What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Baseball Photos
Arrives: June 22
Box basics: One autographed baseball photo per pack (15 packs per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line hits the field once again with MLB legends and stars of today all in one place -- and with the possibility for autographed memorabilia, too.

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What: 2022 Topps Five Star baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 23
Box basics: Two autographs per box (eight boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Five Star hits the field once again with a familiar lineup of inclusions and nothing but ink for MLB stars from the past and present.

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The box: 2021 Topps Big League Baseball cards (display box)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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The box: 2021 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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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 ... 

HE'S BACK!
The Card: Tiger Woods 2001 Upper Deck No. 1 -- Rookie Card
The Reason Graded: Not that long ago I unearthed my stash of these heavily produced but in-demand RCs and sent off a couple to be graded. Since that time Woods returned at The Masters and fared relatively well considering where he was little over a year ago. While he's got plenty of high-dollar cards -- and stuff that pre-dates this with non-traditional distribution -- this one is the propellant that brought back golf cards to the masses and it has been slabbed thousands of times between all of the grading companies. I amassed a number of them because I used to rip this on the cheap whether it was repacks, hobby boxes, retail boxes or whatever. This wax was cheap for a long time and had a few formats -- for example, I opened a case of this one for somewhere between $75 and $125 (I want to say it was the lower number) probably 15 years ago ... and did better than I expected for hits (that's why I was ripping). Now? A single box would cost more than what I paid.
The Grade: CSG 9.5

Reality Check: Even this newcomer to grading has taken on a ton of Tiger RCs with only a dozen grading higher than this -- and with their new slabs/scale, this copy would be a CSG 10 now. (Gem Mint is now a 10 with Pristine 10s nixed and Perfect 10s still in play.) I may send off a few more from my stash to see how the new top end of the scale looks on my others. (All of my submissions came back just before the change.)

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What: 2022 Leaf Autographed Jersey Multi-sport
Arrives: Sept. 30
Box basics: One autographed custom jersey per box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf once again takes autographed memorabilia to all areas of the sports world once again with nothing but jerseys in this release.

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The box: 2022 Topps Opening Day baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2022 Topps Opening Day baseball cards (blaster)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2022 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster Hot Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
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The box: 2022 Topps Opening Day baseball cards (blaster)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2022 Topps Finest baseball cards
Arrives: Jan. 18
Box basics: One auto per six-pack mini box with two minis per master (eight masters per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Finest arrives with the same format as past years but with a new design, new players and some new nods to the past for the line.

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What: 2022 Topps Gold Label baseball cards
Arrives: Feb. 24, 2023
Box basics: One framed autograph per seven-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps' Gold Label brand arrives for another season with the familiar look and formula that once again includes ink and even gold among the possible finds.

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The box: 2022 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hobby)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here

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What: 2022 Panini Diamond Kings baseball cards
Arrives: April 27
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (24 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Diamond Kings drops with some new looks within a familiar format that includes past and present stars all in one spot.

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The box: 2022 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hobby Hot Box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
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What: 2022 Panini Select baseball cards
Arrives: April 20
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the diamond with the familiar tiered approach for standard cards and then plenty of young star power among the hits and elsewhere.

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The box: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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What: 2022 Topps Allen & Ginter baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 16
Box basics: Three hits in every 24-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Allen & Ginter drops once again with all the eccentricities, plenty of baseball players and a new retro design meant to emulate the 1880s tobacco cards that helped bring some of the first baseball cards to the masses.

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The box: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The box: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The box: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com
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The box: 2022 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hobby box)
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What: 2022 Leaf Lumber baseball cards
Arrives: Late spring
Box basics: Four premium hits per box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's bats brand arrives for another season with legends from the game in play as well as fan favorites from more recent years with multi-auto and multi-mem cards to be found in this hits-only release.

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The box: 2021 Panini Chronicles Baseball baseball cards (value pack)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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What: 2022 Break King Premium Baseball
Arrives: March 11
Box basics: Two buybacks -- one autographed -- per box (three boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Break King hits the diamond with nothing but buybacks in play here as part of a release with half the production volume of last year.

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