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 ... and this time around there's a mix of everything -- mostly on the affordable side.

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WHO I'D BE WATCHING
The Card: Bo Bichette 2019 Bowman Sterling (PSA 9)
The Price: Under $11
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: If baseball were happening right now, there are a few young players I'd be watching and Bichette is one of them. In just 46 games as a 21-year-old rookie last year, this second-generation MLB player hit .311 with 11 homers, 21 RBI and 18 doubles -- numbers that would have projected out to 39 homers, 74 RBI and 63 doubles over 162 games. While I wouldn't reasonably expect that this year, he was dominating at times in 2019 and he's one of several homegrown Blue Jays rookies from the last couple years (Bichette's RCs are this year) who could be around for a while and generate some success both on the field and on cardboard. When they're this cheap, I'm grabbing them -- most of the time, they are not. With its high-end format, Sterling makes me think this basic card might be less plentiful than a lot of the prospect brands from last year, too, but ultimately I picked it up since it's clean and has a solid photo.
Grab a box right here: 2019 Bowman Sterling

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Can't wait until March to get a bracket going? Well, we've got a way for you to get into the game.

It's the Blowout March Gladness Jackpot and it's a bonus for those who pick off sale items -- an overall bracket winner gets a mega box of the red-hot 2018-19 Donruss Optic (home of Luka Doncic Rookie Cards) but all teams that make the Final Four get a spot in a championship game bonus grid where they'll get a share of an overall big-dollar jackpot that pays out Blowout gift cards for a number of possibilities.

There will be a number of brackets filled in this one -- and they are filling already -- and every team in the field in every bracket is tied to a sale box.

Keep reading for five items -- not just basketball and with a variety of price points -- that got Buzz's attention in this one. And every one you buy gets you a team on a bracket.

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"The Latvian Laser" has been shooting things up on the court of late and there's one thing that matters right now with that.

Davis Bertans appears on just one Rookie Card.

That one comes from back in 2016-17 Panini Threads and it's got seven parallels and that's it for his standard NBA cardboard, though there is a very small sliver of stuff out there to collect. He's in his fourth NBA season and first with the Washington Wizards where he's averaging 15.8 points and 4.7 rebounds a game mostly coming off the bench. He spent the last three seasons with the San Antonio Spurs where his career-highs for a campaign included 8.0 points and 3.5 rebounds per last season.

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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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The most-famous feline of the last week now has a football card.

Panini America's real-time football card platform, Panini Instant, has injected some extra fun with this week's releases as the black cat that interrupted Monday night's Cowboys-Giants game has been carded.

An appropriately colored 1/1 Black parallel of the card is already sold out, while two other versions of the card are available for a limited time.

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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: The newest rare Zion ink is here, showing off a game-used collection, big pulls and ... which sets can't be altered?

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Board Man may be headed elsewhere, but the Toronto Raptors' NBA championship clearly was a slam dunk with some basketball collectors up north -- and probably elsewhere, too.

One way we know?

The print run on the Panini Instant team championship card set.

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The World Cup-winning team and its highlights have new cardboard ... Instantly.

The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team is the subject of new Panini Instant cards -- both a new championship set and a standalone cards, too.

They'll all be printed to order after one week after the ordering window closes, while the a number of the autographed cards made available via Panini America are already sold out.

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That big name in the NBA has his first cardboard already.

No, not Commissioner Adam Silver -- though he has a few new options here -- it's No. 1 draft pick Zion Williamson, the big-scoring, shoe-splitting Duke star who was taken by the New Orleans Pelicans last night.

Panini Instant cards for a number of draft picks are available now.

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One of the possible top picks in this year's NBA Draft has a new team already.

He's former Murray State star Ja Morant and he's signed an exclusive autograph card and memorabilia deal with Panini America. He's perhaps going to be a top-five pick next month and his first autographed items will be available via Panini Authentic after the draft.

“I’m very excited to join the Panini America family as an exclusive member of the team along with some of the greatest names in the game,” Morant said in a prepared release. “I dreamed of having my own trading card to share with family, friends and fans, and Panini America is helping make that dream come true. I’m appreciative of that and look forward to a long relationship.”

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The first round of the NFL Draft is set for tomorrow night in Nashville and Panini America is ready to create the new cardboard that's at the center of everything.

Panini Instant already has the newest cards of the newest picks -- their first cards with their new NFL teams to be noted -- up for grabs right now. Yes, right now.

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We're just a week and a weekend away from the biggest game of the NFL season but it's already here on Panini America cardboard.

It's the Super Bowl LIII team sets for the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams and they're both available for just the next seven days or so thanks to Panini Instant, the company's real-time card platform.

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They're there all game long and they've been the target of many players looking for paydirt -- but they've never been the target of pens with ink destined for cardboard.

They're pylons and that has changed with the arrival of the first wave of 2018 Panini Instant Pylon Signatures cards that are up for grabs via Panini America's real-time cardboard platform.

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One of the biggest highlights for the San Francisco 49ers this season can be found on cardboard.

That highlight? The NFL debut of QB Nick Mullens on Thursday Night Football  last week as the former Southern Miss star has his first cards available for just the next couple of hours via Panini Instant, the company's real-time card platform.

