What: 2025 Bowman's Best baseball cards
Arrives: TBD 2026
Box basics: Four autographs per box (TBD boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman's Best drops for another year with its familiar format but some new inclusions, too, as it showcases notable veterans and prospects of this past season.

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What: 2025 Topps Pristine baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 4, 2026
Box basics: Two autographs and one auto Relic per six-pack, 48-card box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This release returns for another year on the diamond with a meaty base set, plenty of colorful flash and autographs from both past and present stars all possible in the same box.

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What's Buzzing: Here's one more name-dropping edition for this Sunday showcase of who has 'em talking.

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1 -- Sandy Koufax

2 -- Kazuma Okamoto

3 -- Brock Bowers

4 -- Zion Williamson

5 -- Caitlin Clark

6 -- Arman Tsarukyan

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What's Buzzing: Nothing but name-dropping in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- Shohei Ohtani

2 -- Nick Kurtz

3 -- Tom Brady ... Drake Maye

4 -- Jalen Hurts

5 -- Wemby 

6 -- Cooper Flagg or Kon Knueppel?

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What's Buzzing: Love-hate players, college football madness, custom cards, new pulls and more in this first edition of a new year.

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1 -- Beloved by one, hated by another

2 -- College football has 'em talking

3 -- A year of custom card creations 

4 -- Check out NBA pulls

5 -- Non-sports pulls

6 -- This one has 'em talking 

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading ... so here's this month's grading diary.

MJ's MOMENT
The Card: Michael Jordan 2008 Goudey Hit Parade of Champions
The Reason Graded: This moment turns 35 this year and this insert card is one that ... came out of a box of baseball cards. It's a throwback to a 1951 set with stars from a little bit of everywhere in this Goudey version. These cards are smaller -- allowing for them to bounce around inside the wrappers -- but the only even close to deterring issue for grading with this copy was an irregular spot in the card stock itself ... but you can't even see it in this image. This finally made it into a grading submission of mine last year because it's an iconic moment for one of biggest names in sports history. The moment? This was Jordan's first championship.
The Grade: CGC 9

Reality Check: Behold! The worst of the four graded. Doesn't matter to me ... I just like the card and nines are fine.

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What's Buzzing: Several links that are worth a look on the final day of 2025.

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1 -- Inside a case of Marvel Studios Chrome

2 -- New NFL pulls

3 -- Still talking Cooper Flagg

4 -- Busting a bunch of NBA hanger boxes ... and more basketball

5 -- New non-sports breaks ... and even more

6 -- Plenty of spicy baseball chatter

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... sometimes stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new fun cards and oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

FORE!
The Card: Nate Alleyne 2017 Grandstand San Jose Giants
The Buzz On This: A clubhouse manager isn't somebody you'll find in MLB sets -- and this month's card isn't even this guy's first (or his last) appearance in this series. This card? It's clearly all about enjoying the natural elements of the golf course on the baseball diamond -- err, about some Photoshop -- while his other card in a past month of this series was all about fire. (OK, it's barbecue ... we can get behind that, too.) Joining these? Drink up this run of cards that reinforce the greatness that is MiLB cardboard with no tie to what it's worth. The best part? His weirdest card is still to come ...

Keep reading for more examples of some weird or fun baseball cards (and other stuff) you can find in and around MiLB.

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What's Buzzing: Nothing but questions in today's edition as we march toward the end of the year.

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1 -- A weird question of our time

2 -- Still a key question

3 -- A Hall of Fame question

4 -- A $100 question 

5 -- They have questions 

6 -- No question 

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What: 2025 Bowman Draft baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 14, 2026
Box basics: Three autos per 12-pack hobby boxes (eight boxes per case); five autos per jumbo box (six per case)
Odds: TBD
Checklist: Click here
Sapphire Checklist: TBD
Sapphire Odds: TBD
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Draft is up for grabs soon thanks to just preview images as Topps prepares for its pre-sale this month.

See a gallery and more ... below.

