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 ...

The Card: Dak Prescott 2016 Donruss #362 Rookie Card
The Reason Bought: It takes a pretty good deal for one of my buys to lead off here instead of one of my newly submitted grades, but this one was just that. This is one of those cards that is relatively available if you want to chase one down and slab it for some fun or profit. My cost? About $22, which might seem high generally speaking but isn't for its grade -- this was about half the price of the other cards in the same grade where I was looking at the time. They are even higher now.
The Grade: BGS 10

Reality Check: This one is just a half-grade away from a perfect BGS Black slab and the percentage of cards to get this mark is pretty low vs. the overall total. That's what surprised me here more and prompted the pick-up. It's a relatively heavily graded card, too, which you'd think would have resulted in more 10s. (Paper stock can be more pesky than Optic stuff when it comes to grading, though.)

Keep reading for more of this month's big selection of pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2013 Press Pass Parks and Recreation (100-pack retail lot)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per lot: 100
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this lot: 500
Base set completion: 
90 of 90 (100 percent)
Duplicates: Plenty

Notables on base cards – Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Chris Pratt, Fred Armisen, Megan Mullally, Paul Rudd

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2013 Press Pass Parks and Recreation (retail box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 16
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 80
Base set completion: 
64 of 90 (71 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Chris Pratt, Fred Armisen, Megan Mullally, Paul Rudd

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Three autographed baseballs representing a cult classic episode of The Simpsons and a subsequent "mockumentary" of the episode will benefit the charity of a baseball icon soon.

It's all part of a Goldin Auctions sale of baseballs signed by those involved in "Springfield of Dreams" which aired last night as part of a 25th anniversary celebration of "Homer at the Bat" a year that also included honors at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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