What's Buzzing: The NBA Finals heat up, new pulls, NFL chatter, The National, Rafael Devers and, of course, 2025 Topps Series 2.

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1 -- NBA Finals reactions

2 -- New MLB pulls are here

3 -- The National is coming

4 -- Lots of NFL topics 

5 -- Still talking 2025 Topps Series 2

6 -- Reactions: Rafael Devers to the Giants

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The box: 2025 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hanger)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all other formats)
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What's Buzzing: Rafael Devers to the Giants, Shohei Ohtani returns to the mound tonight, 2025 Topps Series 2, NBA Finals, The National and ... a lesson for the future?

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1 -- Reactions: Rafael Devers to the Giants

2 -- Talking 2025 Topps Series 2

3 -- Shohei Ohtani makes Dodgers pitching debut tonight 

4 -- A lesson for the future?

5 -- NBA Finals chatter

6 -- The National section is open

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What's Buzzing: 2025 Topps Series 2, new The Cup pulls, Bowman blasters deliver, grading chatter, The National and the NBA Finals.

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1 -- Talking 2025 Topps Series 2

2 -- Some finds from The Cup

3 -- Bowman blasters for the win

4 -- Talking grading

5 -- NBA Finals chatter

6 -- The National section is open

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... sometimes stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new fun cards and oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

IT'S ANNIE SAVOY!
The Cards: Susan Sarandon 2024 Leaf Pop Century Now Showing Red, White & Blue Mojo Pre-Production Proofs (each a 1/1 card)
The Buzz On This: This long-running non-sports catch-all card franchise often shows celebs in headshots or on fashionable red-carpet moments, but when I spotted a few of these blank-backed cards sporting a photo from Bull Durham -- still likely the movie of all movies when it comes to Minor League Baseball -- I picked off each of these and another color (to be seen elsewhere later) among a bunch of these proofs with various colors and textures from this set. Why? They're affordable and fun -- something rare (each color/texture is the lone copy in proof form) -- and still can be collected without breaking the bank. I landed these for less than $10 a card shipped, though I wouldn't have bothered if these didn't have the Annie Savoy visual. (This is from the memorable batting cage scene and the set is made to lightly emulate a movie ticket.) I did a lot of cheap proofs here, so I'll show off others and my other shade of this one elsewhere at some point. These aren't my typical oddball cards here, but I figured since we're in-season I'd mix in some other stuff from the MiLB realm.

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What's Buzzing: MLB chatter, The National, Frank Gore Jr.'s autos, the NBA Finals and more in this Friday edition.

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1 -- All your MLB chatter is here

2 -- Eleven years?

3 -- NBA Finals chatter

4 -- Still on their minds: 2025 Topps Series 2

5 -- So, about Frank Gore Jr.'s autos ...

6 -- The National section is open

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The box: 2025 Topps Heritage baseball cards (hanger)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all other formats)
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What's Buzzing: NBA Finals action, 2025 Topps Series 2, Frank Gore Jr.'s ink, The National and more.

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1 -- NBA Finals chatter

2 -- A lot of patience

3 -- New & on their minds: 2025 Topps Series 2

4 -- So, about Frank Gore Jr.'s autos ...

5 -- Highlights from a Series 2 rip

6 -- The National section is open

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Going for the gold starts all over again soon.

Nope, it's not the Olympics out of nowhere ... the hunt for Golden Mirror photo variations starts up once again as 2025 Topps Series 2 MLB is set to arrive in roughly a month -- get your boxes at the link here soon. In the interim, we've got a selection of 30 cards -- one per team -- along with one extra, the Shohei Ohtani World Series moment you see above, as a hint of what's to come.

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What: 2025 Topps Series 2 baseball cards
Arrives: June 11
Box basics: One auto or Relic per hobby box (12 per case) or one auto and two Relics per jumbo box (six per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The earliest teases of the second series of the Topps baseball card flagship set are here -- the packaging formats -- with Shohei Ohtani leading the way on all fronts.

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For years now, I've said that every card has a story ... but, every once in a while, a celebrity's meandering tale has chapters you might not even know about and, in a few really rare instances, there might even be some cardboard to go with it.

