Card of the Day: Gerrit Cole 2013 Topps Heritage High Number RC #596

Preview: 2019 Bowman Heritage Baseball

During a pre-sale, members of the Topps 582 Montgomery Club were given a glimpse as to what the online-exclusive 2019 Bowman Heritage Baseball product is all about.  Topps set the pre-sale price for members at $100 per box.

Product Highlights:

• (24) packs per box
• (10) cards per pack
• (2) Chrome Prospect cards per pack
• (7) refractors per box
• Players in MLB uniforms
• (1) autograph per box
• Inspired by the 1953 design
• Checklist

VETERAN/ROOKIE BASE CARDS

• Veteran/Rookie Base Cards
• Prospect Base Cards

BASE CARD PAPER PARALLELS:

• Black & White Image Parallel: 1:3 packs

CHROME PROSPECTS

• Refractor: sequentially numbered to 199
• Blue Refractor: sequentially numbered to 99.
• Yellow Refractor: sequentially numbered to 75.
• Gold Refractor: sequentially numbered to 50.
• Orange Refractor: sequentially numbered to 25.
• Red Refractor: sequentially numbered to 5.
• SuperFractor: numbered 1/1.
• Printing Plates: numbered 1/1.

AUTOGRAPH CARDS:

CHROME PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS

• Refractor: sequentially numbered to 99.
• Gold Refractor: sequentially numbered to 50.
• Orange Refractor: sequentially numbered to 25.
• Red Refractor: sequentially numbered to 5.
• SuperFractor: numbered 1/1.
• Printing Plates: numbered 1/1.

CHROME ROOKIE AUTOGRAPHS

• Refractor: sequentially numbered to 99.
• Gold Refractor: sequentially numbered to 50.
• Orange Refractor: sequentially numbered to 25.
• Red Refractor: sequentially numbered to 5.
• SuperFractor: numbered 1/1.
• Printing Plates: numbered 1/1.

Card of the Day: Ryan Costello 2019 Topps Heritage MiLB #128

Card of the Day: Boone Logan 2007 Topps Heritage #347

Puig ’19 Topps Heritage High Number Relic Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to bbcardz on being the lucky winner of the Yaisel Puig 2019 Topps Heritage High Number Clubhouse Collection Relic.  Once bbcardz sends me their mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks!

Puig ’19 Topps Heritage High Number Relic Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Yaisel Puig 2019 Topps Heritage High Number Clubhouse Collection Relic.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, November 1, 2019 @ 8:00 p.m. EST.
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post.
• You can enter once per day.
• The winner will be selected at random.
• Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering.
• U.S. residents only.
• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over.
• The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again.
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

2019 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball Hobby Box Break & Review

The MLB regular season is officially over.  Now the postseason begins.  My Phillies didn’t make it.  They finished the year 81-81.  Bryce Harper had a great season and was really fun to watch in a Phillies uniform.  That walk-off game winning grand slam against the Cubs was nuts.  This off season I would like to see them improve their pitching department.  That area drastically needs to be fixed.  Phillies’ batters would no sooner get some runs on the board and their pitchers would give them right back.  Very frustrating to watch.

2019 Topps Heritage Minor League Baseball consists of (200) cards.  Parallels include Blue #’ed/99, Black #’ed/50, Flip Stock (1:108 packs), Gold #’ed/15 (1 per case), and Red #’ed 1/1.  An additional (20) Short Prints fall 1:6 packs and are #201-#220.

While ripping through those packs you need to keep an eye out for variations.  CMP codes can help.

• Base – #636
• Short Print – #650
• Image Variation – #651
• Missing Name Variation – #652

Top prospects such as Keibert Ruiz, Julio Pablo Martinez, Nolan Gorman, Casey Mize, Wander Franco, and Joey Bart have Autographed Image Variations #’ed/50.

Unlike the MLB versions of Heritage, the MiLB edition comes with an additional hit.  Every hobby box should have at least (1) on-card autograph, and (1) relic.

Autographs include Real One Autographs, Real One Dual Autographs, 1970 Mint Autograph Relic, Bazooka Autographs, Fresh on the Scene Autographs, and 1970 Topps Super Baseball Topper Autographs.

Relics include Clubhouse Collection Relics, and 1970 Mint Relics.

Inserts include Fantastic Feats, Fresh on the Scene, and 1970 Topps Super Baseball Toppers.

During the summer I attend about four MiLB games.  Usually on bobblehead nights.  Lots of fans have a great connection to that team in their backyard.  For me its the Williamsport Crosscutters, Harrisburg Senators, and State College Spikes.

This is the last product to utilize the 1970 Topps Baseball design.  Boxes aren’t that expensive.  A single hobby box should cost $60.

Lots of rookies and prospects in their MiLB uniforms.  MiLB is known for being gimmicky.  Crazy uniforms, mascots, giveaways, etc…  You see this a lot in Topps’ other MiLB product Pro Debut.  Heritage MiLB is a bit more serious, but still a lot of fun.

People like to say that cards of players in their MLB uniforms will always get more attention.  I think a statement like that is too general.  A mass-produced base card of a player in their MLB uniform probably wouldn’t be worth as much as one in their MiLB uniform if the MiLB card is a low-numbered parallel.  I think it all comes down to aspects like that.

