The 2022 Topps Heritage checklist released today. Box breakers are drumming up business for their Heritage breaks. And I just got my first 2022 Topps Series 1 cards in the mail. I may not be relevant, but at least I'm not driving myself crazy trying to keep up. This is the latest date on the calendar that I've shown The First New Cards Of The Season since I began the blog. Here are the dates those first cards appeared each year: 2009: Feb. 7 2010: Jan. 26 2011: Feb. 4 2012: Feb. 3 2013: Jan. 30 2014: Jan. 31 2015: Feb. 6 2016: Feb. 4 2017: Feb. 1 2018: Feb. 2 2019: Feb. 2 2020: Feb. 7 2021: Feb. 26 2022: March 7 Thank you very much pandemic and flippers. (Also, consider 2022 Topps wasn't even released until Feb. 16 this year). But that also shows how eager I am these days to find Series 1. I haven't tried to complete the flagship set in seven years. I simply don't need it. But I do like it. The base Dodgers from Series 1 arrived today. That's really what I...
Up all hours talking baseball, cardboard & collecting