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| The full Father's Day Haul of 2026 Topps Series 2 |
I had a very good Father's Day yesterday. Not entirely because of the above. Between a very nice Father's Day breakfast and a fantastic home-cooked steak dinner, I went to Target to see if there was any 2026 Topps Series 2 items left. Yes, there barely was. Two blaster boxes, two jumbo packs, and two retail packs. I'll get to the Jumbo packs in a moment.
Then it was off to Au Sports to get a Jumbo box of 2026 Topps Series 2...along with some other things they had (the retail box) and five packs of regular Hobby. It was the store's last 5 packs, with more coming next week. A second trip to Target yielded the Super Box and one last retail pack.
The total card count:
- 400 cards from the Jumbo box
- 145 cards from the Super box (with one mini Funko)
- 118 cards from the two blasters
- 72 cards from the retail box
- 72 cards from the two jumbo boxes
- 60 cards from the five Hobby packs
- 42 cards from the three retail packs
That's 909 total cards. If I can't even manage the 350 card base set from this, I will probably scream.
I'll post what I get from each of these packages soon. Today, I took one Hobby pack with me to open during my lunch break at the office. Let's see...should I go for the Jif Ramen again or Nashville Hot Chicken at the cafe...decisions, decisions, decisions...
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| Wasn't kidding about the Jif Ramen... |
Anyway...
| Okay, so this is not the actual pack...camera is not the greatest...we've already established this... |
So what's in this pack?
The first card in this pack (and my first card of Series 2) is of...
Brooks Baldwin of the Chicago White Sox!!!
- Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 2026 Topps #619.
- Player Name, position, team: Brooks Baldwin, second baseman, Chicago White Sox.
- Major League Debut: July 19, 2024.
- Last Line of Statistics: 2025 stats (White Sox): 103 G, 300 AB, 32 R, 72 H, 15 2B, 1 3B, 11 HR, 38 RBI, 5 SB, 21 BB, .407 SLG .697 OPS .240 AVG, -0.6 WAR.
- Any special information about player: Drafted by the White Sox in the #12th round, July, 2022 Bats: both. Throws: right.
- Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 2. This is his second Topps card.
- Blurb on the back: "Brooks played every non-battery position except first base for the 2025 White Sox, with most of his action coming in the outfield. He finished the year strong, registering an .824 OPS over his last 32 games."
- Commentary: So if Brooks played more games in the outfield (79 between the three positions), why is he listed on this card as the second baseman??! He hasn't played a game this season, being placed on the DL and is out for the entire 2026 campaign due to a UCL tear in his right elbow.
- Beckett value: n/a.
- How many cards of this player do I own?: 2 cards.
The rest of the pack included:
- #594 Lucas Gil, pitcher, New York Yankees
- #635 Edgar Quero, catcher, Chicago White Sox Future Stars
- #555 Cade Povich, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles
- #533 Jasson Domínguez, outfielder, New York Yankees
- #374 Kevin Alcántara, outfielder, Chicago Cubs Future Stars
- #370 Brayan Rocchio, shortstop, Cleveland Guardians
- #660 Edouard Julien, second baseman, Colorado Rockies
- #473 Bo Bichette, third baseman, New York Mets
- #528 Jared Triolo, third baseman, Pittsburgh Pirates Foil Parallel
- #483 Logan O'Hoppe, catcher, Los Angeles Angels
- #366 Isaac Paredes, third baseman, Houston Astros
Eleven base cards off the wantlist. At least there was one Cub card in it. Disappointed that the "insert" was a parallel card, but this was one of five packs at the bottom of the box, so I can't be totally disappointed.
Now, as promised earlier, the story about the last two jumbo packs from my first Target run.
As I mentioned at the beginning, these were among the last packs at the first Target I went to on Sunday. If you've been to Target and have been buying cards, you know that there is now a two per item limit for everything. So you can only buy two jumbo packs, two regular packs, etc. These were the last two Jumbo packs. As I was in the car, I noticed that you can actually see the card on the front of the pack. With all the white, it's hard to miss. What wasn't hard to miss is that both packs have the same card on the front. And that player is...
Everybody sing...to the tune of the chorus of the Battle Hymn of the Republic...
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| 2026 Topps Munetaka Murakami #503 |
His truth is marching...on...
So I posted on what once was Twitter and also on Threads:
Finally found some 2026 @topps Series 2 @target. Bought 2 of each (got the last two blasters, jumbo, and small packs as well). Both Jumbo packs have Munetaka Murakami on the front of the pack (how did people miss this?!) Question for the group: open 1 & hold 1 or open both??!
Leave your suggestions below.
Next time I am able, I'll have an Adventure in Trading post (yes, the trading is coming back). I'll let you know what's leaving and what's coming in.
Sincerely,
JayBee Anama
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