Checklist

Here is what I pulled:

Relic

• Nate Pearson Clubhouse Collection Relic

Auto

• Alek Thomas Real One Auto

Short Prints

• Brady Singer #214
• Seuly Matias #219

Parallel

• Nick Madrigal Black #’ed/50

Inserts

• Elehuris Montero Fresh on the Scene
• Matthew Liberatore Fresh on the Scene
• Kris Bubic Fresh on the Scene
• Jonathan India Fresh on the Scene
• Andrew Knizner Fantastic Feats
• Luis Robert Fantastic Feats
• Bryan Mata Fantastic Feats
• Julio Pablo Martinez 1970 Topps Super Baseball Topper

2019 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball Hobby Box Break & Review

Last October while diving into my box of Heritage High Number I was greeted with a Shohei Ohtani Real One RC Auto.  Trust me.  I did not see that coming.  Sure it was always a possibility, but the odds of pulling one were incredibly rare.  But that’s proof big hits can happen anywhere and to anyone.

Hobby boxes of 2019 Topps Heritage High Number cost about $100 right now.  Every box has (24) packs and a box topper.

Continuing where the regular Heritage set left off, Heritage High Number goes from #501-#725.  The last (25) cards are Short Prints.

Parallels include Black Border #’ed/50 (Hobby), and Flip Stock #’ed/5 (Hobby).  Those Flip Stock parallels are the easiest ones to miss.  That’s why you need to take you’re time with a product like this.  A Flip Stock parallel could easily end up being the big hit of the box.  CMP codes don’t apply to them either.  Feeling the front and back of each card is a must to be sure the sides aren’t reversed.

Outside of the Black Border and Flip Stock parallels there are a bunch of cards that can be pulled where the CMP code does come in handy:

• Base (#501-#700) – #321
• Base SP (#701-#725) – #329
• French Text – #322 or #330
• Silver Metal – #340
• Error – #341
• Trade – #342
• Throwback – #343
• Action Image – #344
• Team Name Color – #345
• Nickname – #346

Minis #’ed/100 and Chrome cards are also possible pulls.  The Chrome cards have Hot Box Purple, Base Refractor #’ed/570, Black #’ed/69, Gold #’ed/5 (Hobby), and Superfractor #’ed 1/1 parallels.

Inserts include 1970 Topps Candy Lids (Target only), 1970 Topps Cloth Stickers (Walmart/Meijers only), 1970 Topps Player Story Booklets (Retail only), 1970 Topps Scratch Off, Award Winners, Combo Cards, Now and Then, Rookie Performers, The Hammer’s Greatest Hits, 1970 Topps Super Baseball Box Topper, 1970 Topps Poster Box Topper, and 1970 Topps Originals Box Topper.

Hobby boxes each contain (1) autograph or relic.  Most of the time you’re hit will be something from the Clubhouse Collection.

Relic types include Clubhouse Collection Relics, Clubhouse Collection Dual Relics, Clubhouse Collection Triple Relics, Clubhouse Collection Quad Relics, Clubhouse Collection Autograph Relics, and Clubhouse Collection Dual Autograph Relics.

Autograph types include Real One Autographs, Real One Dual Autographs, The Hammer’s Greatest Hits Autographs, and 1970 Cut Signatures.

2019 Topps Heritage High Number is one that most set collectors should enjoy.  The mix of parallels, variations, and new rookies gives you plenty to look for outside of the main hit.  Its a relatively small set you should be able to put together quickly.  Former Phillies Manager and current Hitting Coach Charlie Manuel’s rookie card comes from 1970 Topps.  I wonder if any of those made it into the 1970 Topps Originals Box Toppers?

We have one more set this year to feature the 1970 Topps design – 2019 Topps Heritage MiLB.  Then we move on to the 1971 Topps design.  1971 Topps is one of the most condition sensitive sets ever made because of the black borders.

Checklist

Here is what I pulled:

Relic

• Yaisel Puig Clubhouse Collection Relic

SP Photo Variation

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. RC Action Image

Parallels

• Alex Wood Black Border #’ed/50
• Carter Kieboom RC Chrome Refractor #’ed/569

Short Prints

• Chris Paddack RC #703
• Victor Robles #701
• Adam Jones #705
• Luis Cessa #724
• Mychal Givens #721
• Cameron Maybin #710
• Hunter Strickland #712
• Thomas Pannone RC #715

Inserts

• Jack DiLauro 1970 Topps Originals Box Topper
• Salvador Perez Scratch Off
• The Hammer’s Greatest Hits – Hank Aaron #10
• Lorenzo Cain/Christian Yelich Combo Card
• Keston Hiura Rookie Performers
• Jon Duplantier Rookie Performers
• Fernando Tatis Jr. Rookie Performers
• Zack Greinke Now and Then
• Cody Bellinger Now and Then
• Khris Davis Now and Then
• Shohei Ohtani Award Winners
• Alex Bregman Award Winners
• Steve Pearce Award Winners

Card of the Day: Corey Dickerson 2012 Topps Heritage Minors #69

Card of the Day: Dallas McPherson 2005 Bowman Heritage #312