That's the case for me with this card this time -- I'm a grizzled veteran collector who's seen plenty, forgotten even more and collected all kinds of directions as players come and go in the traditional sports realm. TV shows and movies come and go on other cardboard, too, and times just sometimes change for collectibles ... just like my sometimes-meandering tastes. But this one? It was something that's right in my wheelhouse as a Shotzi Blackheart collector and it's totally new to me so here we are. She's a pro wrestler and a unique, self-made character if you don't know -- find her in WWE boxes here.

Not that long ago, I spotted a set that had me doing a spit-take, then a double-take -- and all of that was followed up by picking up my jaw off the floor, a click to buy and then hoping that the stuff would actually arrive. In short, it was something I'd never, ever seen before -- or even seen in a photo anywhere at any time. It's a card set for Creepy KOFY Movie Time, a watch-along late-night TV series that ran several years on KOFY Channel 20 in San Francisco that celebrated the retro horror movie genre with a surf music-serving house band called The Deadlies, as well as regular characters for bits, guests for other segments and then a regular go-go dancer ensemble on stage at all times called the Cave Girls, which marked Blackheart's TV debut. The series came to an end just as her indy wrestling career was taking off and eventually took her around the world with WWE.

The card set is from 2013 -- the year before Blackheart's pro wrestling debut in the indies with Oakland-based edgy and irreverent promotion Hoodslam where she was aligned with the Stoner Brothers (a parody of a famous team) under a Missy Hyatt-inspired moniker for a debut match on ... April 20. (Get it?) This name, though, which she has used otherwise for the rest of her wrestling career and to this day post-WWE, originated before that -- "Shotzi" comes from a nickname based off a character in a musical called Starmites (and her role in a high-school production) and "Blackheart" was an ode to Joan Jett and her band, The Blackhearts.

That's here captured in this set with some eccentric characters that you'd expect to find with the genre. It was a show broadcast from a "cave" under the TV studio with a demon (Balrok) and a zombie (No Name) as its hosts. This card set came two years before her attempt at WWE fame as part of its Tough Enough reality show -- she made it but then didn't when they found she had a health issue -- and then seven years before her eventual arrival on WWE cards (2020) as an NXT star. In between was a busy indy wrestling run where "The Ballsy Badass" left her red hair behind in favor of her trademark neon green and crafted her horned-helmet, tank-driving ways that she rode right into WWE unchanged.

Now, what's my convoluted headline and that Tom Cruise cameo all about?

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What's Buzzing: Denzel Clarke, Jac Caglianone, NBA Finals, Frank Gore Jr.'s autograph, The National and an impressive Mets autograph booklet.

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1 -- Denzel Clarke's catch has 'em talking

2 -- NBA Finals chatter ... and even more NBA

3 -- So, about Frank Gore Jr.'s Topps autos ...

4 -- Talking Jac Caglianone

5 -- Check out the Mets booklet here

6 -- The National section is open

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My bad.

Simply put, Jac Caglianone, the Kansas City Royals super-slugging prospect turned big-leaguer as of last week, missed one.

No, it wasn't a breaking ball in the dirt or a fat fastball right down the middle -- he hits those and often quite far. This was a certified autograph card in a jumbo box of 2025 Bowman. Err, well, it was supposed to be ... and then it ended up in a pack.

Not long before his arrival, White Plains, N.Y-based dealer Valor Sportscards found the card in a pack during a break and was shocked by its bold, un-inked glory. Ironically, not long after that, though, the Fanatics Live breaker was in Omaha for Caglianone's Triple-A debut and to bust open packs along with the soon-to-be big-leaguer

That's where he took care of business.

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What: 2025 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Worst of GPK 40th Anniversary Edition trading cards
Arrives: July 11
Box basics: One autograph, sketch or printing plate per eight-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: The Kids are back for a 40th anniversary celebration with a smaller box but a hit every time as it presents some notables from the past as well as some new creations parodying the world around us.

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What: 2024-25 Topps Chrome Bundesliga soccer
Arrives: July 10
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: A new edition of Topps Chrome Bundesliga cards arrives with some new approaches, plenty of color and even some new inserts with parallels that might have some saying "welcome to the jungle."

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What's Buzzing: NBA Finals chatter, The National, hot takes, WWE, MLB and more in this Monday edition.

