The Atlanta Braves have the worst record in baseball but they'll be one of the most-watched teams when it comes to hobbyists the rest of this season thanks to a call-up that appears to have paid off pretty well on Wednesday night.

Former No. 1 overall draft pick Dansby Swanson arrived and went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in his big-league debut. The home-state star's promotion is about more than just performance, though, as less than 10 months ago, he was a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks organization -- and now he's immediately one of the faces of a franchise aiming to rebuild. It's a franchise with plenty of hobby favorites in the past and it doesn't hurt that there's a new stadium coming next year, too.

Now, the questions come about cardboard. Will this Rookie Cards now be included in 2017 Topps Series 1 and 2017 Topps Heritage? We don't know that yet -- but we do know he's among today's Topps Now stars on a call-up card -- not once but twice.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Busting Topps Chrome, Immaculate Collection, The Mint & more.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Impressive 2016 Topps The Mint breaks, 2017 Topps Heritage debuts, 2015-16 Panini Preferred breaks, Dansby Swanson & more.

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This Red Sox slugger has been in some elite company this season and his cardboard continues to pick up momentum.

His name is Mookie Betts and he smacked another homer -- a three-run shot -- last night in Baltimore to up his season total to 28. That comes off the heels of a three-homer game Sunday that put him side-by-side with Ted Williams as the only Red Sox players with a pair of three-homer games in the same season.

It's sparked a wave of Topps Now cards -- and pricey Relics that sold out near-instantly -- but it's not the only cardboard that Betts has that's now in more demand.

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What: 2016 Panini Phoenix football cards
Arrives: Oct. 19
Box basics: Three autograph or memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: A new brand for NFL collectors that Panini says "is sure to catch fire" features players from the past and present with nine inserts and six rookies per box atop the base cards and hits.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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Panini America's latest high-end baseball brand arrives tomorrow in the form of 2016 Panini Immaculate Collection with five hits per box and plenty of potential between stars of the past, USA Baseball standouts who are now in the majors and, of course, MLB rookies and veterans.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Aaron Judge & Tyler Austin, 2016 Donruss football breaks, Olympic cards & more.

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What: 2016-17 Panini USA Soccer cards
Arrives: Oct. 12
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 75-card box set (10 boxes per case).

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America spotlights the stars of the USA Soccer squads -- b0th the men's and the women's National Teams -- in this annual box set that's jam-packed with inserts atop the standard cards.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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What: 2016 Panini Playbook football cards
Arrives: Oct. 5
Box basics: One autograph or memorabilia booklet, one autograph or memorabilia card per three-card box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The formula of last year returns with a new crop of rookies and plenty of booklet-based potential and some new touches.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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The next high-end baseball card brand in the land arrives on Wednesday with 2016 Panini Immaculate Collection from Panini America and the first part of the arrival came on Thursday with the final checklist for the brand.

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What: 2016 Panini Impeccable football cards
Arrives: Sept. 28
Box basics: Five autographs per eight-card box (three boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: A new high-end NFL brand arrives with a number of autographs per box from "a diverse autograph checklist of past, present and future stars with several on-card autograph inserts that focus on retired and Hall of Fame players."

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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This year's Pro Football Hall of Fame class has taken its place in Canton, Ohio, and the legends have found their new homes.

It's not just in the museum -- it's on new Panini America cardboard.

The NFL's official football card licensee was on hand in Canton and made a pair of promotional sets for the new class of legends as well as cards for the Hall of Fame Game that was cancelled.

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Panini Instant cards will be coming soon for NASCAR collectors.

The company added a section for 2016-17 Panini Instant NASCAR cards to its real-time trading card section of its website this week, leaving open the question of just how soon we'll see even more racing cardboard.  The Sprint Cup Chase for the Cup begins on Sept. 18 at Chicagoland Speedway, which might make for a logical starting point -- however, it's likely that it could come sooner.

The standard cards are made to order and there are several numbered parallels per card -- and all of them are only available for 24 hours via Panini's website.

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What: 2016-17 NBA Hoops basketball cards
Arrives: Oct. 12
Box basics: Two autographs per 24-pack box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The NBA season tips off on cardboard with this release, which arrives a week after Panini America's Contenders college brand gets collectors started on the hardwood.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks basketball cards
Arrives: Oct. 5
Box basics: Five autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The stars of the college game get their first runs on cardboard here with a mix of the top names for the upcoming season as well as looks back at NBA stars in their school colors.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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Tomorrow's the day that 2016 Panini Unparalleled football cards arrive and, despite its name, it's a brand that's chock-full of parallels that probably will prompt collectors to try and decipher what's what.

Panini America is helping with that.

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What: 2016 Panini Certified NASCAR cards
Arrives: Sept. 28
Box basics:  Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America's latest NASCAR release will ramp up the hits and the autographs while offering the foilboard look that this brand has delivered for years.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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While many collectors were focused on Atlantic City, N.J., and the National Sports Collectors Convention the last few days, this year's Panini NBA Rookie Photo Shoot tipped off on Sunday, giving us all a glimpse at the ink to come and the league's newest names in their new uniforms.

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Via @TRISTAR1: HOFer, 2x AL MVP, 3x All-Star, 3,000 Hit Club Robin Yount at #TRISTAR Autograph Pavilion

Today is the final day of this year's National Sports Collectors Convention inside the Atlantic City Convention center -- the finale after some busy days you can see in a gallery here, can see in a gallery here and also can see in a gallery here.  (Oh and there was plenty of prep and a preview night that you can see here, too.)

Keep reading for more and to see a gallery that will grow throughout the day as the doors have just now opened for everyone.

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Now that the National Sports Collectors Convention is completed for today, the spotlight selectively turns to this year's Panini VIP Party, which will include some big-name guests, big-name signers and some big-name cardboard.

Black boxes, Gold packs, autographs and more are the mementos of the event, but the memories are made with the interactions between the collectors and the stars.

We'll help take you behind the rope virtually right here with a gallery of images from tonight's event.

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Who's the newest Panini VIP Party guest? Looks like we have an answer.

Panini America revealed that new Basketball Hall of Famer and former Philadelphia 76ers great Allen Iverson will be in attendance at tonight's event in Atlantic City, N.J. He's the sixth star announced for the event.

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LT is a VIP.

Former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor is the latest guest for the Panini America VIP Party that's set for Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J. He's the fifth guest revealed by the company and only one announced (so far) on Friday.

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A Basketball Hall of Famer is coming to Atlantic City, N.J. on Saturday night.

Panini America revealed its second VIP Party guest of the day on Thursday and it is former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen. He'll be on hand Saturday night to meet collectors at the company's party.

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The 37th National Sports Collectors Convention is nearly here and, while Atlantic City, N.J., will be the center of the collecting universe, we have to note that the BlowoutCards.com booth (No. 1,220) will be the epicenter of the show at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Why?

Well, some of those boxes -- and cases -- in our 18 pallets of stuff out on the show floor are part of the largest Blowout giveaways yet in our history at the show. (And show veterans should already know how big they've been in the past ... this time we're stealing the show.)

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Via @paniniamerica: We are here! Set-up has begun for the @nsccshow #NSCC16

The National Sports Collectors Convention is nearly here and the months of preparation are culminating in the show of all shows for sports collectors the next five days in Atlantic City, N.J.

There will be plenty to see, plenty to do and plenty to buy and Buzz has been watching the developments the whole way. We'll have galleries of images from the show floor and a few nuggets here and there in the coming days but there's already been plenty written leading up to the show that you can all find right here.

Here's a rundown of all past NSCC stories here on The Buzz ...

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