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The box: 2024 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
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The box: 2024 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
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The box: 2024 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
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Have you looked at your 2024 Bowman card backs yet?

It's fine if you haven't -- we know you're busy looking for the new big names, their colorful Chrome parallels and, of course, their autographs -- but for years now there have been tons of trivial nuggets that appear on cards that can be downright odd.

They're found on the "Up Close" blurbs across all base and prospect cards in this release -- and plenty of past ones -- and after ripping my first blaster of the year I did my check for them ... and again they delivered ... even with a small sample size.

The Adley Rutschman card above was perhaps the standout of the small bunch in my box with "bountiful hugs," the origin of "Rooster" as part of a Top Gun: Maverick name-drop and a nod to family sports, too. They're not all that jam-packed, but every card has Up Close details from what I've seen this year.

Let's take a look at 20 more card backs from 2024 Bowman cards ...

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The box: 2024 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (giant)
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The box: 2024 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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The box: 2024 Topps Heritage baseball cards (giant)
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The box: 2024 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hanger)
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The box: 2024 Topps Series 1 baseball cards (hobby box)
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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 ...

THERE WERE NO GUARANTEES ... BUT I'LL TAKE IT
The Card: Joe Namath 1973 Topps
The Reason Graded: It's almost Super Bowl time and while I don't really collect any of the names who are going to be in this year's big game, I do collect names who helped make the big game in the past ... and this freshly graded card is a big one in my eyes. It's Namath's final card made by Topps during his career and I found it raw on COMC with is razor-sharp everything -- especially compared to other copies out there -- and decided it was not only grab-worthy, it was also slab-worthy with centering and only one corner with lightness and color immensely minor spotting on the front being the only issues. This one looked very strong for a vintage card so I submitted it for immediate grading directly via COMC, too.
The Grade: CGC 7

Reality Check: I had visions of a higher grade, but the card backs here have dark ink and corners on the backs can be spotty ... and I think that's a reason this one graded lower than I had hoped. But, at the same time, it's a pop-six card with only five CGC 8s grading higher -- and nothing above that. That actually puts this card among the elite for graded copies of this one ... and that's not a bad thing with my total cost here under $30. (The slight spot on the bottom left corner of the card bugged me ... until I realized it's some funk on the surface of the plastic slab, not the card or inside the slab. That's something I hadn't run into with CGC's generally crystal clear and clean slabs.)

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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: Henry Davis gets the call, comics chatter, "kids are priced out," new pulls and 28 autos in a Topps Heritage mega box?

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The box: 2023 Bowman baseball cards (blaster)
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What: 2023 Wild Card Auto Mania Baseball Rookie & Prospect Edition
Arrives: April 21
Box basics: Eight encased autographed cards per serial-numbered box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card turns its Auto Mania attention to baseball for this one with every card encased and every card autographed.

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The box: 2022 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
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The box: 2022 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards (hobby box)
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The box: 2022 Topps Pro Debut baseball cards (hobby)
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The box: 2022 Bowman Sterling baseball cards (hobby box)
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What: 2022 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 23
Box basics: Two autos per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Collectors can turn back the clock to 1973 for a third time this year following the minor-league season with this release that celebrates the prospects of the game.

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The box: 2022 Bowman baseball cards (hobby)
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The box: 2022 Bowman baseball cards (blaster box)
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The box: 2021 Bowman Draft baseball cards (jumbo)
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What: 2021 Onyx Premium baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 23
Box basics: Two on-card autographs per box (24 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx goes high-end to end 2021 with nothing but autographed cards in this one with top prospects in the mix as well as an iconic Hall of Famer and even ink from new American League MVP Shohei Ohtani.

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What: 2021 Elite Extra Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 16
Box basics: Eight autographs and two memorabilia cards per five-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: EEE takes to the diamond with plenty of hits, new prospects and draft picks, international players and more.

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What: 2021 Onyx Vintage Extended baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 21
Box basics: Two on-card autographs per four-card box (24 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Onyx brings its Vintage brand back to the diamond for a second time this year with some legends of today as well as yesteryear signing on along with new looks at a number of prospects -- and that will include active NCAA players under new name, image and likeness rules.

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