What: 2023 Bowman Draft baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 12
Box basics: Three autos per 12-pack hobby jumbo boxes (eight per case); five autos per super-jumbo box (six per case)
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Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Draft drops next month and early teaser images and the box basics and checklist are here, confirming that this one will be the home to a 1995 Bowman Tom Brady card as a prospect for the Montreal Expos.

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The box: 2021 Bowman baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2023 Topps Xpectations baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 14
Box basics: Two autographs per seven-card box (TBD boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: TBD
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: An obscure NBA release of the early 2000s gets a run on the baseball diamond as a premium-box brand initially sold online beginning later this week with "an emphasis on rookie talent and high-quality card construction."

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The box: 2022 Topps Chrome Update baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (for hobby)

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani chatter, NFL Week 14, Patrick Mahomes throws a fit, some impressive sketch cards and more.

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani is heading to the Dodgers, Julio Rodriguez, new pulls and NFL Week 14.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ...

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THIS SET IS A CLASSIC
The Card: Tua Tagovailoa 2023 Panini Luminance Gold (/250)
The Price: About $5.50
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This set was among many recent NFL releases on the high-end spectrum when it comes to box price, so, well, I'm not ripping it ... but when this one popped up in an online search I did some scrolling and I quickly realized that this set just might be one of the best photo-editing jobs done in all of modern football card history (view a lot of them here). I scouted listings and opted for this clean parallel of a top guy in the NFL this season and this one arrived so clean that there's a very good shot this will end up slabbed and in a future Making The Grade ... that's how much I like this card. The base set is full of strong images. Strong, strong images.
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The box: 2021 Topps Archives baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

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What's Buzzing: "I think I once owned this card," NFL and college football, chatter, new pulls, NBA talk and where will Shohei Ohtani land?

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The box: 2020 Topps 206 Series 5 baseball cards
First Buzz Preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for many series)

Keep reading to see a full breakdown of what was in this one as well as a gallery.

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What's Buzzing: Juan Soto is headed to the Yankees, NFL and college football chatter, a hot Heritage case and more.

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The box: Boston Red Sox Mystery Publications Grab Bag
Where to buy: Via Red Sox on MLB.com (find new MLB cards at BlowoutCards.com)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and a gallery of what was in this box. (Yes, it was a box and not a bag ... but that's their image.)

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What: 2023 Topps Chrome Update Sapphire Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Today
Box basics: One autograph and at least three parallels per eight-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Sapphire gets another run with this brand with eight-pack boxes that offer up new chances at notable rookies and stars.

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani, Jake Browning, Jim Leyland, Mookie Betts and plenty of football chatter in this one.

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What's Buzzing: NFL Week 14 and college football chatter, a huge MLB pull, premium baseball brands, The Bryce Young Question and more ...

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What's Buzzing: NFL reactions, Hall of Famer memorabilia cards, taking on big collecting challenges, college football title game chaos, new pulls and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing: College football chaos, NFL chatter, collector reactions, eBay and COMC team up plus more.

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What's Buzzing: New NFL and Ginter pulls, collector thoughts, NFL Week 3, Jackson Chourio and "What's the cost of nostalgia?"

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

IMPORTED PERFECTION
The Card: Ichiro Suzuki 2000 Upper Deck Ovation Japanese (Nippon Professional Baseball)
The Reason Graded: This set is a favorite of mine among oddball/international releases and while it might look familiar it's not one you found at, say, a Toys R Us store back in the day. This is from a set made for the stars of Nippon Professional Baseball and was sold in Japan and it uses the familiar Ovation MLB design that really does stand out as a unique one from the past with its embossed baseball seams framing the photo. The core of this set isn't huge -- you'll get that part in a typical box -- but there are short-prints in th set that are serial-numbered as well as a number of inserts to chase as well as some MLB player cameos ... but this one is the biggie. It's not super-expensive and it's not a NPB Rookie Card or anything as that's 1993 for this lock of a future Hall of Famer, but this one is from the year before his MLB Rookie Cards arrived. I own two or three of these after opening a couple boxes long ago and one more recently and this one made its way into a bulk lot as my first one or two I graded came up a little short on what I wanted.
The Grade: CSG 10

Reality Check: This time? That's the kind of grade I was hoping for and that alone is a reason this one is batting lead-off this time ... it's not my biggest card in this lineup but it's a nice copy of an oddball card with a historic name attached. This grade has the highest pop but two thirds of slabs check in lower than this one ... it's not a super-easy 10 if you ask me with the soft stock and the embossing perhaps being problematic along with a foilboard (front) and glossed (back) surface.

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Sometimes, unraveling the mystery is part of the fun with gamers ... and that mystery part doesn't happen as often with MLB stuff where it's almost as if everything that's used on a field or during a game can get an MLB Authentication sticker and have a place in a database forever before it hits a collection or gets chopped up to live inside a baseball card.

But down on the farm before they are big-leaguers? It can be a different story. Sure, stuff gets documented and auctioned/sold with a team letter or certificate quite often -- especially at the end of a season when the players are gone (and might not come back next year) -- but not everything. Baseballs? Nope. Caps? Not often. Helmets? Sometimes. Buzz did some on-the-cheap power-shopping in recent months and landed a few game-used caps from MiLB action and this first one is from the Columbus Clippers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians.

Most of my items in this Collecting Game-used series are MLB or other things that are ironclad in their documentation or I have been able to photo-match the item exactly to a photo, video or event. This time? Not so much, but it did have some features and some mystery that worked out for a bargain price -- cheaper than some packs of cards out in the retail wild -- and it turned out to be a player who got a taste of the major leagues in 2022, too.

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What's Buzzing: Jackson Chourio gets huge payday before MLB debut, NFL Week 13, collectors have their thoughts and more in today's edition.

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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome National Baseball Card Day hanger box
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (a few formats ... and Walmart version of this one)

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What's Buzzing: Chasing Victor Wembanyama, NFL chatter, vintage cardboard and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, MLB chatter, Victor Wembanyama, NFL Week 13 and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing: The Carolina Panthers make a big move, busting some MLB in bulk, WNBA pulls, NFL chatter and more.

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