Each month, I run a group break via my Patreon. For the month of June, we ripped a hobby box of 2026 Topps Series 2 and a Fanatics blaster of 2026 Topps Series 1. I imagine most people are tired of seeing Series 1 cards, so I won't bother with the blaster (sadly, we did not pull any of the cool memorabilia redemptions). However, we more than made up for that with the results of our Series 2 hobby box!
I won't bother showing off the base from Series 2 (again, those that care have probably already seen the full set). That said, I have to show off the Verlander card since he announced his retirement earlier this week. Verlander is a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame in a few years, and I'm guessing Topps will give him one more flagship card (either in 2027 or else in 2026 Update).
Moving on to the inserts and parallels, I scanned a full scanner bed's worth of some of my favorites.
Lots of good names in there, including several legends (both modern and vintage). I do like the 1991 Topps design cards, though the thin, glossy card stock takes away a lot of the realism of the original set!
Next, the Silver Pack Chrome Mojo cards:
You may notice that there are only three Chrome cards shown above despite the Silver Packs promising four cards. That's because our fourth card in the pack was this Green parallel #/99 that went to the Yankees slot!
Yeah, that's a nice card, and it's a great pull for the Yankees!
Finally, each hobby box promises one hit. Ours was a relic, but at least it's a good relic to pull!
The 1991 Topps All-Star design works quite well with the bit of cloth embedded in it. I was quite excited for this hit (I don't expect such nice hits out of a single hobby box typically). However, you can imagine my surprise when a few packs later this showed up:
Yeah, that's a Ben Rice on-card autograph from the 2025 Postseason Performance Autograph set, but even better, it's one of the orange parallels numbered out of only 25 copies. According to the odds listed on Baseballcardpedia, the Orange parallels from the 2025 Postseason Performance Autograph set are seeded 1:14,441 hobby packs!
With a second (very rare) hit and a green Chrome card of Jeter, this was a great box for both the Yankees and Pirates slots in the group break. In fact, I'd say this is one of the best boxes of modern Topps flagship that I've opened in quite some time!
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