Baseball season is fully underway and the baseball releases are making their way to the market. One of collectors favorite releases last year was Topps Big League.
It's affordable, has a big checklist and isn't a product that's all hit based. We toss that away and we go back to the 90's sort of with this one.
Let's see what a hobby box break of it offers you.
In every hobby box break of 2019 Topps Big League is 24 packs of 10 cards. There are no guaranteed hits to be found but there could be one with odds just over 1:100ish. Boxes are very affordable at just under $30.
The base card design this year has mixed reviews, I don't mind it all that much but will say it targets the audience it is trying to attract and works. The base set itself is a deep one at 400 cards and some of the photography had my attention. A lot of fun shots which should be noticed by any set collector or any team or player collector.
The base set consists of players of today and of tomorrow. I was a bit surprised by how deep the checklist is and didn't include legends as well. It did include some subsets instead.
Here is what the base card backs look like. Full stats with a small write up along with other details about the player. Perfectly done.
I liked the base set photography so much, here is a gallery of my favorites along with the subsets.
Rookie cards. I should note that the Tatis is a Sp to the base set. There are three Sp rookies in the base set including Tatis, Alonso and Jiminez. They aren't overly tough to pull but do fall a couple copies of each in a case.
Highlights Subset
Awarrd Winners Subset
Stat Kings subset
And now the photography. You can't go wrong with this.
(this Yankees fan can even enjoy a shot like this despite seeing the Red Sox celebrating)
See what I mean?!!? That Albies is one great card I know any Braves fan would want.
Now onto the parallels,
Golds fall 1 per pack and here are my best ones including Acuna matata
Ohtani Rainbow Foil /100
Brad Keller Artist Rendition /50
Other parallels to find include,
Players Weekend Nicknames falls 1:4 packs and has 30 cards to collect
Wall Climbers, my favorite insert of them all, falls 1:4 packs with 10 cards in the set to find.
Star Caricature reproductions fall 1:4 packs with 30 to chase.
Blast Off features 15 players falling 1:4 packs.
Other things to find including hits are,
- Big League Autographs
- Rookie Republic Autographs
- Ballpark Oddities insert
OVERALL: I really have no complaints about Big League. Solid looking product, affordable and targets a different audience. It also has some hits occasionally. Hobby is really affordable which makes retail even more affordable.
It kind of reminds me of Collectors Choice in a way, except its missing something else. Like a Stick Um's insert or maybe some eye black insert. Something else. Still a fun break though.
Even though this is affordable and you don't need a breaker for a product like this, I suggest you check out
Midwest Box Breaks when you do need a breaker.
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