Mullens arrived on Thursday with a 16-for-22, 262-yard showing against the hapless Oakland Raiders -- a game that included three touchdown passes for the un-drafted rookie and a 34-3 win when it was all said and done.

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It's no surprise to see a New Orleans Saints player with a gaudy stat line but this time it's a dominating game from a guy who's been a dominator all year.

Saints WR Michael Thomas dialed up a big night in a win over the previously unbeaten Los Angeles Rams with 12 catches for 211 yards and a touchdown that included a "call"afterward. (That was likely to the league office to see how big his fine would be for using a prop on the field, especially if it wasn't the league-approved brand of phone he had hidden under the goalpost.)

This former Ohio State star is all over cardboard with more than 2,500 different cards since his arrival in 2016 NFL boxes and he's got more than 800 different autographed cards for fans to chase, too. >> Check out his autos on eBay  The game was his biggest of the year and just his third 100-yard game Despite that, he's fourth in the NFL with 880 yards this season and is second in receptions. With a lot of toys in the Drew Brees-led arsenal, Thomas might be overlooked on his own team to a degree when it comes to cardboard but he shouldn't be.

>> Click here to shop for football boxes on BlowoutCards.com.

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A total of 39 new NFL rookies will get the Panini Instant nod in the coming weeks with some of them arriving later today via the company's online card-selling platform.

The 2018 Panini Instant Access set was revealed on Tuesday and it goes on sale beginning at 2 p.m. -- well, at least the first batch of rookies -- with gold-ink autos leading the way.

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We're less than an hour from the start of the 2018 NBA Draft and Panini America already has the first NBA cards of the new stars ready.

Via Panini Instant.

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Former Oklahoma Sooners basketball star and future first-round NBA Draft pick Trae Young has joined a new squad.

The Panini America team.

“We’re excited to welcome Trae Young as the newest exclusive member of the Panini America family,” said Panini CEO Mark Warsop. “Trae is one of the most exciting young players in all of basketball and he will absolutely be a major driver for our NBA trading card products for all of 2018-19 and beyond. We’ll work closely with him to deliver trading card and memorabilia offerings that appeal to fans and collectors in a major way.”

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Have you seen the latest crazy items on eBay? If not, you just might see some of those here every week as we're launching a weekly version of our eBay Buzz pieces that pop up from time to time. We’ll spotlight some items that have a story or just wow us with how much interest it might have — and we’re not just talking baseball cards, either.

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SUPERFRACTOR MANIA ... CATCH IT!
The Item: Bryce Harper's 2011 Bowman Chrome Prospects Superfractor autograph (BGS 9.5/10)
The Price: $499,999.99 Buy-It-Now (or best offer)
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: Superfractors are the top draw for prospectors and they're the cards that get dollars flowing with their golden swirls. This one is among Bryce Harper's rarities before his Rookie Cards arrived and it's got the museum-style price attached to it. Will it sell for that? Probably not, but that best offer button has probably been hit more than a few times in the past.
Similar Pieces: Check out all of the Superfractors on eBay right here
The BlowoutCards.com Hunt: Click here for Bowman boxes from several years

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Forty top NFL rookies were busy signing plenty of cardboard and wearing their pro gear for the first time this weekend and the cardboard to prove it is here already.

Or, rather, Instantly.

Panini Instant had first many of these players' first cards on draft night and it already has three cards per player for those who were on hand at this year's NFLPA Rookie Premiere. While you'll have to wait for many of the cards that were created and signed this weekend to arrive in packs later in the year, these cards are available right now on the company's website.

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With the first round of the NFL Draft set for tonight in Arlington, Texas, Panini America is at the epicenter of the football universe.

And if you're wanting the newest cards of the newest picks -- their first cards with their new NFL teams noted -- you may already be out of luck ... at least for the rarer parallels as those are already sold out.

Panini Instant already is the home for cards from tonight's draft (8 p.m.) with single cards, parallels and a 50-card set option that will include three bonus cards that will not be found anywhere else.

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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: Some historic pulls, Andre Ingram gets carded, pondering Hall of Famers & more.

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Panini America has the cardboard ready for NBA All-Star Weekend ... and it's not even the weekend just yet.

Two games of note have team sets available right now via Panini Instant its real-time card platform -- the All-Star Game itself as well as the Rising Stars game.

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One of the most-remembered moments for the Philadelphia Eagles and their fans this past week -- beyond their Super Bowl LII win that is -- has to be Jason Kelce's eccentric look and his expletive-laden speech that was oh-so-Philly delivered to the masses at the end of the team's championship parade.

His only in-pack football cards are the same way -- colorful and eccentric, but without the expletives.

You won't have to dig that far back to find the Rookie Cards of this 2011 draft pick, though, as his first in-pack cards come from 2017 Panini Unparalleled.

That's the only place you'll find him on a regular-issue standard card in a pack, though you do have a couple of other card options that come via less-traditional methods and an insert appearance to chase.

Keep reading for a breakdown ... and make sure you've eaten breakfast. (It's some of Kelce's life philosophy or something.)

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Nick Foles' big catch gets a solo nod and 35 members of your Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles are also getting new football cards very soon.

That's thanks to Panini Instant.

Panini America's real-time trading card platform has a Foles card showing his shocking fourth-down touchdown catch from the big game up for grabs for only 24 hours -- all three parallels, including two autographs are already gone -- but that's not all.

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