Have you looked at your 2019 Bowman Draft 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 there's always one part of this Bowman release that can surprise with either basic stuff one might not know (since the players are new to cardboard) or some downright trivial things that mean nothing when it comes to the field of play.

It's those "Up Close" blurbs that are worth a look.

The card of top pick Adley Rutschman actually has one of the simpler and more straight-forward items on his card. He's not one of those cards who drops references to Fortnite, Taylor Swift, Coke vs. Pepsi, Chick-Fil-A, Game of Thrones or even an interest in nuclear engineering. One card even notes a top prospect who had a specific walk-up song at age 10 ... what were you doing at that age?

Let's take a look at the backs of some 2019 Bowman Draft baseball cards ...

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but highlights from breaks in today's edition.

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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: Big pulls, Prizm breaks, new Hall of Famers, Bowman Draft and choosing between Ronald Acuña Jr., Juan Soto or Fernando Tatis Jr.

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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: Nothing but breaks to report in today's edition -- 2019 Bowman Draft, 2019-20 Panini Prizm and more ...

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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: Bowman Draft and Panini Prizm breaks lead the way here ... but they are not alone.

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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: 2019 Bowman Draft MLB cards (jumbo)
First Buzz Preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 32
Cards in this box: 384
Base set completion: 
200 of 200 (100 percent)
Duplicates: 73
Chrome set completion: 
66 of 200 (33 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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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: Nothing but breaks highlights -- Panini Prizm, Bowman Draft and plenty more -- in today's edition.

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What: 2020 Topps MLB Sticker Collection
Arrives: April 1
Box basics: 50 four-sticker packs per box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: The MLB stickers are back for another season with a new assortment of stars and some new inclusions from the game's past as well as its present -- and they will once again have cardboard backs that are their own set, too.

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What's Buzzing Today: Bowman Draft and Panini Prizm breaks arrive -- and the breaks are plentiful -- as well as Immaculate NFL breaks and a notable NXT newcomer's first autograph in today's edition.

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What: 2019 Bowman Heritage baseball cards
Arrives: Soon (online-only release via Topps' site)
Box basics: One autograph per 24-pack box
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Heritage returns as an online-only release and it currently is in a 582 Montgomery Club member pre-sale stage but with a wide availability to non-members coming soon.

Keep reading for more details.

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What's Buzzing Today: More 2019-20 Panini Prizm NBA pulls, a Triple Threads scorcher, non-sports breaks and more in today's edition.

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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: 2019 Topps Update baseball cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby/jumbo)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard, one commemorative patch pack)
Cards per pack: 14
Cards in this box: 99
Base set completion: 
88 of 300 (29 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards of note – Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger, Albert Pujols, Alex Bregman, Nolan Arenado, Justin Verlander

Rookie Cards (28) – Pete Alonso (3), Austin Riley, Will Smith, Cavan Biggio, Eloy Jimenez, Braden Bishop, Lane Thomas, Skye Bolt, Pedro Avila, Cole Irvin, J.D. Hammer, Austin Allen, Merrill Kelly, Adam Haseley, Nicky Lopez, Matt Festa, Kevin Cron, Taylor Clarke, Dylan Moore, Oscar Mercado, Elvis Luciano, Griffin Canning (2), Thomas Pannone, Kyle Dowdy, Richard Lovelady

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What: 2020 Leaf Lumber Kings baseball cards
Arrives: January
Box basics: Four premium hits per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the diamond with a new release for the new year that's high-end and hits-driven with stars of the distant and recent past all in one place.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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The box: 2019 Topps Gallery baseball cards (blaster box)
Checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Packs per box: 8 (seven standard and one Artist Proof pack)
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 32
Base set completion: 23 of 150 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Willson Contreras, Rafael Devers, Miguel Andujar, Joey Votto

Rookie Cards (11) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Brendan Rodgers, Mitch Keller, Bryse Wilson, Rowdy Tellez, Elvis Luciano, Kevin Newman, Dennis Santana, David Fletcher, Bryan Reynolds, J.D. Hammer

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What: 2020 Topps Definitive Collection baseball cards
Arrives: April 22
Box basics: Six autos or autographed Relics and two additional Relics per eight-card box (three boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Definitive hits the diamond for a fourth season with the same format but some big surprises like the possibility of groups like the one you see above, the Definitive Autographed Ultra Patch Collection.

Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images.

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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: 2019 Topps Heritage baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 9
Cards in this box: 71
Base set completion: 
63 of 400 (16 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Mike Trout, David Price, Justin Verlander, Paul Goldschmidt

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Rookie Cards (5 cards, 11 rookies) – Kyle Tucker, Cionel Perez, Nick Ciuffo, Andrew Velazquez, Kevin Newman, Kevin Kramer, James Norwood, Duane Underwood Jr., Francisco Arcia, Ty Buttrey, Williams Jerez

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What's Buzzing Today: A Derek Jeter card you haven't seen before, inside the Blowout Holiday Pack Party, big pulls, an idea and ... all those Zions from one case? (Yep.)

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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 ...

A BIG BLASTER PULL
The Card: Shohei Ohtani 2018 Topps #700B hand on helmet SSP photo variation
The Reason Graded: Not that long ago, I pulled this card from a Series 2 blaster box and decided that it needed a slab since these SSPs appear to be relatively rare -- and I was even more surprised to see how they didn't grade all that well on the pop report. Meanwhile, mine looked very clean ... so I had to do it.
The Grade: BGS 9.5

Reality Check: Only one card graded better than mine and four others have equaled it while eight cards have checked in at a BGS 9 or lower -- that seems pretty low for a modern card, though the skinny stock here clearly could have issues after these cards hit packaging. I'll admit that this was a pull while Ronald Acuña Jr. hunting in Series 2, but this feels like a win on top of a win with it grading so well after being pulled from a discounted box. Here's hoping his third season is as strong or better than his first two, which are remarkably similar from the batting side.

