Sealed product

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On a recent trip to Target, I actually found sealed baseball product.  It had been so long since I had seen anything still on the shelves that of course I purchased a few of the boxes.  The product was 2020 Leaf Metal Draft baseball, and each box contained two autographed cards.  If this sounds familiar, it's because it is the giveaway I am doing, which you can read about here.  All you gotta do is subscribe to this very blog.  The autographs that I got were all players who were just drafted in the 2020 Major League Baseball entry draft.  


I believe the intent of this product was to make an affordable option available to collectors.  I am not sure if the product was still on the shelves due to the lack of big names in it or because I was actually lucky, although I tend to think it's the former. If any one of these kids pans out and becomes a big league star, then I think the purchase will have been worth it.  

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