2020 Topps Archives blaster recaps

Originally anticipating not being able to find anything at a big box store - I ordered 2 blaster boxes online that was MIA for about three weeks.

While the shipment was out of the seller's hands, it remained idle with the UPS somewhere - until tracking started to pick up again and a package finally showed up at my doorstep.

Box one

1964 Topps Giants pack

#64O-FTJ Fernando Tatis - the back seems off-center and/or miscut

Pack one

#79 Matt Chapman

#42 Jeff McNeil

#8 Kyle Schwarber

#142 Cal Ripken Jr.

#136 Ty Cobb

#60AR-SO Shohei Ohtani

#208 Chris Sale

#216 Robel Garcia

Pack two

#64 Joey Votto

#87 Juan Soto

#27 Mookie Betts

#186 Willie McCovey

#177 Hyun-Jim Ryu

#152 Corey Kluber

#259 Anthony Santander

#219 Rollie Fingers

Pack three

#37 Kyle Lewis

#73 Ryne Sandberg

#60 Carl Yastrzemski 

#180 Gleyber Torres

#133 Tony Gonsolin

#308 David Ortiz - Big Papi

#281 Lou Gehrig

#226 David Wright 

Pack four

#52 Catfish Hunter

#91 Jordan Yamamoto

#156 Clayton Kershaw

#108 Mike Piazza

#121 Frank Robinson

#76TT-320 C.C. Sabathia

#273 Adrian Morejon

#248 Christian Yelich

Pack five

#24 Xander Bogaerts

#57 Ozzie Albies

#109 Randy Johnson

#172 Zac Gallen

#199 Giancarlo Stanton

#60CC-SM Just Dingers - feat. Will Smith and Max Muncy

#271 Jose Ramirez

#265 Ryan McMahon

Pack six

#54 Max Muncy

#93 Mallex Smith

#4 Nick Senzel

#158 Brooks Robinson

#194 Christian Walker

#69AR-GT Gleyber Torres

#270 Jose Abreu

#284 Wil Myers

Pack seven

#92 Matt Carpenter

#48 J.D. Martinez

#197 Danny Jansen

#174 Trey Mancini

#132 Buster Posey

#B55-8 A.J. Puk

#292 Yu Chang

#247 Craig Biggio

Box two

1964 Topps Giants pack
#64O-NH Nico Hoerner - this was bent coming out of a blaster, probably due to my boxes bouncing around different places.

I don't know what to make of it besides trying to store the odd-sized card in an 8x10 top loader and hope the applied pressure flattens the card out eventually - even if it takes a couple of years.

Pack one

#77 Paul DeJong

#23 Francisco Lindor

#163 Max Scherzer

#138 Blake Snell

#112 Stephen Piscotty

#60CC-YH Master & Apprentice - feat. Yelich and Hiura

#258 Roger Clemens

#244 Brendan McKay

Pack two

#7 Shohei Ohtani

#82 Luis Aparicio

#29 Robin Yount

#170 Rowdy Tellez

#143 Brandon Crawford

#307 Chris Sale - The Conductor

#300 Freddie Freeman

#277 Joe Morgan

Pack three

#95 A.J. Puk

#51 Brock Burke 

#3 Charlie Blackmon

#120 Carlos Correa

#127 Roberto Alomar 

#237 Trevor Hoffman - Purple parallel serial #’d 043/175

#254 Rougned Odor

#253 Aaron Nola

Pack four

#26 Keston Hiura

#33 Will Smith

#25 Jackie Robinson

#122 Sandy Koufax

#107 Kerry Wood

#60AR- EJ Eloy Jimenez

#236 Bryce Harper 

#295 Kyle Seager

Pack five

#80 Ramon Laureano

#40 Sam Hilliard

#149 Roberto Clemente

#184 Trent Grisham

#200 Marco Gonzalez

#76TT-316 Randy Johnson

#241 Ronald Acuña Jr.

#246 Kole Calhoun

Pack six

#34 Brusdar Graterol

#75 Mike Mussina

#14 Harmon Killebrew

#146 Ketel Marte

#131 Eric Hosmer

#309 Noah Syndergaard - Thor

#207 Carter Kieboom

#202 Anthony Kay

Pack seven 

#53 Lou Boudreau

#31 Alex Bregman

#113 Hunter Dozier

#134 Jon Lester

#129 D.J. LeMahieu

#B55-23 Logan Allen

#293 Anthony Rendon

#220 Chipper Jones

A couple of new 2020 pack breaks

2020 Topps Fire value pack

It maybe a case where even one lousy pack of Topps Fire is enough for the year - but I should appreciate the idea these cards are supposed to be a little funky looking, rather than a little more conventional.

#98 Aristides Aquino
#100 Luis Castillo
#155 Luis Robert
#131 Cole Tucker
#116 Andrew McCutchen - Green parallel serial #171/199
#FIU-12 Mookie Betts - Fired Up insert
#SS-1 Pete Alonso - Shattering Stats insert
#40 Danny Mendick - Blue Chip parallel
#12 Eric Hosmer
#62 Kolten Wong
#104 Alex Verdugo
#27 Clayton Kershaw

2020 Topps Archives value pack
#210 Ralph Kiner
#217 Cody Bellinger
#294 Elvis Andrus
#245 Yuli Gurriel
#287 Jonathan Villar
#33 Will Smith
#25 Jackie Robinson
#80 Ramon Laureano
#40 Sam Hilliard
#34 Brusdar Graterol
#B55-20 Luis Robert 

#301 Pete Alonso - Polar Bear
#60AR-SO Shohei Ohtani
#186 Willie McCovey
#177 Hyun-Jin Ryu
#152 Corey Kluber
#180 Gleyber Torres
#133 Tony Gonsolin