Keep reading for more of this month's pick-ups and new slabs for Buzz.

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What's Buzzing Today: Zion Williamson appearances in 2019-20 Panini Prizm NBA, other MLB and NFL breaks, the Baseball America Top 100 and ... how much do you still trust graded cards?

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If you hadn't noticed, our fifth wave of Black Friday boxes with discounted prices just dropped right now right here as BlowoutCards.com is bringing a wave approach to today's sales.

Here are five boxes/cases that caught this collector’s eye in this wave.

2017 Panini Crown Royale NFL retail premium box
This wave might be the strongest of them all if you ask me and this box's potential is one big reason why I say that. Back when I opened my only box of this one, I landed a Christian McCaffrey Platinum Rookie Card parallel -- a big deal this season -- but that's not the biggest rookie here ... you have a shot at Patrick Mahomes RCs and their parallels as well as ink and memorabilia cards. You get two hits per box here -- one auto, one mem -- and the strong rookie crop makes it a no-brainer at a price not dramatically higher than it was back when it arrived. It's not the flashiest design, but it's got some good potential.

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If you hadn't noticed, our fourth wave of Black Friday boxes with discounted prices have dropped right now right here as BlowoutCards.com is bringing a wave approach to today's sales.

There's one more wave of discounted boxes to come later in today's big sale ... so keep watching.

Here are five boxes/cases that caught this collector’s eye in this wave.

2017 Panini Chronicles baseball hobby box
Sure, the two Chronicles releases since this one pack a lot more oomph, but the rookie crop in Chronicles is one that includes some notables with some selling power -- Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge, Andrew Benintendi and Alex Bregman for example. They can be found on a number of signed cards in this one and a number of different "brands" all in one place. The 2017 boxes aren't as crazy of a rip as this year or last year but when there's a pretty decent box discount this is the time to try for something big. You get four hits and eight numbered cards per box here and a lot of low-volume cards have some hefty prices even if not inked based on one recent search I made. There also can be some oldschool memorabilia finds here for the likes of Mickey Mantle and Harmon Killebrew, giving it a scope that's beyond just rookies.

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If you hadn't noticed, our third wave of Black Friday boxes with discounted prices have dropped right now right here as BlowoutCards.com is bringing a wave approach to today's sales.

There are two more waves of discounted boxes to come later in today's big sale ... so keep watching.

Here are five boxes/cases that caught this collector’s eye in this third wave.

2017 Panini Donruss Optic NFL Mega Box lot (20 boxes)
These boxes can run streaky between their heavy dose of Rated Rookies and their Red & Yellow parallels -- and with rookies like Patrick Mahomes and Christian McCaffrey in there (among others) that means you have the potential for some monster boxes. These case-size lots aren't the cheapest out there but they have some big potential for sure on the rookie front but also offer some safety with a hit and inserts, too. Check out this past Buzz Break, for example. At the time I ripped it, some of those guys weren't as big as they are now. Whether you're ripping or opting to pick up some boxes or cases to hold, this might be a safe one either way.

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If you hadn't noticed, our second wave of Black Friday boxes with discounted prices have dropped right now right here as BlowoutCards.com is bringing a wave approach to today's sales.

There are three more waves of discounted boxes to come later in today's big sale ... so keep watching.

Here are five boxes/cases that caught this collector’s eye in this first wave.

2019-20 Panini NBA Hoops hobby box
The big discount on this one is an opportunity to chase some of those big on-card autos of the big guy here, Zion Williamson, along with plenty of other autos as you get two per box. There isn't some kind of tiny limit on how many boxes you can grab here, either, so that helped make this one the lead-off spot for this new wave. Loading up on basic Rookie Cards from brands like this are better done now than later as flagship-style releases and their RCs are prime grading material and seemingly more popular than ever in recent years across the major sports. For many collectors who might have first dabbled in basketball cards with the arrival of Hoops back in 1989, this brand is a comfortable one. There's also plenty of insert action and other stuff to chase in here, too, beyond the guy on the box.

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If you hadn't noticed, our first wave of Black Friday boxes with discounted prices have dropped right now right here as BlowoutCards.com is bringing a wave approach to today's sales.

There are four more waves of discounted boxes to come later in today's big sale ... so keep watching.

Here are five boxes/cases that caught this collector’s eye in this first wave.

2015 Bowman's Best MLB eight-box hobby case
Best returned after several years on the bench, bringing a new wave of prospects and rookies with a total of four autos per box via a mini-box format. While a number of prospect releases from this timeframe have blown up, this one is still more on the affordable side while also including some solid names among the parallel rainbow as well as on the autograph front. Among autographs possible here? Andrew Benintendi, Anthony Rizzo, Bryce Harper, Buster Posey, Blake Snell, Carlos Correa, Dansby Swanson, Francisco Lindor, Jose Altuve, Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, Max Scherzer, Mike Trout, Rafael Devers, Trea Turner, Walker Buehler, David Ortiz, and more. It's a good mix of prospects and more with 32 autos per case and plenty of color and inserts, too.

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What's Buzzing Today: Transcendent arrives, Panini Prizm NBA madness and plenty more in today's edition.

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