It being the 25th Anniversary of the ripken, the homage is something right up topps alley to do.

I thought Scott was holding a duster at first😂

Phil with the Mobb Deep walk up music feels very Office Space / Michael Bolton driving in his car / Scarface opening credits ... and I ain't mad at it.

Scott going Godfather on us petting/holding the pup while holding court!!!

Nah Phils walkup songs were harddd. On point🤝

Can't believe nobody mentioned Hells Bells as the Entrace Song of Trevor Hoffman. I think that is the best ever. I read somewhere that the Yankees took the idea of Enter Sandman for Rivera from when they played the Padres in the 98 Series. Diaz current entrance song is probably the current best. As someone mentioned below, Wild Thing and Rickie Vaughn a definite honarable mention.

When I was playing in college, my entrance music was rolling stones 'sympathy for the devil' ... I still can't believe no one has used it in the majors ever, lyrics work well (at least first verse and chorus) for a pitcher.

you guys are fantastic. truly.

On that gunner we pulled a gold out of 50 auto. I forgot that it was not his rookie. Someone can easily think they’re buying his rookie auto. Good stuff thanks for sharing 🤙🏻

I think 2022 update was the last good set we’ll see for a while. Hits were there in all aspects of the product, the print run was better. Short print chasing was fun, the black border designs were perfect. Just bring me back to 2022 update 😢

1. The short prints aren't even close to being short printed. No way I'll pay $50 for Chourio's card, but I might be in for $30-35 down the road. 2. The Chourio image is from the first week of the season, so they obviously they could have made better SSP images for Ohtani and Yamamoto. 3. I just wish they made HFA's in chrome too like football downtowns in Donruss and Optic. Would be a much better chase than Ultraviolet All-Stars.

ohtani and alonso also have second year rookie logo cards. its not an uncommon problem

I love the home field advantage cards. They are very difficult to get a PSA 10. I have the Morel and it’s like pop 4. So they do make hundreds of them but very few get a 10. Great show!

When mark mcguire came to bat for St. Louis, they played Welcome to the Jungle by Guns n Roses. And Axel Rose or Slash auto with him would be sweet. Also, Down with the Sickness by Disturbed would be and awesome walk up song. Those drums would get a pop from the crowd. Great video guys!!

Phil a real one for the shook ones reference

Hilarious walk up song choices. Thought Phil was going to ironically say “Closing Time” by Semisonic

That red stuff on the Gunnar is the mustache variation

1) No Soto in the set and the incorrectly labeled RC are egregious issues. 2) Signature Tunes is a cool idea IF done right and I am really happy the autos are on-card. 3) Bryson Stott's walk-up is "A-OK" by Tai Verdes. My 3-yr old daughter sings it all the time and it is adorable. 4) My walk-up would be "Working Man" by Rush Great episode guys!

Maybe Topps could come out with a super short print of Billy Chapel from: For the love of the game. It would be a very nostalgic, demanding collector’s card for many baseball fans who collect baseball cards.

The only cards you should ever buy during new product release is low serial #ed parallels that have decent prices. Its gotten tougher every year since 2020 Covid to find individual player cards like Mothers Day Pink /50 and Fathers Day Blue /50. Increased print runs make many parallels rarer to pop up.

I pulled a Ronald Acuna Platinum 1/1 auto out of my first jumbo pack. I figure everything else I open is downhill from there.

I pulled the black border Gunnar auto shown in this vid and was confused by the RC designation as well lol

Sorry, late to the party, but excellent video. You guys bring up so many great points on Series 2. I usually just buy singles of Series 1 & 2 and open Update. In Update you at least have all the Debuts of all the good rookies. I put that set together along with buying the Factory Set from Topps. I really like the Home Field Advantage Inserts. They are one of my favorite baseball inserts and I like the fact that they are still affortable and the set can be put together at a reasonable price. If you want rare, the Legendary Home Field Advantage cards are really tough to pull as well as getting the HFA cards in a 10. They are condition sensitive because of the foil. For example, there has been about 500 Trout HFAs graded at PSA and only 46 10s. I think the Gem Rate on these all is probably in that 10-15% range. I was not aware of the Hidden Gem inserts, but those cards look really cool and what a great idea to put those in multiple sets. Until next time.....

Elvis Andrus did Baby Shark ! Back when he was with the Rangers because of his kid 😂😎💯👌

My walk-up song....big shot by Billy joel. Of course, if I was a Yankee

KZfaq couldn’t help me out here, but Paul O’Neill used to walk up to the opening of “Baba O’Riley” by the Who during the Yankees heyday in the 90s. I have a vivid memory of watching a tight playoff game in the late 90s - think it was against Cleveland, but I could be mistaken - where you could literally feel the stadium shaking through your TV screen as O’Neill got ready in the on-deck circle and made his way to the batters box while that song played. Chills. I wish I could bottle up that feeling for posterity. Every 6 months or so, I type in searches on KZfaq to see if anyone captured that moment, kept it, and uploaded it. No luck so far.

Derek Jeter and jayz Arod and black rob Those are 2 combos I would love

Hey guys, love your channel. I'm not an investment-type collector, I typically only collect Indians/Guardians cards for my rather voluminous PC, but I'm glad you brought up the mistake on the Gunnar Second Year Rookie Card. I've always wondered if the 2023 Allen & Ginter non-mini cards of Steven Kwan were a mistake (they also have the RC logo). I thought it was weird to have the RC logo on both 2022 and 2023 A&G, so now I know it was a mistake. I of course bought the 2023 A&G's because of this logo so they got me. Regarding the signature tunes inserts, as a big music fan, I also love this idea. The Kyle Tucker and Travis Scott one is pretty cool. As a Guardians fan, I would love to see an Emmanuel Clase and Lil Wayne one for the song "Fireman", which is Clase's walk-out song. At any rate, great material, love listening to you guys.

