Cheap Wax Wednesday Box Breaks: 2000 Topps HD Baseball

2000 Topps HD Baseball features a 100-card base checklist. The last 10 cards on the checklist feature rookies, however it was not a strong rookie class. All of the base cards are borderless and are printed on thick card stock, meant to make the product feel like a premium release. There is one full set parallel, Platinum, which is limited to just /99.

There are a handful of inserts to pull as well. Ballpark Figures are the most common, falling almost twice per box. Clearly Refined cards are found about once per box. On The Cutting Edge die-cut inserts are a bit tougher than once per box. Lastly, HD Image insert cards are found just once every couple of boxes.

There are autographs, but the checklist is short, with just two players on it. They are extremely tough to pull. Derek Jeter autographs fall once every 859 packs. Even tougher, Cal Ripken Jr. autographs are found just once in every 4,386 packs. A Jeter autograph from this set just sold a couple of weeks back for $390.

2000 Topps HD Baseball Hobby Box Break 

Cards per pack: 4
Packs per box: 20
Price paid: $70 (This was a card show snag. I talked the dealer down $10 from the sticker price)

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Pack 1 highlights: 

Rickey Henderson, Carlos Delgado and Chipper Jones

Pack 2: 

Roger Clemens, Bernie Williams, Tim Salmon and Larry Bigbie

Bigbie isn’t really a highlight, but I just wanted to show what the rookie cards look like.

Pack 3: 

Johnny Damon, Manny Ramirez, Mark Grace, Barry Larkin and Alex Rodriguez

Bonus pack with an extra base card!

Pack 4: 

Mike Piazza, Cliff Floyd and Ray Lankford

Pack 5: 

Dante Bichette, Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling and Tom Glavine

Pack 6: 

Josh Hamilton, Jason Kendall and Troy Glaus

Pack 7: 

Randy Johnson and Gary Sheffield

Sheffield was just announced as a candidate included on the 2026 Contemporary Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and could be voted into the Hall of Fame by the committee.

Pack 8: 

Roberto Alomar, Larry Walker and Adrian Beltre

Pack 9: 

John Smoltz, Mike Mussina and Mike Piazza Platinum /99 (1:44 packs)

Nice to pull a Hall of Fame player on a tough parallel. These can go for $100-plus for certain players. A Rickey Henderson recently sold for $175.

Pack 10: 

Kenny Lofton and Jeff Bagwell

Pack 11: 

Mark McGwire

Pack 12: 

Andruw Jones, Alfonso Soriano, Rafael Palmeiro and Juan Gonzalez Ballpark Figures (1:11 packs)

Pack 13: 

Frank Thomas, Tino Martinez and Ruben Mateo Clearly Refined (1:20 packs)

The Clearly Refined checklist is pretty weak. Alfonso Soriano, Josh Hamilton and Pat Burrell are the three best players on the 10-card insert checklist.

Pack 14: 

Scott Rolen, John Olerud and Andruw Jones On the Cutting Edge (1:22 packs)

Pack 15: 

Craig Biggio, Al Leiter and Eric Chavez

Pack 16: 

Ivan Rodriguez, Cal Ripken Jr. and Larry Walker Ballpark Figures (1:11 packs)

Pack 17: 

Wade Boggs, Jose Canseco and Jim Thome

Pack 18: 

Todd Helton, Greg Vaughn and Vinny Castilla

Pack 19: 

Brian Jordan and Ken Griffey Jr.

Pack 20: 

Greg Maddux, Derek Jeter and Juan Gonzalez

Lastly, the Jeter card back.

Well, that is it. With the baseball season officially over, that also closes the book on baseball breaks for the year. The focus will switch over to football products starting next week, through the end of the NFL playoffs.

Want more installments of Shane Salmonson’s Cheap Wax Wednesday? Check out his other breaks in the archives.