Buzz's Pick Six: 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards

Have you seen the latest cool cards from a new release? With so many options for collectors of all kinds arriving every week it's possible you haven't. That's where Buzz comes in -- well at least on one brand you'll see here from time to time in what we're calling Buzz's Pick Six. Simply put, here are six cards from a new arrival that seemed interesting to this collector and we think they might interest you, too.

This week's release: 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Checklist & First Buzz preview: Click here 

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A FIRST-PITCH PHENOM 
The Card: Hailey Dawson 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter #154
The Price: Affordable for base -- autographs and Relics should be in demand.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: She's a 9-year-old who has thrown out the first pitch at all 30 MLB ballparks, and, while that's impressive on its own, she's actually done that with a 3-D printed robotic hand -- she was born without three fingers and has two under-developed fingers since she has what's known as Poland syndrome. She completed the 30-park feat last September and it didn't take too long for her to get a baseball card. You can learn more about her adventures by following this Twitter account.

Keep reading for five more interesting items in this week's roundup ...

NEW BASEBALL CARDS
The Card: Mike Oz 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter autographs 
The Price: Moderate demand for the basics ... but some viral potential for the ink.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This Yahoo! Sports dude is the host of Old Baseball Cards, a video series that gets packs of -- you guessed it -- old baseball cards into hands of those who have played the game and then that sparks whatever stories that they might have based on who they find. I'm betting we might see some Allen & Ginter packs in future episodes as Topps has him on this year's checklist for base cards, Relics and, of course, those mini framed autos that have been the biggest little hit for the brand since its revival in 2006. I think this is the first time Buzz has had a fantasy league opponent on MLB cardboard, so I'll be looking for them. (For the record, I'm in third place behind Oz and some other iconic collector out there. And, if you're wondering ... of course it's a Yahoo! league.) 

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JAPANESE WRESTLING ICON
The Card: Tiger Mask 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter #166
The Price: Should be in demand for all formats, but especially his autographs and Relics.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Satoru Sayama was the first Japanese professional wrestler to take on the persona of Tiger Mask with New Japan Pro Wrestling in the early 1980s and he was also a champ for the WWF and NWA. His athleticism and speed made the character one to watch and he had historic matches with the Dynamite Kid that received top honors from more than one wrestling entity out there at the time. He's had some cardboard in the past, but not much in the United States -- and several others have taken on the persona after he walked away from the role, so some that are of the character aren't of him. Beyond wrestling, Tiger Mask is also a character known in manga -- just another reason these cards and autos could be scorchers.

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A GINTER SURPRISE
The Card: Dan Rather 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter #174
The Price: Affordable ... except for the autographs.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This appearance surprised me, but Ginter is all about the surprises every year. The 87-year-old has been a noteworthy name in the news business since the 1950s and he was on the scene for the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. He was anchor for the CBS Evening News until 2005 and continues to work in media to this day with multiple Peabody Awards and even the Emmy Awards' lifetime achievement honor among his past accolades. It took all these years to get a baseball card, though. 

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BEHIND THE LIVING SET
The Card: Mayumi Seto 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter autographs 
The Price: There should be solid demand for her ink.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: If you collect and don't know her name you probably know her work -- she's the artist behind the Topps Living Set that's been a hit with collectors the last couple years. Her highly detailed work arrives in a 1953 Topps frame three times a week over on Topps.com and has sold many, many cards. She had a promotional lithograph at The National last year and signed cards for some collectors there. They were such a hit on eBay that, unfortunately, there were faked autographed cards being sold. Now, there's no question that you can land an authentic autographed card -- as long as you land it in a pack of Allen & Ginter. 

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IT'S BEEN A WHILE ...
The Card: Jose Canseco 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter #95
The Price: Affordable.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: You may wonder why this one is on the list, but one detail jumped out at me on the checklist -- it's one of those rarer times that this former Bash Brother has appeared on a baseball card in recent years as a past member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Other than a Topps High Tek card (and all of its parallels) in 2016, he hasn't appeared on any serious volume of cards with that team since he was on it back in 2000. (He had a few in 2001 but not enough for it to matter.) Most of his recent cards have shown him with the Oakland A's but he bounced around a lot, playing for seven teams officially and having spring time with the Angels and Expos. He hasn't had Rays cards in ages yet that team is second behind only the A's on his more than 4,500 different baseball cards. 

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