Buzz Break: 2022 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards

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The box: 2022 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery of highlights.

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 47
Base set completion: 
26 of 300 (9 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Vladmir Guerrero Jr., Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Hank Greenberg, Anthony Rizzo, Michelle Wie West, Jim Thome

RC logo cards (7) – Oneil Cruz, Shane Baz, MacKenzie Gore, Drew Ellis, Lucius Fox, Emmanuel Rivera, Matt Vierling

Insert cards: 20 (all in gallery below with some base)
Short-prints (4) – Jack Morris, Austin Hays, Enrique Hernandez, John Mayberry
Mini parallel (2) – MacKenzie Gore, B-Real
Mini short-prints parallel (1) – Steve Garvey
Mini Gold parallel (1) – Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Mini Black parallel (1) – John Osbourne
Mini A&G back parallel (1) – Ronny Chieng
Inside The Park Mini (1) – Yosemite National Park
Mini Ducks (1) – Stifftail
Pitching a Gem (1) – Nolan Ryan
Banner Season (4) – Jackie Robinson, Joe Morgan, Miguel Cabrera, Roger Clemens
It's Your Special Day! (1) – National Nurses Day
What's Cookin'? (1) – Worcestershire Sauce
Get That Bread (1) – Meatball Hero

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Version A Relics (1) – Eric Hosmer

What's Buzz-worthy: Another blaster, another Relic ... and another Padres Relic, too. Last time, it was Blake Snell. The Cardboard Gods really want me to keep ripping Ginter -- this is just my second blaster and a second Relic -- but I'm just not feeling this one. I only bought it since it was in the bargain bin. ... The slight addition of some texture to the outer edges here make this one feel a little different than the other years and helps frame things a little better than the blank-slate approach. I like the feel here and the crop of rookies isn't bad, either, but Ginter hobby boxes sometimes being three hits without ink remains a bummer for the price. (That's why I did a pair of Ginter X and called it good ... they had ink every time for less at their original price.) If you beat the odds and land a good name on a good hit then you can win here ... but that's not all that easy in a hobby box, let alone a blaster. Over time, the good stuff here will dry up -- as will boxes -- and then prices on all of that stuff will look better. Why? The power of a brand that has been going since 2006.

Product Grade: B (good stuff here as usual but I feel like it needs an autograph in every hobby box to justify the price along with more formula tweaks)
Box Grade: A- (hits don't flow easily here ... but I found one once again)
Fun Grade: B

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