Card of the Day: Joe DiMaggio 2005 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic Jumbo Patch

Card of the Day: Jo Adell 2019 Topps Pro Debut Jumbo Patches

(3) 2020 Topps Series 1 Baseball Jumbo Pack Break

Today I took a trip to my local card shop – Sports Zone Toys & Comics.  Its a really nice shop.  Easy to get around and very well organized.  The main reason I went was to pickup a few plastic containers used for storing cards.  I left the shop with some containers, Bryce Harper bobblehead, Phillie Phanatic Super7 action figure, and (3) jumbo packs of 2020 Topps Series 1 Baseball.

Here are the results from the (3) jumbo packs.  It was a newly opened box with only a couple of packs purchased from it.  The store’s owner said no hits had been pulled yet.  FedEx just dropped off a 2020 Topps Series 1 Baseball hobby box which I’ll be working on next.

Sports Zone Toys & Comics is quite active on Facebook and YouTube.  Check them out!

Relic

• Rickey Henderson 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary Relic

Parallels

• Shohei Ohtani Topps Choice Blue
• Nolan Arenado Gold #’ed/2020
• Lucas Giolito Rainbow
• Pete Alonso Rookie Cup Rainbow
• Sean Murphy RC Rainbow

Inserts

• Tom Glavine Decades’ Best
• Kris Bryant Decades’ Best
• Yadier Molina Topps Choice
• Joey Votto 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary
• Tony Gwynn 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary
• Don Mattingly 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary

Notable Rookie

• Aristides Aquino RC #20

2019 Bowman Draft Baseball Hobby Jumbo Box Break & Review

The third and final major prospecting pillar of 2019 has arrived.  It all began with Bowman, then came Bowman Chrome, and now Bowman Draft.  I believe Bowman Draft receives the most attention as it has the first prospect cards for newly drafted 2019 players.  Collectors, flippers, and investors all want to get their hands on them.

2019 Bowman Draft’s base set consists of (200) cards.  Parallel cards that you can pull include Sky Blue #’ed/499, Purple #’ed/250, Blue #’ed/150, Green #’ed/99, Gold #’ed/50, Orange #’ed/25 (Jumbo), Red #’ed/5, Black #’ed 1/1, and Printing Plates #’ed 1/1.

Every single card in the main base set has a Chrome counterpart.  Parallels of the Chrome cards include Refractor, Sky Blue (Jumbo), Purple #’ed/250, Sparkles, Blue #’ed/150, Green #’ed/99, Gold #’ed/50, Orange #’ed/25 (Jumbo), Red #’ed/5, SuperFractor #’ed 1/1, and Printing Plates #’ed 1/1.

(14) Chrome cards have photo variations – Adley Rutschman, Alek Manoah, Josh Jung, Hunter Bishop, Riley Greene, Shea Langeliers, CJ Abrams, Victor Victor Mesa, Wander Franco, Andrew Vaughn, Joey Bart, J.J. Bleday, Nick Lodolo, and Seth Beer.  The CMP code for these variations ends in #763.  With the exception of Hunter Bishop and Alek Manoah, variations have autographed versions #’ed/99.

Coming (3) to a Jumbo box and (5) to a Super Jumbo box, autographs of newly drafted prospects are #1 on breaker’s radar.  Autograph types include Chrome Draft Pick Autographs, 1989 Bowman 30th Anniversary Autographs, Class of 2019 Autographs, Draft Night Autographs, Draft Pick Breakdown Autographs, Franchise Futures Dual Autographs, Under Armour Game Autographs, and Chrome Top of the Class Box Toppers Autographs.

Inserts include 1989 Bowman 30th Anniversary, Draft Pick Breakdown, Draft Progression Trios, Franchise Futures, and Chrome Top of the Class Box Toppers.

When it comes to products like Bowman Draft, you’ll find people spending thousands of dollars for a card picturing a player who is years away from making their MLB debut.  Others will attempt to convince you which players you should put you’re money into.  Don’t let any of this intimidate you.  Open what you want to open.  Collect what you want to collect.  Prospecting can be fun, but make sure you’re doing it within your own budget.  Do your own research.  Think for yourself.  Don’t worry about what others are doing.  Most importantly… have fun!

As a Phillies fan, I always hold out prospects from the Phillies.  I also hold out any cards of players who have photo variations too.  Players who have photo variations tend to be the ones in which people think have the most potential.  That’s my personal strategy.  Lots of future potential.

