Random Wax: 2020 Topps Archives

2020 Topps Archives Baseball:  Seems like a good day for some baseball as we might be crowning a new World Series Champion tonight.  This guy is a great start as he closed out a World Series championship for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001 and was a beast on the mound.

Bo Bichette is always a good pull these days.

Brooks Robinson won two championships as a member of the Baltimore Orioles.

Had to look this guy up but he was sent from Philly to Miami as part of the J.T. Realmuto deal.

Cody Bellinger's batting average may not be great this post season but he definitely gets key hits in big moments.  He has four homeruns and 13 runs batted so far in the playoffs.  Dude is raking it.

The backs of these are always fun to look at too.

Deion famously played in the World Series in 1992 while also playing football for the Atlanta Falcons.  Being a Braves and Falcons guy I've always been a Deion fan.  This was a great pack to me.  I really liked my pull.  A couple of PC guys, young star and some great retired greats.  

BREAKDOWN:

18 – Total Cards

6 – 1974

5 – 1955

5 – 2002

5 – Retired Greats

2 - RC

1 – Base 1976 Topps Traded

1 – 1960 All-Star Rookies

 

2020 Topps Archives Blaster

2020 Topps Archives:  I always look forward to Archives cards so I made an extra trip to the store last night looking for them and guess what I found?    This year's set pays homage to 1955, 1974, and 2002 Topps baseball.  This Hank Aaron poster card insert was my favorite from the box.  Overall I'm not blow away by this year's Archives but the cards are solid.

The '74 are my favorite of the three base designs.  That Schmidt card looks like it really was in the 1974 set.  The retired greats are one of the reasons I like this brand so much.  

The '55 cards are not a favorite of mine per se but they are OK and the backs are my favorite.  Lots for a fan to take in.  I like in.

The '02 cards aren't bad.  I wasn't collecting during that decade so it's kind of fun seeing the design with both retired and current players.

The rookies were represented well. Rookie Hair of the Year award goes to Dustin May.  That blue parallel is #/175.

The backs of the 2002 cards are nice.  I like all the stats, the additional photo and league leading stats in red.  The fun facts on the '55 are fun.

A couple of inserts - 1960 Topps All-Star Rookie and Bowman Archives.  Neither are spectacular but I do like the Bowman card.

These two are hot in the collecting world.  Bichette is off to a hot start this season while Guerrero Jr. is still figuring it out.

 This Yordan Alvarez is a 1964 Giant Size card that comes in the blasters.  Not sure what I'll do with an over sized card but that is always the rub with smaller or larger cards.

BREAKDOWN:

57 – Total Cards

19 – 1974

18 – 2002

15 – Retired Greats

14 – 1955

10 – RC

1 – 1990 Rookies

1 – Bowman Archives

1 – 1960 All-Star Rookies

1 – Purple Parallel #/175

1 – 1964 Giant Size Card

1 – Base Nickname Poster Cards