Robinson and plenty more (all base cards are Hall of Famers)

Insert cards: 56 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-printed (color photo; Nos. 101-110) (2) – Rickey Henderson, Cal Ripken Jr.
Red Pennants (1) – Duke Snider
Green Crystal Shard (6) – Christy Mathewson, Casey Stengel, Charlie Gehringer, Luis Aparicio, Mel Ott, Bruce Sutter
Blue Crystal Shard (3) – Casey Stengel, Tony Perez, Dan Brouthers (/499)
Red Crystal Shard (2) – Nap Lajoie, Hal Newhouser (/399)
Yellow Crystal Shard (2) – Stan Musial, Rod Carew (/299)
Historic Tickets (4) – see gallery
Induction (4) – Wade Boggs, Steve Carlton, Rod Carew, Duke Snider
International Play (1) – Juan Marichal
Museum Pieces (3) – Tony Gwynn, Buck Leonard, Johnny Evers
Numbers Game (2) – Rickey Henderson & Rod Carew, Cy Young
Lumberjacks (2) – Cap Anson, Sam Crawford
Colgan's Chips (24) – Cy Young, Bowie Kuhn, Frank Baker, Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Eddie Murray, Rabbit Maranville, Stan Coveleski, Addie Joss, Rod Carew, King Kelly, Pee Wee Reese, Bill Terry, Mickey Cochrane, Goose Gossage, Burleigh Grimes, Freddie Lindstrom, Ron Santo, Dan Brouthers, Catfish Hunter, Zack Wheat, Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Tris Speaker

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Cooperstown Signatures (1) – Al Kaline (/325)

What's Buzz-worthy: I recently picked up a pair of these second-year Cooperstown boxes as they are loaded with notable ink among the possibilities and have been drying up ... unfortunately, this box was the better of the pair. It had a somewhat-plentiful Al Kaline auto (vs. a super-plentiful Dennis Eckersley last time) to get it an A- box grade, but otherwise it wasn't that flashy of a break despite there being a lot of variety and volume as usual. At least everything features Hall of Famers. ... As I noted last time I ripped this (hit the tag for this set below), this second set isn't as strong visually in my mind vs. the first -- that one is a landmark release for Hall of Fame sets -- but it has a lot of possibilities. ... When you land a big name, you pay for a box or two and that's helped the prices on these rise more of late ... a good auto used to pay for a few boxes of this one, though. ... Among ink here? Ernie Banks, Phil Niekro, Frank Robinson, Bob Gibson, Tony Gwynn, Jim Bunning, Lou Brock, Willie McCovey, Don Sutton, Tom Seaver, Tommy Lasorda, Whitey Ford, Whitey Herzog and Yogi Berra. (And plenty of others.) I prefer the first year but the ink here is strong in spots ... and that'll keep me ripping when boxes are cheaper. Once these boxes get higher in price? Much, much more risky -- a lot of hit and miss if you go over a certain price ripping into these for the autos. There are some long-odds finds to look for, too, but I've not pulled any. Maybe next time.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: A- (Kaline auto is better than a lot of 'em, but not a top-tier card since it's high-volume)
Fun Grade: B

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What's next? Be back on April 9 for BuzzMania 4 ... our annual marathon of just WWE breaks heading into WrestleMania.

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