Buzz Break: 2020 Topps 52-Card Baseball Series 2 cards

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The box: 2020 Topps 52-Card Baseball Series 2 baseball gaming cards
First Buzz preview (Series 1): Click here
Where to buy: Initially via Topps.com

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was in this one.

Cards per box: 54
Base set completion: 
54 of 52 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 2

Notables in set – Mike Trout, Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Cody Bellinger, Ronald Acuña Jr., Aaron Judge, Pete Alonso, Fernando Tatis Jr., Clayton Kershaw, Bryce Harper, Mookie Betts, Ozzie Albies, Rafael Devers, Matt Chapman, Miguel Cabrera, Walker Buehler, Shane Bieber, Shohei Ohtani, Gleyber Torres and many other MLB stars.

Rookie Cards (10) – Luis Robert, Bo Bichette, Gavin Lux, Yordan Alvarez, A.J. Puk, Aristides Aquino, Brendan McKay, Jesus Luzardo, Nico Hoerner, Dylan Cease

Inserts: None this time ... 
Variation booster cards (0) – Mistakenly got two extra base cards (Gavin Lux, Brendan McKay), not two variations 

What's Buzz-worthy: I picked up a box of this one and two booster packs as they remain up for grabs via Topps on the cheap ($19.99 per box, $4.99 per five card variation booster pack) but got a bit of a surprise here on the variations front with my two variations here being merely extra base cards and then my two five-card boosters also mistakenly having two sleeved base cards inside instead of five variations. I have a message into customer service and a reply ... so ideally this will be fixed at some point. (We'll see ... I'll update this then.) Big Bummer and a bad grade on this box. ... Why did I revisit this one? Well, I like the super-simple look here and there are some strong possible finds among both the basics you'll see every time and then some big names among the variations. Unfortunately there is a cutting issue on how these are made -- an issue if you grade -- and I think it's from how these are punched out of the sheets when they are made. The card backs around the corners have either cracked/missing/chipped gloss or have cracked/misshaped cardboard. ... What are these? They are a baseball card game created by ESPN personality Kenny Mayne. As I noted last time, the main deck is the winner in my mind but there are variations to be found for Ichiro Suzuki, Frank Robinson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, Rickey Henderson, Robert Clemente and Derek Jeter for starters -- you can see the full list in the gallery below along with the entire deck. ... These had no announced print run and are still available. I'd check those booster packs if you're buying right now, though.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: D (Missing variation cards = botched box ... I'll update if this gets fixed via customer service.)
Fun Grade: B

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