Update: This card sold for $920 on eBay Tuesday night -- keep reading for the details.

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Another monster game, another monster card? Pretty much ...

Ronald Acuña Jr. torched the San Francisco Giants pitchers Monday night with a homer on the first pitch of the game, then a double and another homer -- the kind of night that gets people looking even more for the cardboard from a few key sets last year that include his Rookie Cards.

Boxes of 2018 Topps Update have quickly become a simple hot commodity, especially with other rookies and the potential for parallels of this new star, but that's not the only place to chase this popular slugger.

And that's where the card you see up top comes in.

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What: 2019 Topps Five Star baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 28
Box basics: Two autographs per box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Five Star is back with every autograph signed directly on-card and with every card either an autograph an autographed Relic or a cut signature.

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

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Make your picks with a click ... and free stuff could be yours. That's YourDozen.com in a nutshell, and up this week are a dozen questions for this weekend's MLB action (mostly) and a couple for the All-Elite Wrestling pay-per-view with its debut.

Blowout Cards' hot spot for your shot at free stuff -- store credit, boxes, memorabilia and other prizes -- is in its 17th week and the prize once again is $200 in Blowout store credit.

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

How does it work? Keep reading ...

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As said last month, not all game-used baseballs are the same, despite the fact that they're all a pair of leather panels with 108 stitches holding it all together.

And this one is not like last month's ball at all.

This one arrived via a Boston Red Sox mystery box over on MLBShop.com with the only guarantees that this one would be MLB Authenticated and could be from any time between 2013 and 2017 -- that first season being one where the Sox won the World Series.

You can keep reading to see the details ...

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What's Buzzing Today: Showing off Baker Mayfield cards, Austin Riley, Game of Thrones finale chatter, 2019 Bowman Mega Box pulls, The National and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Inside a Ronald Acuña Jr. collection, a Roger Maris game-used patch, nearly 100 allegedly trimmed NBA star cards sold, six autos in seven Bowman Mega Boxes and more in today's edition.

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What's Buzzing Today: Inside 68 Bowman Mega Boxes, NBA breaks, The National and "When did 'prospecting' change?"

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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 Big League baseball cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 6 (five standard, one Blue bonus parallel pack)
Cards per pack: 10 in standard, four in bonus
Cards in this box: 54 (plus one more on the box)
Base set completion: 
39 of 400 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Juan Soto, Gleyber Torres, Freddie Freeman, Justin Verlander, Luis Severino, Charlie Blackmon, Max Scherzer, Adrian Beltre, Christian Yelich (with Hank Aaron), Mookie Betts, Mike Trout

Rookie Cards – None

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls from around the collecting world in today's edition.

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Update: Riley has been on fire since his arrival with seven homers and 20 RBI in his first 14 games, hitting .375 (21-for-56) for the second-place Braves.

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The newest Atlanta Braves rookie to watch is here -- and he homered in his big-league debut.

He's outfielder/third baseman Austin Riley and he went 1-for-3 with a home run in his first game last night, a solo shot in just his second at-bat during a 4-0 win over the Cardinals.

Baseball America ranked him as the No. 22 prospect in baseball entering this season and he had torn things up at Triple-A Gwinnett, hitting .299 with 10 doubles, 15 homers and 39 RBI in 37 games this season.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but big pulls, 2019 Bowman Mega Boxes, non-sports breaks and more in today's edition.

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If you've missed out on 2019 Bowman boxes in your neighborhood, you'll have another shot at them soon.

That's because the 2019 Bowman Mega Box will be arriving at Target stores beginning this week.

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What: 2019 Topps Luminaries baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 7
Box basics: One autograph or autographed Relic card per box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line returns for a third go on the diamond with every card encased and numbered to no more than 15 copies and a number of outrageous booklet cards in the mix.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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What: 2019 Super Break One-time Heavy Hitters
Arrives: July 1
Box basics: One buyback card per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break is back with big names in buyback form here -- a mix of baseball, football, basketball, hockey and more.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls and National chatter lead the way here with some Ben Simmons heat in the mix.

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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 baseball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 12
Cards per box: 72

Set completion: 
38 of 100 (38 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
18 of 150 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
12 of 150 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base/prospect cards – Cody Bellinger, Shohei Ohtani, Ozzie Albies, Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor, Matt Chapman, Kris Bryant, Victor Victor Mesa, Noelvi Marte, Blaze Alexander, Austin Riley, Fernando Tatis Jr., Chris Paddack, Casey Mize, Brady Singer

Rookie Cards (15) – Notables include Ramon Laureano, Christin Stewart, Kyle Wright, Jonathan Loaisiga, Brandon Lowe

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What's Buzzing Today: Past breaks, big pulls, NFL rookie autograph quality and more in today's edition.

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Buzz buys and busts a lot of boxes right here for Buzz Breaks, but one of my goals just might be to rip fewer blasters this year 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. Would they capture yours? I'd be interested to know -- sometimes they might, sometimes they won't and that's fine. It's a buyer's market out there with plenty of options and bargains as well as high-end gems to chase.

So, with all that said, here are a few Buzz Buys ... and this time around it's a super-sized edition.

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A CLASSIC YOU CAN FIND ... FOR NOW 
The Card: Ronald Acuña Jr. 2018 Topps Heritage High Number RC (PSA 9)
The Price: $11.20
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This Atlanta Braves slugger had a strong start in April -- enough to get people looking at his Rookie Cards from last season once again and that's why I have him leading off here once again but with a different card. I didn't pick this one up since that hot start, but the PSA 10s and other high-grade cards out there have asking prices that are definitely getting more attention and pricier than when I nabbed this one. Raw copies are going for not a lot less than what I paid on the same site and ripping a box isn't going to guarantee you a well-centered copy. (All of mine pulled  last year were a tad off.) This one is off top-to-bottom but that worries me far less than left-right centering, so I grabbed it at the price.
Grab a box right here: 2018 Topps Heritage High Number

Keep reading for nine more interesting items ...

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What's Buzzing Today: Inside 39 White Sparkle packs, big pulls, National chatter and plenty more here.

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What's Buzzing Today: The National forum is now open, new NFL breaks, pulls from UFC and MLB ... and more 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: Topps Now Future Packs, MLB breaks, NFL pulls, Pop Century signers and more in today's edition.

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Albert Pujols' place in MLB history grows with every at-bat and his place on the career RBI list is now firmly placed on cardboard, too.

Thanks to Topps Now, today's lineup updates collectors on Pujols' move into the 2,000-RBI Club on Thursday when he joined just Hank Aaron (2,297) and Alex Rodriguez (2,086) on the list.

He has both standard cards and autographed base Relics from the game up for grabs for no more than 24 hours.

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What's Buzzing Today: New football and baseball pulls of note, card trimming, Chris Paddack and pondering if there's a PSA 10 bubble.

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What's Buzzing Today: Pondering Tom Brady Rookie Card buys, MLB breaks, the Boston Celtics, 2019 Score, plenty more and even more on "alteration vs. conservation."

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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 packs: 2019 Topps Now Future World Series baseball packs (two packs)
Where to buy: Click here (previously only offered via Topps.com)
Cards per pack: 3

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