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What's Buzzing: Bad news for LaMelo Ball and Jo Adell fans, some big pulls, strong WWE boxes and "I think I won" in 2020 Bowman 1st Edition.

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Group breaks have been a game-changer for the card industry for several years now and from time to time Buzz will jump into a BlowoutTV break of some type and break down the results of what he landed by picking up a team. There are near-daily breaks right here with Matt on Blowout TV during weekday working hours and even more from Houdini and others over on the forum in the evening.

Now, it's time for this post's break breakdown -- a spot in an MLB mixer that included everything you see above.

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Have you seen the latest cool or interesting items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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THE BIG ONE ... 
The Item: Jasson Dominguez 2020 Bowman Chrome Prospects Orange Shimmer Refractor autograph (/25)
The Price: $12,850 after 54 bids (two days remaining)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This guy is a huge reason why 2020 Bowman boxes are scorchers right now and people have actually seen more than one of his sigs arrive in the same box. (Imagine that for a moment ... ) There are a number of his autos out there all with new-car prices and this one is one that has both that high price and heavy bidding. How will it end? We'll find out soon ...
Similar Pieces: More Jasson Dominguez autos on eBay
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for 2020 Bowman boxes

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

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: An insane box of 2020 Bowman 1st Edition, new pulls, 2020 Bowman delays and Project 2020 cases causing all kinds of apparent angst.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Busting 2020 Bowman 1st Edition and then several interesting and mysterious threads in today's edition.

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This one is a quick idea for 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 something to think about.

This time? Young MLB stars I'd be eyeing on cardboard right now (some obvious choices).

THE NEXT BIG THING ...
New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez makes his MLB cardboard debut in 2020 Bowman 1st Edition which will be followed up by the standard 2020 Bowman release soon. The 17-year-old outfielder from the Dominican Republic is getting a boatload of attention here -- and the prices on his base cards in this debut release are nutty (for a base card) but justified (given the type of release), so I present a strategy. If you're going to chase him, get one of his parallels instead -- preferably a numbered version. Yes, it will cost you more but it might be a safer long-term hold since they will be rarer than the standard card. If he delivers big, it won't matter -- all will be in demand -- but the numbered stuff will be safer either way. Also a thought? If you can't go there on this one, consider he's got stuff in 2019 Panini Prizm Draft Picks and 2019 Elite Extra Edition -- including autographs -- as well as 2019 Leaf Metal Draft.

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

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: "Is Jasson Dominguez baseball's Zion?" and plenty more to be found in today's edition.

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The Next Big Thing is here ... in more ways than one.

Circumstances of why 2020 Bowman 1st Edition cards exist are a bummer -- the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the arrival of the standard release that's an annual collecting staple of many -- but this simpler logo-enhanced version of that set is starting out of the gates perhaps hotter than anyone could have imagined. Why? Prospectors and New York Yankees fans want to get their hands on the first MLB cards of a potential future star in the first prospect release of the year.

The unusual conditions that led to this one -- Topps' primary printing location was closed with the standard Bowman cardboard left playing the waiting game -- also led to a non-traditional release format for the 1st Edition created elsewhere. This release was initially offered via Topps.com by the pack -- limit 24 packs (one box) -- and sold out quickly over the span of its three initial public offerings. A portion of the print run also was allocated to a number of Topps dealers, too, to help their businesses in this unusual and challenging time. (That said, we're buying these boxes as it's firmly on the Blowout's Most Wanted list -- keep reading.)

The Jasson Dominguez Sky Blue Foil parallel you see above? It's got an asking price of $2,999 right now on eBay -- but that may not even be the craziest development so far.

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Update (April 28): More info and a preview video has been added.

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With 2020 Bowman awaiting release but in COVID-19 limbo sitting in its near-final stages down in Texas at closed printing facilities, Topps has looked another direction in an effort to get some new prospects' baseball cards into collectors hands sooner.

It's a First Edition 2020 Bowman that will be found in 10-card packs soon and was teased by the company on Wednesday.

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This one is a quick idea for 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 something to think about.

This time? Five things I might be looking for right now ...

DRAFT-DAY DRAMA PICK-UPS
Here's a spoiler for tonight's NFL Draft ... no matter where Tua Tagovailoa lands -- good or bad, high pick or low pick -- I'm going to be buying something on the affordable side. Why? I don't have an NFL team and I'm not sure I really want one -- my fantasy team is fine for that -- and my seasonal collecting football habit will be satisfied by stuff like what's found in 2020 Panini Prizm Draft Picks where he's on the box yet I'm 0-for-the-year finding him in any form. I don't really have any needs for the guys not in the uniforms that match his in this release, but tonight we'll find out where all of those other guys go and their new fans will start chasing what options they have for cardboard right now. It could be warmer than usual considering that there will inevitably be delays the rest of the year in some form or fashion ...whether it's just the cardboard in the short-term or the play, which is a possibility, getting pushed later into the fall. I have my team and my players I'll be looking for -- and it's a good-looking year for football cards across the board no matter where guys end up.

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

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: The NFL Draft is nearly upon us, Day 2 of 2020 Bowman 1st Edition, a free Bartolo Colon autograph (for anybody who buys his book) and more in today's edition.

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YourDozen.com is back and you have until Friday at midnight to ponder the possibilities and take your shot at winning some of the hottest baseball cards going today.

What are we doing this time? We're looking for the consensus answers to a few questions -- majority rules = the correct answer -- and then predicting what things will look like in the stock world for the tie-breaker.

This week's winner gets not one but five packs of the freshly released 2020 Bowman 1st Edition baseball cards-- one of the hottest new releases in the hobby today that will include the first MLB cards -- and autographs -- for Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez as you can see here.

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Did you get in on last week's action? Check the leaderboard and contact fish@blowoutcards.com to claim your prize if you're the winner.

How does it work? It's short and simple. Register and you'll get a dozen questions where your answers will be compiled and compared to others. Whomever gets the most correct gets the prize -- or at least a shot at it if there's a tie.

The goal with YourDozen.com? Have a little fun and get free stuff into some of your hands.

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