What: 2025 Leaf Eclectic Professional Bowlers Association cards
Arrives: June
Box basics: Four autos per hobby box (10 per case) or eight autos per jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the lanes with a bowling debut for Eclectic showcasing the stars of the PBA in an ink-loaded, variety-packed release that includes stars from the past and present.

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What: 2024 Leaf Metal Professional Bowlers Association cards
Arrives: Oct. 18
Box basics: Five autos per nine-card hobby box (10 per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Metal takes to the lanes with a bowling debut showcasing the stars of the PBA in an ink-loaded release that includes stars from the past and present as well as plenty of other surprises.

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What: 2023 Leaf Professional Bowlers Association Premier Edition bowling cards
Arrives: February 2024
Box basics: Three autographs per seven-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's bowling card renaissance continues with the arrival of its debut PBA release in pack form -- one that packs plenty of color, some surprises and more in store every time a lid gets popped on 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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IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON ... 
The Item: Paul "Bear" Bryant cut autograph (BAS authenticated)
The Price: Less than a lot of new hobby boxes.
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This pricier (for me) pick-up actually came in the last week of last year but I decided to hold onto posting it here until it's the right time -- and since football season is upon us, well, that means now's the time. In the fall of 2019, I bought a starter auto of this legendary Alabama Crimson Tide coach who before Nick Saban was easily the greatest in school history (right now, it's perhaps a toss-up) -- that one was an inscribed nickname-only auto -- for a lot less as it was a cut from a paperback book. This one? It's signed on thick, red paper (almost a light cardboard stock) and I know exactly where it came from -- a 1975 copy of his autobiography, Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant. I have a clean-but-ratty copy of that book somewhere in my stash from an antiques store find 20-some years ago, but when this popped up from a West Coast mega-dealer of vintage (and selected modern-player) autographed stuff and plenty more I bit. I actually prefer the cut auto feel here in its case vs. the full book as it can be viewed when you find it vs. tucked behind a cover. A lot of Bryant autographs are found these days -- 40 years after his death -- are on signed copies of this book or on a style of autographed photo or two that is nearly always found inscribed and dated to fans or boosters from back in the day. While a photo (preferably slabbed) would be nice, this is a better, simpler item. Authenticated photos can cost less but look iffier depending on condition. I like this one -- and it's card-like feel -- and, heck, I might even do more. They are out there and findable.
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