What's Buzzing: Chasing the Dodgers' big names, March Madness, The Living Set, new pulls and a Kobe question.

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1 -- Talkin' baseball ... 

2 -- Shohei Ohtani is still on their minds ... Roki Sasaki is, too

3 -- March Madness

4 -- A Kobe question

5  -- So ... The Living Set missed a day?

6 -- New pulls are popping here

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What's Buzzing: The Dodgers win again (in Japan), Shohei Ohtani, NFL chatter, sketch cards and more in this mid-week edition.

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1 -- All your MLB chatter as the season is here

2 -- Shohei Ohtani is still on their minds ... Roki Sasaki is, too

3 -- One for Steelers fans

4 -- Showing off sketch cards

5  -- Stranger Things reactions

6 -- Wrestling cards are the focus here

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What's Buzzing: The MLB season officially begins in Japan, Shohei Ohtani, NFL chatter, explaining the boom and more in today's edition.

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1 -- All your MLB chatter as the season is here

2 -- Shohei Ohtani is on their minds

3 -- Explaining the boom?

4 -- Off-season NFL chatter has a lot in here

5  -- Lots of thoughts from collectors here

6 -- Still reacting to the 2025 Bowman design tease

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What: 2024 Panini Prizm Deca football cards
Arrives: TBD 2025
Box basics: Two autographs per 10-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm Deca hits the gridiron for the first time with a look from the recent past of Prizm getting a new ride showcasing NFL stars.

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What's Buzzing: New award-winners patches going on gamers -- and into cards. All that and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- "React!"

2 -- Even more baseball chatter as the season nears 

3 -- Checking in own the Alexander Ovechkin thread

4 -- Some off-season NFL chatter

5  -- Breaking down two cases of McDonald's basketball cards

6 -- Still reacting to the 2025 Bowman design tease

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What's Buzzing: Still reacting to the 2025 Bowman design, new finds, a big Star Wars Superfractor pull and more.

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1 -- Still reacting to the 2025 Bowman design tease

2 -- Results from six boxes of Cheers cards

3 -- New MLB pulls are here

4 -- A big Star Wars Superfractor pull

5  -- Worth the wait

6 -- Ripping into some Donruss NFL

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What's Buzzing: Reacting to the 2025 Bowman design, new pulls, wrong cards, Hidden Gems and more in today's roundup.

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1 -- Reactions to the 2025 Bowman design tease

2 -- Inside a new Panini baseball box

3 -- Receiving the wrong card?

4 -- Talking Hidden Gems

5  -- Still talking Fanatics repacks

6 -- New MLB pulls are here

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What: 2024 Panini Impeccable LIV Golf cards
Arrives: May 9, 2025
Box basics: Three autographs per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Impeccable hits the course for the first time with the stars of LIV Golf showcased on a variety of high-end options that includes autographs and memorabilia cards.

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Photo-matching a piece of used memorabilia is easier in some sports, especially in today's era of often-authenticated, slap-a-sticker-on-it premium items that can make up a meaty revenue stream for a lot of sports leagues. But, no matter what it is -- or where a piece is from -- it always comes down to one thing.

Details.

Grimey and beaten-down baseball bats? They can have plenty of details between player customizations, models, manufacturers and damage from use. Mangled used football jerseys? Stains and tears of course -- you know, details. Baseball or basketball uniforms? Tougher but still do-able ... thanks to the details of tagging, stitching and other minute things that change over time.

But in the wrestling realm? Well, details still apply ... but things might be a little different to verify depending on a star's habits, styles and budgets for in-ring gear or their tastes for their fashion outside of the ring. Sometimes, those are the same. Sometimes they have to be different ... that's this time.

This second installment with a tweaked name in my Collecting Game-used series is one for a pick-up that wasn't a definitive match when I recently found it. It was a guessing game to a degree until I could get the item in hand for a closer look at ... the details. The star once again is Shotzi Blackheart, who I collect rather seriously in the traditional realms involving Panini America and Topps cardboard, and this item, which came directly from her, was one where those it was those cards that helped solve the mystery.

Keep reading to see all the ... details.

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What's Buzzing: Gerrit Cole injury reactions, some questions with answers, new pulls and more in this Tuesday edition.

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1 -- Gerrit Cole is out ... checking in on the Yankees chatter

2 -- A question with some answers 

3 -- Even more MLB chatter

4 -- Sigh ... 

5  -- New MLB pulls

6 -- Some notable WNBA finds at retail 

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What's Buzzing: Jac Caglianone, new MLB pulls, a Sapphire WWE surprise, NBA cards, errors and more.

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1 -- Checking in on the Jac Caglianone chatter

2 -- 2025 Topps pulls and more

3 -- Sapphire WWE box delivers a surprise

4 -- NBA cards are on their minds

5  -- Look for the one odd card mentioned here

6 -- Sell the Rays? (What about the Marlins?)

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What's Buzzing: Talking Ichiro Suzuki cards, Topps Chrome, 1990s NFL inserts, nervously holding Mike Trout cards and more.