Checklist

Here is what I pulled:

Autos

• Davis Wendzel Chrome Draft Pick Purple Refractor Auto #’ed/250
• Ryan Zeferjahn Chrome Draft Pick Auto
• Tyler Baum Chrome Draft Pick Auto

Parallels

• Matt Mercer Green #’ed/99
• Anthony Seigler Purple #’ed/250
• Ethan Small Sky Blue #’ed/499
• Ronny Mauricio Chrome Green Refractor #’ed/99
• Cristian Javier Chrome Blue Refractor #’ed/150
• Eric Yang Chrome Sky Blue Refractor
• Jack Kochanowicz Chrome Refractor
• Nick Quintana Chrome Refractor
• Tyler Callihan Chrome Refractor
• Tony Locey Chrome Refractor
• Erik Rivera Chrome Refractor
• Anthony Prato Chrome Refractor
• Cal Mitchell Chrome Refractor
• Ronny Mauricio Chrome Refractor
• Spencer Brickhouse Chrome Refractor
• Tyler Fitzgerald Chrome Refractor
• Joey Bart Chrome Refractor
• Jared Triolo Chrome Refractor
• Royce Lewis Chrome Refractor
• Julio Rodriguez Chrome Refractor
• Brice Turang Chrome Refractor
• Jake Agnos Chrome Refractor
• Tim Tebow Chrome Refractor
• Josh Smith Chrome Refractor
• Logan Wyatt Chrome Refractor
• Andrew Schultz Chrome Refractor
• Conner Capel Chrome Refractor
• J.J. Bleday Chrome Refractor
• Hudson Head Chrome Refractor

Inserts

• CJ Abrams 1989 Bowman 30th Anniversary
• Hunter Bishop Draft Pick Breakdown
• CJ Abrams Draft Pick Breakdown
• MacKenzie Gore/Ryan Weathers/CJ Abrams Draft Progression
• Cal Mitchell/Travis Swaggerty/Quinn Priester Draft Progression
• Heliot Ramos/Joey Bart/Hunter Bishop Draft Progression
• Pavin Smith/Jake McCarthy/Corbin Carroll Draft Progression
• Kody Hoese/Michael Busch Franchise Futures
• Blake Walston/Brennan Malone Franchise Futures
• Quinn Priester/Sammy Siani Franchise Futures
• Adley Rutschman/Gunnar Henderson Franchise Futures

Earthquakes ’19 Topps MLS Jumbo Relic Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to Nick M on being the lucky winner of the Danny Hoesen 2019 Topps Major League Soccer Jumbo Relic #’ed/220.  Once Nick M sends me his mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks!

Earthquakes ’19 Topps MLS Jumbo Relic Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Danny Hoesen 2019 Topps Major League Soccer Jumbo Relic #’ed/220.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, May 3, 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.
• 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!!!

2018 Bowman Draft Baseball Jumbo Box Break & Review

Every great trilogy has a beginning, middle, and end.  Bowman Draft is the final piece of the prospecting puzzle.  This is the first place to get those cards of newly drafted prospects.  Trust me.  Collectors and investors were chomping at the bit to get their hands on them.  Cards from the core three prospecting sets – Bowman, Bowman Chrome, and Bowman Draft traditionally hold the most value.

Everyone wants to get in early on that prospect who they think will turn into the next Mike Trout.  Can you blame them?  The Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Chrome Superfractor Auto #’ed 1/1 sold last year for a whopping $400k.  That’s a ton for a modern day baseball card.

It certainly didn’t take long for an eye catching sale to come out of the 2018 version of Bowman Draft.  From the looks of it, the Nolan Gorman Superfractor Auto sold for $15k.  Hopefully the transaction goes through, and the buyer/seller don’t have a falling out.  Talk about a lot of money for a card of a guy who was drafted #19 last summer, and has played less than 100 professional games.  From an investment standpoint I think its a bit nuts.  There are a lot more unproven prospects than Mike Trout superstars.  Just because he had 17 home runs in 63 games last year doesn’t mean he’ll be able to keep that going.  Single A ball is not the same as the majors.  Then again, who am I to say what people should or shouldn’t spend their money on?  As you can see, prospecting is very much alive and well.

2018 Bowman Draft comes in two different formats – Jumbo and Super Jumbo.  A Jumbo box contains (3) autographs, whereas a Super Jumbo box has (5).  The base set contains (200) cards, and has the following parallels: Sky Blue #’ed/499, Purple #’ed/250, Blue #’ed/150, Green #’ed/99, Gold #’ed/50, Orange #’ed/25, Red #’ed/5, Black #’ed/1, and Printing Plates #’ed/1.