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The box: 2025 Topps Chrome Update baseball cards (mega)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: NFL and MLB chatter, shill bidding, new pulls and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- NFL Week 17 reactions

2 -- Ink with a twist

3 -- Checking back in on the Derrick Henry thread

4 -- New pulls are here

5 -- Still talking shill bidding 

6 -- All your offseason MLB chatter

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What's Buzzing: Derrick Henry and NFL Week 17 (so far), new packs, release changes, Wemby and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- NFL Week 17 reactions (so far)

2 -- Talk about new pack pulls here

3 -- Reacting to Five Star MLB changes

4 -- Talking Living Sets

5 -- Wemby 

6 -- MLB chatter

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What's Buzzing: NFL and NFL Draft thoughts, trends from the show floor, Cooper Flagg, fake autographs and more.

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1 -- NFL Week 17

2 -- Pondering NFL Draft possibilities 

3 -- Spotting trends from the card show floor?

4 -- Cooper Flagg

5 -- One to see

6 -- Still a good question from the baseball section

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The box: 2025 Historic Autographs Did You Know? trivia cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview: Click here

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What's Buzzing: Bo Nix, Patrick Mahomes, NFL chatter, Mike Schmidt, Heritage High Number and more.

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1 -- Checking in on a Bo Nix thread and a Patrick Mahomes thread

2 -- NFL Week 17 chatter

3 -- Talking Christmas (Story) cards

4 -- A Mike Schmidt autograph question

5 -- Chewing on some Heritage High Number twists this year 

6 -- Still a good question from the baseball section

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What's Buzzing: Christmas NBA chatter, NFL action, Heritage High Number and plenty more in this holiday edition.

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1 -- Basketball is on their minds

2 -- NFL Week 17 chatter

3 -- Chewing on some Heritage High Number twists this year 

4 -- Heritage High delivers Jeets again + Here's a case breakdown

5 -- Still a good question from the baseball section

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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The box: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards (retail Super Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here

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I can't match this gamer to any specific play, but that's not why it's totally appealing.

This month's item in my Collecting Game-used series is my second -- but not my last -- piece of on-field history for the traveling road show and pop culture phenomenon that is the Savannah Bananas baseball team.

What does that mean? Think baseball meets a circus with side helpings of Zubaz-era WWF and some Talladega Nights-style NASCAR bombast -- but with game rules even quirkier than both. (For a taste, click that link.) It fits perfectly in my game-used collection for my player, former World Series winner, MLB All-Star, first-round draft pick and Moneyball standout Nick Swisher.

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What's Buzzing: Binders, John Cena, football cards, Michael Jordan autos and more in this midweek edition.

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1 -- Binders full of cards ... and another binder thread

2 -- Talking the John Cena set ...

3 -- All your football chatter is here

4 -- Talking Michael Jordan autograph prices

5 -- Good question 

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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The box: 2019 Historic Autographs The Federal League baseball cards (factory set)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available) ... click for all other H.A. releases

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The box: 2025 Topps Chrome Update baseball cards (mega)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing: A good question, a must-see slab, a Steph Curry question, the FTC and much more.

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1 -- Good question 

2 -- All your MLB chatter is here ... and here's NFL chatter

3 -- A must-see slab

4 -- One more PSA talker

5 -- A Steph Curry question

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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What's Buzzing: Talkin' baseball, football, autographs, non-sports, autographs and the FTC.

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1 -- All your offseason MLB chatter is here

2 -- Talking all directions when it comes to football 

3 -- Non-sports cards are on their minds

4 -- Testing ink: Might be some science up in here

5 -- NFL Week 16 reactions

6 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

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What's Buzzing: Chicago's new slugger comes from Japan, the hobby and the FTC, NFL chatter, Chrome NBA, a Heritage question and ... applying some science to ink?

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1 -- White Sox land Japan's top slugger

2 -- Will the Federal Trade Commission look into the hobby?

3 -- Testing ink: Might be some science up in here

4 -- Talking 2025-26 Topps Chrome NBA

5 -- NFL Week 16 chatter

6 -- One from back in the day

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