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1 -- Talking Ichiro Suzuki cardboard

2 -- They have their thoughts on Topps Chrome football 

3 -- Showing off 1990s and 2000s NFL inserts 

4 -- Giddy!

5  -- Chatter about the state of the hobby?

6 -- Nervously holding Mike Trout cards?

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What's Buzzing: Non-sports chatter, Spring Training highlights, Deebo Samuel, Allen & Ginter X, Shohei Ohtani and "the gamble pays off."

1 -- "The gamble pays off"

2 -- Checking in on the Shohei Ohtani thread

3 -- Plenty of non-sports chatter at the moment

4 -- Talking Spring Training ...

5  -- Deebo Samuel reactions

6 -- Talking Allen & Ginter X

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What's Buzzing: New pulls, volume ripping, WWE chatter, buy the card not the grade, Cheers cards and more.

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1 -- Some volume ripping of Leaf Metal autos

2 -- What's next in WWE?

3 -- Some new basketball pulls

4 -- All your off-season football chatter

5  -- Buy the card, not the grade

6 -- Still talking Cheers cards ... Get your box here!

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What: 2024 Panini Flawless baseball cards
Arrives: April 30, 2025
Box basics: Eight autograph or memorabilia cards and two gem cards per 10-card box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless once again hits the diamond with a new batch of high-end finds for superstars of the past as well as prospects and selected young stars of the present all in one spot.

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What's Buzzing: Hall of Fame voting change, error cards, Gold Prizms, Cheers cards and more have them talking.

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1 -- Error cards and misprints are on their minds

2 -- Hall of Fame voting change might eliminate debate 

3 -- Gooooooooollllllllldd NBA Prizms and Refractors

4 -- Heritage High Number has 'em talking

5  -- Topps Now WWE chatter has some gems

6 -- Talking Cheers cards ... Get your box here!

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What: 2024 Panini Select baseball cards
Arrives: March 21, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the diamond once again with some legendary signers in the mix as well as plenty of star power from today in both selected veterans and promising prospects.

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What: 2024-25 Panini Prizm NBA basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 29
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new season of Prizm NBA drops with with some new looks and textures as well as a new crop of stars as it takes a colorful look at the league today as well as some stars from the past.

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What: 2024 Panini Select football cards
Arrives: April 23, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the gridiron once again with a big set that's tiered still very much in play along with plenty of color and inserts showcasing NFL stars.

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What's Buzzing: Roki Sasaki arrives throwing heat, NFL Draft chatter, fake cardboard alert, predicting future NBA "bigs," Cheers cards and more.

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1 -- NFL Draft thoughts ...

2 -- Talking Spring Training ...

3 -- Fake cardboard: A thread to know

4 -- Predicting future NBA "bigs"

5  -- Chrome WWE chatter

6 -- Talking Cheers cards ...

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What: 2025 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes baseball cards
Arrives: April 18
Box basics: Seven autographs or memorabilia cards per eight-card box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: USA Baseball's cards drop for a new year with a one-pack box once again that's almost nothing but hits as it showcases a deep crop of aspiring stars and young standouts.

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What's Buzzing: New football breaks, a new thing to watch out for, Shedeur Sanders, John Cena, Pete Rose and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- Must-read: A new kind of scheming

2 -- Did you know?

3 -- Collectors have their thoughts

4 -- Nope

5  -- New football breaks are piling up

6 -- Nope, it wasn't Cody Rhodes ... John Cena sold his soul

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

CLOSE TO PERFECT
The Card: Shohei Ohtani 2018 Topps -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: Ohtani's historic 2024 season had me assessing all of my cards from my 2018 stash -- mostly lower-end stuff that's heavily graded -- but not graded by me. Why? I don't grade the heavily submitted stuff because a lesser mark wouldn't be as worthy of going through the process and, really, in most instances a card can always be found already graded if it's needed. But, with his 50-50 season being so big, I opted to slab a few basics and this is one that made the cut. The stock used in 2018 is almost as thin as it gets and all that dark ink definitely showcases flaws, but I picked a pair of cards I thought were perfect from my stash and sent them in.
The Grade: CGC 10

Reality Check: I don't know where I missed a perfect mark here but I'll still take a 10 ... less than half check in there and I think it's really harder than that -- people are examining their stuff harder before sending them in. The fact that these have checked in as low as a seven show how this one isn't easy sledding when it comes to slabbing. And as for my perfect aspirations? Well, it doesn't exist.

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What: 2024-25 Donruss Optic basketball cards
Arrives: April 16, 2025
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Optic hits the court for another season with the established formula that NBA fans have come to expect with the new rookies, plenty of parallel power and more to be found.

Keep reading for more info and a gallery of what's to come for this one.

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What's Buzzing: Heritage High Number chatter, new pulls, Travis Hunter's wants, all about that pencil bat and more.

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1 -- Heritage High Number has 'em talking today

2 -- New MLB pulls are here

3 -- It's a goal, but ... 

4 -- All about that pencil bat

5  -- Inside a box of Spectra NFL

6 -- Still talking 2025 Topps

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