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Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2000 Topps HD Baseball

Shane Salmonson — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:43:47 +0000

A Cheap Wax Wednesdays Beckett box break of 2000 Topps HD Baseball. Will we uncover a /99 Platinum parallel?

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Max Scherzer’s Top Rookie Cards

Ryan Wright — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:49:28 +0000

Every era of baseball has that small group of players that are one step above their peer group. On the mound over the last 18 years, Max Scherzer has been in that elite Major League Baseball club. The dominating right-hander has accomplished just about every individual feat one can as a starting hurler, and he has two World Series rings to take with him to Cooperstown. Working towards another Fall Classic appearance, we break down the top Scherzer rookie cards. Driving Card Values Among the pantheon of all-time MLB starters, Scherzer has a seat. Scherzer is just 20 regular season […]

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Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2000 BBM Japan Baseball

Shane Salmonson — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:13:34 +0000

A Cheap Wax Wednesdays Beckett box break of 2000 BBM Japan Baseball cards featuring a look at Japanese stars and Americans in Japan.

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What Could Have Been: Chris Davis MLB Home Run Feature

Ryan Wright — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:43:01 +0000

Chris Davis certainly wasn’t the first power hitter that struggled to hit for high average and struck out with great regularity, but he was in a sense ahead of his time. The first six years of Davis’s career were spent trying to keep a regular roster spot with the Rangers while fighting off the mindset of the time. When an opportunity opened with the Orioles, fans got six smashing years with the first baseman. But the question that will never be answered, what could have been for Davis if he came up today? Scouts spotted Davis’s talents early, first drafted […]

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Top Five Most Valuable Albert Pujols Rookie Cards

Ryan Wright — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:14:04 +0000

Throughout his career, Albert Pujols was a threat every time at the plate, but there was a 10-year period where he dominated beyond his peer group placing himself among the best to ever play the game. The swing Pujols had, one would be hard pressed to find a better knob to the ball batter during the 2000s that could spray the field with power. Destined to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer when his time is due in 2027, we look at the rookie cards that hold strong value and may get that extra bump with HOF attached to Pujols’ […]

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Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2001 Upper Deck MVP Baseball

Shane Salmonson — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:52:35 +0000

A Cheap Wax Wednesdays Beckett box break of 2001 Upper Deck MVP Baseball. Did we pull the Ichiro Suzuki rookie card?

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CHEAP WAX WEDNESDAY BOX BREAKS: 2001 TEAM BEST MINOR LEAGUE COLLECTOR EDITION

Shane Salmonson — Wed, 28 May 2025 19:03:41 +0000

2001 Team Best Set Collector Edition Baseball featured a 102-card base set featuring only minor leaguers. Featured players were selected from every level of the minors, with each base card highlighting the level the player was playing, from A to AA to AAA. The cards also showed the players in their minor league duds, which I love! In addition to the base set, there were just two insert sets. Both Babbitt’s Bombers and Best Lumber inserts were fairly tough to pull. In fact, you may open an entire box and not find a single one. Autographs were also featured, with […]

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Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2007 Tristar Prospects Plus Baseball

Shane Salmonson — Wed, 07 May 2025 23:10:37 +0000

Minor League May is here! For the next four weeks the breaks will be only minor league baseball products. Once upon a time, Tristar, one of the industry’s leaders in in-person and show autographs released their own card sets. 2007 saw three releases from Tristar: Autothentics, Elegance, and Prospects Plus. 2007 Tristar Prospects Plus Baseball features a 100-card base set with recent draft picks in their minor league uniforms. David Price, the first overall pick in the 2007 draft, leads off the checklist. Each base card is available in four parallels, many of which are autographed: Green (/50), Yellow (/25), […]

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Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2000 Upper Deck PowerDeck Baseball

Shane Salmonson — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:33:52 +0000

2000 Upper Deck PowerDeck Baseball box break, review and highlights. Shane Salmonson has a Cheap Wax Wednesday review and breakdown.

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Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2006 Topps Series 2 Baseball Rack Box

Shane Salmonson — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:33:25 +0000

2006 Topps Series 2 Baseball rack box break, review and highlights. Shane Salmonson has a Cheap Wax Wednesday review and breakdown.

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