What: 2020 Onyx Vintage Extended baseball cards
Arrives: mid-October
Box basics: Two on-card autographed cards per four-card box (24 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx takes to the baseball card field one more time this year with a new dose of its throwback look with new retro-styled rookies and even this year's No. 1 draft pick in the mix.

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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing Today: Project 2020 sales stabilize, new pulls and new releases in today's edition -- oh, and a key RC Superfractor from four Walmart packs.

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The box: 2020 Donruss Optic baseball cards (Walmart Mega Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (other formats)

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What's Buzzing Today: New pulls, inside a Topps Chrome blaster case, set-building and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Dueling supplies, NBA thoughts, long card searches, new Leaf wrestling, big pulls & more in today's edition.

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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome National Baseball Card Day hanger box
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Click here (a few formats)

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The box: 2020 Topps Chrome baseball cards (blaster box)
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Where to buy: Click here (a few formats)

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The clock is ticking down and the cardboard is ready.

Saturday is Topps National Baseball Card Day and whether you're a regular at your local card shop or you're somebody who ripped into packs just for the gum decades ago, some free stuff can be yours at participating shops as well as The Fantastic Store.

Also back this year with this one is a retail component -- keep reading for those details -- as part of the annual event that Topps hopes will draw people into collecting with some new stuff to add to their stash.

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What's Buzzing Today: New pulls, 2021 Topps, Jo Adell, centering of graded cards and "What will it take to dethrone ... Silver Prizms?"

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What's Buzzing Today: Break highlights, a new MLB prospects list, Luis Robert and more in today's edition.

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The box: 2019 Topps Update baseball cards (hanger)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby/jumbo)

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What's Buzzing Today: Kyle Lewis, Museum Collection, NBA photos, NBA breaks, a cautionary tale and ... have you started any substantive threads lately?

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What: 2020 Topps Transcendent Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: 54 autographs and more per box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Transcendent is back once again with the familiar lineup of high-end inclusions that will set the stage for deluxe cardboard with a VIP event and more within its limited boxes.

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The box: 2020 Topps Series 2 baseball cards 
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview with checklist/SPs/more: Click here

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The box: 2020 Topps Big League baseball cards (blaster box)
First Buzz Preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, big questions, big collections and more on this (big?) Monday.

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What's Buzzing Today: T.J. Warren dominates, a huge Zion Williamson pull, 1990 Topps error cards, big breaks and more in this midnight-drop edition.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ... and this time it's still a few more past pick-ups than usual as my pre-COVID grading submissions are delayed and still in graders' hands.

GOOD AS GOLD?
The Card: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2019 Topps Update Gold #US1 (/2,019) -- Rookie Card parallel
The Reason Graded: This one looked razor-sharp when I pulled it -- and that wasn't always the easiest thing with the corners for cards in this release. While I might want to slab a few key RCs in this one, I wouldn't unless I think that the corners could be decent enough to get a 9.5 or better. Why? Because a lot of people are grading stuff here so you can let them take the chance at stuff coming back surprisingly low. Meanwhile, because of those corner issues (tight wrappers or chippy stock) a high-grade card is seemingly just not easy in this one -- and Gold parallels can be problematic at times, too,  though they were cleaner here than other past years.
The Grade: BGS 9.5

Reality Check: This card checked in where I had hoped but I'm definitely not alone as nearly all of the cards graded checked in as 9.5s. While the grade is a win, the pop report is a bit of a bummer. Long-term that might not matter as the demand will be there if he lives up to the expectations.

Keep reading for more of this time's recent pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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What's Buzzing Today: Shane Bieber, Luis Robert, NFL pulls, Project 2020 previews and more in today's edition.

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He's not a rookie on the field (hit 2017 boxes for his RCs) and he's certainly not a rookie collector, but San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Strahm is a bit of a newcomer to break videos ... but his are a little different than others out there.

His breaks? Well, they're done at the ballpark -- and part of a YouTube series called Strahm's Stadium Pulls that launched on Thursday.

The break of 2020 Bowman Sapphire was up first and was teased on his Twitter account before we caught up with him for some basics about his background in collecting and more in this Hobby Q&A.

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This one is a new department here on The Buzz ... Fast Five -- a quick list under a simple topic that might offer a basic starting point for a themed collection. It's a basic list of five items that could be fun for a starting collector or a new way to add to a stash that might already seemingly include everything when it comes to cardboard. For some of you, it's probably common sense. For others of you out there, it's perhaps something to ponder.

This time? Five MLB rookies worth watching on cardboard

KYLE LEWIS -- OF, Seattle Mariners
If you look at the rookie leaders so far this year, it's this guy who's leading the way with 11 hits in six games two homers and five RBIs. He's also got 10 strikeouts -- a little scary there -- but he's still hitting .458. He's pushing 1,000 different baseball cards with more than 300 of those being certified autos starting with 2016 Bowman Draft. Some good news? About half of his autos are in 2020 releases so he's a big reason to rip into what was you do find and you'd be surprised how much some of his Rookie Card parallels -- no ink -- have been going for.

Keep reading for four more making up the list this time.

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The box: 2019 Historic Autographs 1969 trading cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, new Prestige NFL, players who need to sign again and "this base-card revolution is starting to get out of hand."

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What: 2021 Topps Heritage baseball cards
Arrives: March 26
Box basics: One autograph or Relic per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Are you ready for a new year of baseball cards? If so, it's time to preview a turn-back-the-clock edition that takes us all back to 1972.

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