Holliday has Chipper Jones eyebrows and other traits in this card photo

The Statue of Liberty on Yankee cards is sick!! As a Yankee fan, agree I wish we had more players in the set. Grabbed Stroman which looks 🔥

The best walkup song duo card ever would be Mariano Rivera and Metallica "Enter Sandman" card.

The SPs are not short printed. I saw a ton at shops/shows last week in my area. Guy pulled a cut Holliday right next to me. I saw a dozen Holidays in person last weekend.

Never seen so many sp’s up for sale. Was gonna buy a Jackson Merrill until I saw there are about 100 listed.

David Bednar & Tommy Shaw would be a grail card for me

Rickey Vaughn - Wild Thing come on everyone would want that auto

for pure chaos my walk-up song would be Sunshine the Werewolf by The Dillinger Escape Plan

I see Scott woke up and chose the 2007 World Series today

100% my walkup would be Sabotage by the Beastie Boys

My favorite thing about series 2 is that it saved me money not buying any of it. Also topps chrome with the increase in the set size and autograph signers, plus the increase in price is going to be a huge pass for me. Let the breakers buy it all at these prices since they have no other choice, and then I will buy singles from the people who instantly regret spending money on overpriced overproduced product.

Would like to hear your thoughts on the Gunner/Adley & Adolis/Duran Golden Mirror cards? Really good images IMO

Call me old school, but I’m not a big fan of non baseball players in baseball products, even if they’re autographed. Topps has been doing this forever, I remember pulling an autograph in co-signers of some random boxer. It’s a slippery slope to every product becoming Allen & Ginter.

For the cards with the players and the musician behind their walk-up/entry song. What if they had a QR code or something similar on the back of the signed card that would take you to a specialized recording of that occurring during a game.

because of the nature of human beings i feel like asking for more on card autos and less redemptions puts topps in an unachievable predicament

Chipper Jones / Crazy Train. everyone knows that combo.

Obie Trice Real Name, No gimmicks. Lol. Working on a jarren duran 1/1 auto

Gunnar and Gwen Stefani I’d be buying 100%

Topps Ripped email today shows a Golden Mirror of Semien with the black border at the top. Maybe the all white border really was a printing error

Trevor Hoffman and Angus Young

Love listening to all you guys but Phil's "Shook Ones" reference cemented his alpha dog status

If Topps removed the black from the borders on purpose it was probably because the flipper bros like Scott were complaining that with the black they weren’t worth grading 😂

Rivera - Sandman 😮😮😮

You all should have the Brady bunch theme for your intro music

I'd be a buyer for a Charlie Blackmon / The Outfield dual auto. Gonna guess Scott would be too.

I’m sure that ozzy osbourne card would have some traces of cocaine. Ps: If I were a closer, I would walk out to For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica.

"Funk Face" would be cooler than "Fun Face" 😅

I pulled the "Saw Cut" label version. The one that says saw cut but isn't cut. Been trying to figure out the deal with that one. If it wasnt for that, S2 would be meh imo.

I overheard a Retired allstar, good player not great, talking with his agent about an autograph contract. It was for 2000 autographs at $3.00 an auto. I’m sure Ozzy Osborne would command a lot more.

The red mark was from the iPhone editing process. When cropping, I know I often accidentally trigger the marker/highlighter

Not sure if you addressed this on a prior video but why don't the silver pack cards fetch a significant premium? At best you get 2 per jumbo. They are chrome Refractor like and are short printed and not the easiest to Gem Card concept. Have ohtani and Yamamoto dual card one of one in topps Chrome update...blue ink auto in Japanese. Even 1 of 1 is handwritten on the back. Seems like a no-brainer I my book.

I dont think its so much a bad pic of Holiday as it is he just takes bad pics

I love lasers

The itsy bitsy spider by big bird

Can we discuss tucked in jersey's? I believe I noticed one in this video. Thoughts? Good, bad, don't care.....

The HFA cards have such poor quality control it turned me off to them

Chris being a braves fan, I’m not sure if he is intentionally mispronouncing Edwin Diaz’s last name, lol

Is the Holliday fun face card in retail? Or is it only in hobby?

I do wonder why ain’t SP or SSP number.

How limited was the CRUSHED insert from chrome last year?

I'll blow the kids' college fund on a Rivera/Hetfield on card auto 1 of 1 😂😂

Nothing against Mark Grace, but that’s the auto(sticker) I got in my jumbo box. I knew going in my odds of hitting anything good were pretty low.

I've said it time after time, it's why I don't open packs anymore....Topps' quality control is absolutely horrible Man those guys are not familiar with hip hop haha

Home Field Advantage cards are extremely popular. They're highly sought after by practically everyone but you 4. Fortunately, your opinions are just yours, so those that do enjoy them can find at least 4 more available of each player at auctions and card shows.

GUNNA HENDERSON AND GWEN STEFANI CARD 🧡🖤🔥⚰️

Doesn't Juan Soto have a ssp? I think it's called platinum performers.

Chrome incoming..the rest is doo doo

2024 Independence Day cards might be the sharpest yet.

Metallica and Rivera! End of story.

Fk face was a fleer card🤔 . Its gimmicky

Whoever at Topps photoshopped that Holiday Fun Face card should be canned. It’s way over color corrected, like extremely. Heavy shadows, looks like 💩

Topps has always been PLAYED OUT. Upper Deck , Leaf , Skybox ate Topps lunch

Jackson Holliday is a weird looking dude. He looks like some mid 80s Hollywood special effects mask from total recall