Each base card has a Chrome counterpart with these parallels: Refractor, Asia Refractor, Sparkles Refractor, Sky Blue Refractor #’ed/402, Purple Refractor #’ed/250, Blue Refractor #’ed/150, Green Refractor #’ed/99, Gold Refractor #’ed/50, Orange Refractor #’ed/25, Red Refractor #’ed/5, Superfractor #’ed/1, and Printing Plates #’ed/1.

(14) cards have image variations.  These are quite easy to spot.  Each image variation has a Chrome, refractor-like finish, and the CMP code on the back will end in #0916.  Half of these image variations have autographed versions #’ed/99.

The Chrome Draft Pick Autographs are the real meat and potatoes when it comes to this brand.  This is where you’re guaranteed autographs will come from anyway.  At least most of the time.  The Bowman Sterling inserts are back which have a nice clean look.  What really stands out to me are the cards celebrating the 20th anniversary of 1998 Bowman.  I fondly remember the original 1998 Bowman because that’s where my Jimmy Rollins rookie is from.  A buyback autograph of that card would’ve been nice.  The 20th anniversary set features young prospects on the old design.  Those vertical autographs came out well.

I’m from Selinsgrove, PA.  One of the Cardinals 2018 draft picks, Nick Dunn, is from Sunbury, PA which is right across the river from me.  Its always fun to see a local person get cards.  He was a round 5 pick, 153rd overall.  I saw him play for the State College Spikes this past summer.  Bowman Draft has base and Chrome cards of him with all of the accompanying parallels.  No autographs yet.

Complete Checklist

Here is what I pulled:

Autos

• Ryan Weathers Chrome Draft Pick Auto Redemption
• Owen White Chrome Draft Pick Auto
• Kody Clemens Chrome Draft Pick Green Refractor Auto #’ed/99

Parallels

• Korey Holland Purple #’ed/250
• Adam Hill Sky Blue #’ed/499
• Nick Schnell Sky Blue #’ed/499
• Jameson Hannah Chrome Sparkles Refractor
• Pavin Smith Chrome Purple Refractor #’ed/250
• Jeremiah Jackson Chrome Sky Blue Refractor #’ed/402
• Matt Vierling Chrome Sky Blue Refractor #’ed/402
• Ethan Hankins Chrome Refractor
• Jesus Luzardo Chrome Refractor
• Ryan Weathers Chrome Refractor
• Lenny Torres Chrome Refractor
• Daniel Lynch Chrome Refractor
• Jackson Kowar Chrome Refractor
• Drevian Williams-Nelson Chrome Refractor
• Taylor Trammell Chrome Refractor
• Kody Clemens Chrome Refractor
• Mitch Keller Chrome Refractor
• (2) Keston Hiura Chrome Refractor
• Tyler Frank Chrome Refractor
• Jordyn Adams Chrome Refractor
• Kevon Jackson Chrome Refractor
• Sean Guilbe Chrome Refractor
• Adrian Morejon Chrome Refractor
• Adam Wolf Chrome Refractor
• Mitchell White Chrome Refractor
• Matthew Liberatore Chrome Refractor
• Grayson Rodriguez Chrome Refractor
• Braydon Fisher Chrome Refractor
• Nico Hoerner Chrome Refractor
• Andres Gimenez Chrome Refractor

Inserts

• Ryan Weathers Bowman Sterling
• Alec Bohm 1998 Bowman 20th Anniversary
• Jonathan India 1998 Bowman 20th Anniversary
• Cole Winn/Matthew Liberatore Recommended Viewing
• Anthony Seigler/Noah Naylor Recommended Viewing
• Nolan Gorman/Triston Casas Recommended Viewing
• Simeon Woods-Richardson/Braxton Ashcraft Recommended Viewing
• Logan Gilbert/Josh Stowers Franchise Futures
• Ryan Weathers/Xavier Edwards Franchise Futures
• Brady Singer/Jackson Kowar Franchise Futures
• Jonathan India/Mike Siani Franchise Futures

Padres ’18 Topps Triple Threads Jumbo Relic Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to dawgpaws on being the lucky winner of the Wil Myers 2018 Topps Triple Threads Single Jumbo Relic Silver Parallel #’ed/27.  Once dawgpaws sends me their mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks!

Padres ’18 Topps Triple Threads Jumbo Relic Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Wil Myers 2018 Topps Triple Threads Single Jumbo Relic Silver Parallel #’ed/27.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, December 21, 2018 @ 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.
• 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!!!

Marlins ’18 Topps Triple Threads Auto Relic Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Justin Bour 2018 Topps Triple Threads Autograph Single Jumbo Relic #’ed/99.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, December 7, 2018 @ 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.
• 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!!!