What's Buzzing: Blue Jays open big, Shohei Ohtani takes the mound, NFL Week 5, Topps NBA and ripping into Bowman Chrome and more in this Sunday edition.

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1 -- Checking in on the Vladdy Jr. thread after the Blue Jays' blowout of Yankees

2 -- Shohei Ohtani talk after his first postseason start 

3 -- More MLB threads are here

4 -- NFL Week 5

5 -- Results from some 2025 Bowman Chrome rips

6 -- Topps NBA chatter

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What's Buzzing: The Dodgers and Yankees in MLB postseason chatter, awaiting Topps NBA, NFL Week 5 and four-time league MVPs.

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1 -- Talking the Dodgers and the postseason ...

2 -- MLB threads are here

3 -- Running down a list of four-time league MVPs

4 -- NFL Week 5

5 -- Topps NBA discussions

6 -- Cam Schlittler makes a little history + more Yankees reactions

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What: 2025 Panini Minecraft Special Edition trading cards
Arrives: Nov. 26
Box basics: Eight cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A "premium edition" of this year's Minecraft set will arrive next month with even base cards being limited and serial-numbered creations.

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Buzz had a hunch, cross-checked the schedule and ... won again.

This month's ball in the Collecting Game-used series is another that simply came to me via a grab bag where all I knew was the date of the game -- and I specifically chose a game between the Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox back in May because of something that happened on this day this season. For just $35 (shipped), I added a game-used piece of Cal Raleigh's 60-homer campaign to my collection and the team may not have even realized it. In fact, I did this twice ... so there will be a sequel to this in a future post.

This wasn't just some ball used during one of the 159 games Big Dumper played this season -- it's from the game where he launched his 16th homer of his historic campaign and Raleigh handled the ball on all but one of its plays during its life in The Show.

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ...

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MY BEAR NECESSITY
The Item: Paul "Bear" Bryant autographed & dated/inscribed (Oct. 18, 1976) 8-by-10 photo (BAS authenticated)
The Price: $219 ... high for me but it's the perfect item for me
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This was a jaw-dropper of a find for me during a random search of Mill Creek Sports' superstore for autographed stuff earlier this year and I've saved it for football season, specifically this month, to present it and tell its story. It's personalized and that makes it perfect for me this time ... and to top that, the signed date -- the legendary Alabama Crimson Tide football coach and football icon who won 323 games dated everything signed like this -- might as well be on Buzz's actual birthday. (It's close ... close enough.) The odds of this existing or one being signed on my actual birthday? Well, I'm sure there were a number of things to sign on this Monday and I'm also very sure he wasn't sitting down to sign requests on a gameday when I kicked things off in the world. So, this is perhaps as close as it can get. The quality and condition of the photo are perfect and the ink is perfectly legible, too. Now, is his autograph really rare? Not particularly, but he died in January 1983 well before sit-down and paid signing sessions were en vogue for sports legends and he's still in high, historic demand despite Nick Saban equaling him and/or re-writing the Alabama record book in more recent years. It's the perfect item at a perfect price and it will always be mine.
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this ... but football cards are here.

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What: 2025 Topps Finest UFC trading cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Two autos per TBD-pack hobby box (TBD boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' Finest brand enters the Octagon for the second time in this new licensing run with all of its futuristic flash.

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What's Buzzing: Cam Schlittler makes some Yankees and MLB history, NFL Week 5, Topps NBA and more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- Cam Schlittler makes a little history + more Yankees chatter

2 -- MLB threads are here

3 -- NFL Week 5 is upon us

4 -- Topps NBA reactions 

5 -- Showing off some Disney Chrome sketch cards

6 -- Inside a high-end NBA case

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What: 2025 Panini Prizm football cards
Arrives: Nov. 12
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Prizm arrives for a new year documenting the NFL action with all of the color and flash, the new rookies and some other surprises.

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What: 2025 Keepsake Michael Jackson Bad World Tour trading cards
Arrives: Dec. 15
Box basics: 16 packs per 64-card hobby box (10 per case) or two packs per eight-card breaker box (10 per case) -- relics will be found two per case on average
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Keepsake focuses on a single tour in the legendary career of The King Of Pop with a release that will include a deep lineup of cards and even a cut autograph and memorabilia.

Keep reading for more info and a selection of images.

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What: 2025 Panini National Treasures baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 19
Box basics: Eight autograph or memorabilia cards per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The 12th edition of National Treasures baseball cards arrives with a handful of today's young stars, other notables from the prospect ranks and many icons from rich history of the game's past all in one spot.

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What: 2025 Panini National Treasures college football cards
Arrives: Nov. 26
Box basics: Seven autographs or memorabilia cards per eight-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures goes back to school for another year with new draft picks, current college stars and past greats all in their school colors in a release that's once again nearly all about the hits -- and some cards in this will be Flawless creations, too.

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What's Buzzing: Dodgers advance in MLB postseason, NFL Week 5 is here, MVP chatter, a grading question, a SpongeBob thread and ... Living Set NBA?

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1 -- The MLB postseason threads are here

2 -- NFL Week 5 is upon us

3 -- Talking Topps Now and Living Sets

4 -- A grading question 

5 -- A SpongeBob thread

6 -- Still pondering the MVP ... 

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What: 2025-26 Topps NBA basketball cards
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case); One auto and one Relic per 10-pack jumbo box (eight per case) with other formats noted below.
Odds: Click here
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps returns to the NBA hardwood for the first time since 2009-10 as it tips off a lengthy new deal with the league that it first made cards for back in the 1950s. "It's our game now," read a company tease and reveal of the inclusions this time around.

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They were made just for the show -- but now you can get them, too.

Keepsake was at the L.A. Comic Con this past week with a number of exclusives for 2025 Keepsake Invincible Season 1 available to those who hit the company booth -- and now you can have a shot at them right here.

Seven different packages were up for grabs during the show -- some only available during a single day --  with one biggie being the Blue Holo set above. It's limited to just 1,000 serial-numbered copies with all cards carrying a matching number. That one includes 449 cards and it includes all 140 Laser Signagraph cards and 10 Kill Splatter case hits in this style.

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What: 2025 Topps Update baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 29
Box basics: One auto or Relic per 20-pack hobby box (12 per case) or one auto and two Relics per 10-pack jumbo box (six per case)
Odds: TBD
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: The full hobby details for the Update series of Topps' flagship baseball cards are still to come, but the box subject has been teased and it's Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.

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

A HIGH-GRADE DOMINATOR
The Card: Paul Skenes 2025 Topps Heritage
The Reason Bought: I'll fully admit I'm a sucker for high-grade Heritage Rookie Cards and, while this isn't an RC, this one captured my attention just like one as I've ripped my fair share of Heritage this year and, well, not much of the cards that matter that I pulled could have checked in at a perfect grade. All that perfection, the clean photo and the color scheme here got me to bite.
The Grade: CGC 10 (Pristine)

Reality Check: I didn't check the pop report before grabbing it, so it was an extra bonus to see that it's the lone card in the top slot with a decent number of cards below it -- and that goes as low as a CGC 7. That reinforces that Heritage isn't the easiest grade. That makes this one even more of a win in my book.

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What's Buzzing: Shohei Ohtani powers Dodgers in postseason opener, signed books, Disney Chrome, 2025 Donruss NFL and more.

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1 -- The MLB postseason threads are here

2 -- NFL Week 5 is upon us

3 -- The 2025 Donruss NFL reactions 

4 -- An attempt at a WWE Hall of Fame Rookie Card checklist

5 -- Still talking Disney Chrome

6 -- Checking in on the signed books thread

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