Evan Longoria's playing days might be winding down, but his cardboard will be powering up this year.

As teased on his Instagram today, he signed a batch of baseball cards for Topps and the knob off one of his Charizard-powered baseball bats will have a spot in 2025 Topps Tier One, which will arrive later this year.

"A few beautiful hits I just signed from this years @topps @fanatics Tier One Baseball," the 16-year veteran wrote here. "I inscribed a few for you all. Whoever finds the Charizard bat knob, please hit me up! Happy hunting!"

So, what's the deal with the Pokémon appearance?

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What's Buzzing: George Foreman dies at 76, NFL Draft chatter, Cosmic Chrome, winning with Prizm and more.

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1 -- George Foreman dies at 76

2 -- Talking NFL Draft 

3 -- Reactions to Cosmic Chrome football

4 -- Winning with Prizm

5  -- Pondering price points

6 -- Reactions to the $1.1M Paul Skenes card

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What: 2024-25 Topps Midnight Bundesliga soccer cards
Arrives: April 9, 2025
Box basics: Three autographs per seven-card box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings its overnight array of cardboard known as Midnight to the soccer field for the first time with a mix that's heavy on the hits.

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What: 2025 Leaf Glory Of The Game football cards
Arrives: June 27
Box basics: Four premium hits -- at least two of those autographs -- per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the cardboard gridiron once again with a new line packed with big potential -- big names, big cards and big surprises -- as it includes stars from the past, present and future with a booklet card in every case.

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What: 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome football cards
Arrives: April 16, 2025
Box basics: 20 packs per hobby box (12 boxes -- four autographs -- per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome goes intergalactic for football for the first time with a mix of flashy Refractor colors and patterns and plenty of star power that includes some newcomers and a number of all-time greats.

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What's Buzzing: Reactions to the big Paul Skenes auction, new pulls, a wall of Bo Bichette and more.

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1 -- Reactions to the $1.1M Paul Skenes card

2 -- Inside a Star Trek case

3 -- Bichette Happens on that wall

4 -- New basketball breaks here

5  -- Interesting yard sale find

6 -- Heritage High Number ... the mystery remains

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What: 2025 Panini UConn Huskies basketball cards
Arrives: May 23
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack hobby box (20 boxes per case), 24 cards per six-pack blaster (20 per case)
Checklist: See gallery
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What's buzz-worthy: Stars from the past and present UConn Huskies basketball programs -- men's and women's teams -- hit cardboard from Panini in a release that's got plenty of stuff to chase.

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Bought it for one reason and one reason only ... and then it arrived with two other stars attached.

This latest entry in the Collecting Game-used series is another that came to me via a blind grab bag where all I knew was the date of the game ... and yet this was another impressive ball in terms of its star power. In short, this one was the kind of ball typically not destined for a mystery box.

The initial reason I picked the date of this baseball? This game was just the second in the career of Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood and that alone was good enough for me to grab one -- a debut ball would have cost me substantially more ($1,199 last I looked) and I figured anything here would have story potential -- but then this turned out to be a base hit for one younger New York Mets star and then a foul ball for a franchise player.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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The box: 2023 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes baseball cards (mega)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all years of USA)

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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: 2024 Topps UFC Royalty trading cards
Arrives: April 4, 2025
Box basics: Five autographs and three Relics per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps takes UFC high-end with a release that's nearly all about the hits as it showcases big names in the sport in a premium way.

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The box: 2025 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (retail Super Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click 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: 2024 Topps Star Wars Masterwork trading cards
Arrives: April 16, 2025
Box basics: Four hits in every four-pack hobby box with two autos guaranteed (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps' high-end Star Wars brand arrives once again, packing a hit in every box and stars from throughout the galaxy on both film and television.

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Take a minute and make some predictions and sports picks -- and if you're at the top of the mountain when it's all over then you get some free cards.

It's always that simple.

YourDozen.com is back with more free cardboard up for grabs to one lucky winner -- this time it's for Sunday sports action as well as some Majority Rules questions. Those questions are simple -- whatever gets the most votes is the winning answer -- and we've sprinkled in those along with the traditional picks. The end result is still the same -- whomever has the most correct answers once the dust settles wins free cards.

You have until 1 p.m. on Sunday to get your picks and predictions in. (Do it now -- one of the tiebreakers is who entered first.) The prize remains a mystery item.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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They're not the mascots, but they figure to be in some collections.

Topps' upcoming Celebration boxes for 2025 Topps Series 1 will loosen things up and revisit a number of the inclusions in its old Opening Day brand and, while the checklist isn't yet officially revealed, we do have a sneak peek at a few of the insert sets to be found in this one when it arrives next month.

One set will be Dugout Peeks cards as you can see above -- 10 cards are teased in our gallery -- and they'll be joined by a few other sets. See 'em all after the jump.

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The on-field furballs are back on baseball cards this year.

Actually, the mascots never truly left, but Topps' upcoming Celebration boxes for 2025 Topps Series 1 loosen things up and revisit a number of the inclusions in its old Opening Day brand where MLB's other stars at the stadium get baseball cards in the flagship-style Topps design once again.

Cards like this used to be the norm -- something Opening Day introduced back in 2007 -- until Topps ditched the brand for a more-obvious kid-branded Big League in 2023 and then again last year. And, yes, mascots were in play in those releases -- but not with the look of the players on the field ... you know, their teammates.

But Celebration boxes will include Series 1 cards -- and more -- inside when they officially arrive and part of that lineup includes 28 mascot cards ... see 'em all after the jump.

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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: 2025 Super Break Supercharged
Arrives: April 30
Box basics: At least three items per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break offers up a new memorabilia blind-box product to start the spring with a mix of some of the biggest names in the game -- all sports -- and more in pop culture possible among the finds, which include this baseball signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

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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: Spencer Strider makes his spring debut today, more MLB chatter, graded 1980s rookies, 2025 Bowman and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- Braves fans will be talking here today 

2 -- MLB is on their minds

3 -- Collecting graded 1980s MLB rookies

4 -- Still reacting to the 2025 Bowman design tease

5  -- The joy of a completed page

6 -- Reactions to MLB award-winner patches

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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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The pack: 2021 Onyx Vintage College Football cards
First Buzz preview/checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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