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Topps revealed on Monday night that it will be producing silver packs with shots at missing short-printed rookies from 2022 Topps Chrome.

Blowout Cards announced this morning its plan for fulfillment of those packs to its customers -- one silver pack for every box purchased.

The short print parallel issue affecting 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball Hobby & Jumbo SKUs is unfortunate, but we are pleased that @Topps acted quickly with a response.

Blowout Cards will ship Topps Chrome Silver Packs to customers as soon as they arrive at our shipping facility.

Additional details to follow as information is made available to us. Follow @BlowoutBuzz for additional details.

We will be shipping packs to all of those who ordered and continue to order @Topps 2022 chrome baseball from Blowoutcards.com. Not an ideal situation but the right thing to do for our customers. As soon as we get the packs we will begin to process shipments.

The cards that were inadvertently not put into packs by its printing/packing company are card Nos. 221-225 -- short-printed cards of rookies Bobby Witt Jr., Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Torkelson, Hunter Greene and C.J. Abrams. The silver packs will include these cards inserted randomly with others. These rare cards were late additions to the checklist as SPs but didn't get put into hobby packs. No details were provided on retail in its statement revealed on Monday night.

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Update (Sept. 22): Below is Topps' newest statement in full.

Topps' highest priority is our customers, and we want to provide you all with an update regarding the 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball product. After discussions with our manufacturer, we understand that the planned bonus short print variations of five rookie subjects were incorrectly not included in the collation of select product SKUs. As the short-print variations were originally not part of the set and later added for an additional chase element, there was unfortunately a technical miscommunication about the product mix in the production process.

This issue does not pertain to all 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball products. The short-print rookie variations were included in the Hobby Lite product available only on Topps.com, and the Sonic and Logofractor Edition products, which will both be available at a later date.

For those who purchased the Hobby or Hobby Jumbo products that did not contain the short print rookie variations, Topps is providing 1 additional 4-card silver pack for each 2022 Topps Chrome Hobby and Hobby Jumbo Baseball box purchased through Topps.com, hobby shops or breakers that purchased directly from us. Topps has updated these additional silver packs to include four cards, and the short-print variations will be randomly inserted in these packs. Additional cards may include a mix of 2022 Chrome Baseball base cards, along with inserts and other surprises.

Topps is working directly with every distribution channel of the product to ensure these packs are properly distributed through the original sellers, with shipments starting on Sept. 30, 2022. For eligible customers, here is how you can obtain the silver pack(s):

Topps.com Customers
Topps will be shipping the silver packs directly to customers who purchased product on Topps.com. Topps.com customers do not need to take any further action and they will receive one silver pack per 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball hobby box purchased. Topps Chrome Lite is EXCLUDED from the silver pack program as the short-prints were properly inserted into this product. Value box purchases on Topps.com are not eligible for the silver packs, but are eligible for the retail drawing referenced below.

Local Card Shop / Breaker Customers
If you purchased your 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball hobby/jumbo box through your local card shop or through a break, please reach out to them directly to receive your silver pack. Topps is working closely with our stores and distributors to provide silver packs and confirm that customers receive one silver pack per 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball hobby box purchased. Topps fully expects its hobby partners to distribute silver packs to customers that may have purchased product at local trading card shows and/or through online platforms such as eBay.

In addition to the above mentioned additional four-card silver pack for each 2022 Topps Chrome Hobby and Hobby Jumbo Baseball box purchased through Topps.com, hobby shops or breakers that purchased directly from us, big-box retail customers who purchased the Value Box and/or Monster Box products of 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball will be eligible for a drawing to receive the short print variations. Please visit chromeretailvariants for more details.

Our customers are and continue to be the main focus in everything we do. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we’ve worked to remedy this situation as best we can for customers. If you have any additional questions or issues related to 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball, please reach out to support@topps.com.

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What: 2022 Panini Mosaic Choice baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 4
Box basics:  Two autographs per eight-card box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Mosaic's Choice box may arrive first for this one with a smaller format packing two autos every time as well as plenty of color for the stars of MLB.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2022 Topps Fire baseball cards (hobby box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: Initially at Target (here when available)

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

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals is to rip a little less and talk more about cardboard that I -- and you -- might like. One way to do that? Simple show and tell -- present a few pick-ups and say why they captured my attention.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... 

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I'M A BELIEVER ... IN BARGAINS
The Item: Tua Tagovailoa autographed and framed 10-by-18 photo (Fanatics Authentic)
The Price: Under $150 (on sale and with a rewards discount)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: I started to scour autographed cards for this QB who I think might have a strong year and, well, I was a little surprised at how his stuff can still be pretty pricey despite plenty of available options and despite the negative chatter that oddly still comes with him having a record-breaking receiver last year and then an elite speed guy added into the mix for this year. Sure, it's still the Dolphins, but since I'm an Alabama guy I'm good here either way ... though I would have preferred a quality photo like this in Crimson. But ... the price was right for an oversized and already-framed piece and the photo and crop here was unusual and a little dramatic, too, vs. a lot of other options. I wanted something different that wouldn't break the bank to start a new season and this one hit the spot. (Regular price is around $180 plus shipping, tax, etc. on top of that.)
Grab a box right here: Nothing for this one ... but 2020 NFL boxes are here

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Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb was known for doing some talking with his cleats on the field -- maybe his bat, too -- but the headline-generating piece of sports memorabilia auctioned this weekend came from the years after his legendary career.

The Georgia Peach's dentures -- yes, his false teeth -- were sold by Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based SCP Auctions on Saturday and a dozen bidders ran up the price on these legendary chompers and an original brass holder.

The final cost? A cool $18,840 after an opening bid of just $5,000.

They have a little more history to them, too, with details also coming with their documents included in the auction.

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Sometimes, there are no extra visuals to photo-match a piece

Forget sometimes ... that's almost always the case with pretty much everything that's game-used before the advent of the MLB Authentication program in 2001. That was the year MLB started stickering and databasing items from the field of play creating a whole new playing field for memorabilia. But this month's piece in this Collecting Game-used series isn't from that past era, either.

This one is from just 2014 ... an item that's newer, but one from when the capture-every-play MLB Film Room and complete data with authentication for every pitch where a ball was used didn't exist. It's stickered but short of finding a pirated game video online (I did a brief search and found nothing), it's a ball that I can only show here and then offer up from info from a game's summary to help tell its story.

You can keep reading to see the details.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2021 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of highlights with this one.

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What's Buzzing: The NFL's Mickey Mantle, inside a new Star Wars case, NFL Week 1 chatter and plenty more in today's edition.

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The box: 2019 Topps Heritage High Number baseball cards (monster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview, SPs & checklist: Click here

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What's Buzzing: Reactions to the 2023 Topps design reveal and plenty more in this one.

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