Buzz Break: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 72
Base set completion: 
65 of 400 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, Chris Sale, Willson Contreras, Paul Goldschmidt, Noah Syndergaard, Andrew Benintendi, David Price

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Rookie Cards (7 cards, 15 rookies) – Kyle Tucker, Cionel Perez, Michael Kopech, Caleb Frare, James Norwood, Duane Underwood Jr., Brandon Lowe, Michael Perez, Kevin Newman, Kevin Kramer, Nick Burdi, Alex McRae, Ryan Borucki, Sean Reid-Foley, Danny Jansen

Insert/short-print cards: 8 (gallery of these and more below)
Short-prints (Nos. 401-500) (3) – Trevor Bauer, Edwin Diaz, Jesus Aguilar
New-age Performers (1) – Christian Yelich
Baseball Flashbacks (1) – Nolan Ryan
Cloth sticker (1) – Justin Verlander (Walmart boxes/packs only)
Baseball Scratch-off (1) – Lorenzo Cain
Chrome (1) – Chris Sale (/999)

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Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: It won't be long until we turn the Heritage calendar to 1971 but to get me through to that time I dipped into the bargain bin for one of these because they have delivered pretty well for me despite the fact that it's among the leaner Heritage releases in recent years with a lot of notable names unfortunately tucked into the SPs. That makes for some dry blasters. This one did over-deliver with a Chrome card that isn't too easy to pull in a blaster but it wasn't enough for me this time ... even from the bargain bin. (I can't call it an average box because of that.) The box also included a number of notable names among the base and a good volume of rookies but if you still see Heritage High Number boxes floating around at retail ... do those. They have a higher upside than these ... even if in the bargain bin. Hit that link up top for hobby boxes -- the Vladdy Mystery auto is one that I'd chase along with a lot of other stuff only found there and this series is on the cheaper side at the moment.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B-
Fun Grade: B-

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