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1 -- Talkin' baseball

2 -- Big-picture hot takes

3 -- WWE chatter after a busy weekend

4 -- Some NBA Finals Game 2 reactions ... and even more NBA

5 -- So, about Frank Gore Jr.'s Topps autos ...

6 -- The National section is open

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What's Buzzing: Awaiting the next NBA Finals game, MLB chatter, scouting upcoming MLB sets, The National, Frank Gore Jr. and who's next in the NBA?

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1 -- Scouting future MLB release potential

2 -- All your MLB chatter is here

3 -- Who's next in the NBA?

4 -- Awaiting the next NBA Finals game

5 -- So, about Frank Gore Jr.'s Topps autos ...

6 -- The National section is open

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What's Buzzing: NBA Finals chatter, Jac Caglianone's sluggish start, new pulls, pondering 1/1 prices and more.

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1 -- NBA Finals chatter is here

2 -- Talking Jac with his sluggish start

3 -- Some pulls from The Cup

4 -- Pondering 1/1 prices ... 

5 -- So, about Frank Gore Jr.'s Topps autos ...

6 -- The National section is open

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What: 2024-25 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League Club Competitions soccer cards
Arrives: June 26
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack hobby box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: The biggest stars of the soccer world hit Finest for a colorful run with a new twist or two in there, including autographed booklet cards this time around.

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What's Buzzing: NBA Finals open with a classic, the Braves blow it, Frank Gore Jr.'s ink, The National and more.

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1 -- NBA Finals open with a classic 

2 -- Reactions to the Braves' ninth-inning meltdown

3 -- Talking non-sports ... 

4 -- One to see?

5 -- So, about Frank Gore Jr.'s Topps autos ...

6 -- The National section is open

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What's Buzzing: Frank Gore Jr.'s autographs, MLB All-Stars, an NFL card question and more in this not-yet-Friday edition.

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1 -- So, about Frank Gore Jr.'s Topps autos ... 

2 -- Who gets your MLB All-Star vote?

3 -- An NFL card question 

4 -- All your NBA chatter (and more) is here

5 -- Talking MLB

6 -- The National section is open

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What's Buzzing: Jac Caglianone debuts, Mariah May and R-Truth reactions, NBA Finals, new pulls, The National and more.

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1 -- Jac Caglianone debuts (0-for-5)

2 -- The National chatter is here

3 -- WWE roster changes have 'em talking

4 -- Talking MLB

5 -- NBA Finals thoughts ... and more here

6 -- All their new pulls are found here

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Here's this month's roundup of items that have recently caught my eye as a buyer ... 

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TIFFY TIMES TWO
The Cards: Tiffany Stratton 2024 Panini Three Count WWE Prime Memorabilia Autographs Purple parallel (/25) & standard version (/99)
The Price: About half of a Three Count box these days
Why it’s Buzz-worthy: This card was immediately on my radar back when it first was revealed among the mock-ups for this high-end WWE brand and, I've said it before, if this set hadn't used sticker autos it would be perfect. The end of the Panini WWE run combined with a logjam of releases and then the collector (and definitely flipper) focus perhaps shining more on Chrome actually made secondary market prices on a lot of stuff here a bit softer than I had expected, allowing me to pony up on two of these at prices I could handle. (I had initially figured I wouldn't land one of these, let alone one and a parallel.) I was picky with these and wanted to make sure I landed one with a clean auto -- full name, not the abbreviated and half-empty-sticker "Tiff" that shows up sometimes. Both of these hit the spot on both auto quality and price ... and if they ever dip more, I'll do more. Why? It's a Tiffy Time world and we're just collecting in it.
Grab a box right here: WWE cards are here.

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What's Buzzing: Jac Caglianone joins the Royals, talking baseball, NBA Finals chatter, new pulls and more.

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1 -- Jac Caglianone gets the call

2 -- Even more MLB chatter is here

3 -- Predicting the NBA Finals

4 -- Football is on their minds

5 -- Some new NFL pulls

6 -- New MLB pulls

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What's Buzzing: NBA Finals chatter, cornering the market, new pulls, PSA ponderances and more in this Saturday edition.

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1 -- NBA Finals chatter

2 -- "If you corner the market will it raise value?"

3 -- Building a team's Hall of Famer checklist 

4 -- New baseball pulls are here

5 -- Sigh ...

6 -- Reactions to possible new options from PSA + Wondering where the 10s went?

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