Cracking packs on Christmas

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 My son was given three different boxes of baseball cards for Christmas.  Two of the three boxes guaranteed an auto and the other was 2020 Bowman Chrome, which was a blaster box.  The blaster box did not provide any hits, and the Panini Contenders was a bit of a dud as well, with Austin Shenton the auto hit.  He's a prospect I had never heard of.  The most expensive box was the hobby box of 2020 Panini Diamond Kings, and this box had a couple cool pulls.  The first pack had a Dale Murphy DK Originals autograph numbered to 50. Dale has a nice auto and as always I enjoy the artwork on the DK cards. 


The second hit in the hobby box was a quad relic (four pieces of game used jerseys) Buster Posey hit.  Memorabilia cards are rarely worth anything but it's still cool to pull a future hall of famer when you can.  Overall, a bit of an underwhelming day of pack opening but the whole thing is about enjoying time with my son and getting him into the hobby.  

Thanks for reading and happy holidays everyone!
 

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