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[[1997 Collector's Choice Teams]] are a series of ten, 14-card, team sets. Unlike similar "team set" products released that year by Score and Donruss, the Collector's Choice cards were sold as sets. Each set was sold in a blister pack with 13 player cards and one team logo card.
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[[2004 Topps Traded & Rookies]] is a 220-card set released in October, 2004. Cards numbered T1-T65 feature players who changed teams during the 2004 season, while cards numbered T66-T70 feature managers who took over teams after the basic set was issued.  Cards T71-T90 were players selected in the 2004 MLB First Year Player Draft, T91-T110 are Prospects, and cards T111-T220 Rookies.  According to the terms of their agreement with the MLB Players Association, Traded & Rookies is the only Topps-branded product that could feature non 40-man roster players.
  
All cards are parallels of their respective 1997 Collector's Choice base card, but are sequentially-numbered differently.
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Each 11-card wax pack contained two Chrome parallel cards.
  
Selectively marked sets also contained one card 3 1/2" X 5" from the 1997 Upper Deck Home Team Heroes boxed set.
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An additional card (#T221) of Barry Bonds was distributed by Topps directly to hobby shop accounts enrolled in the Home Team Advantage program in early January, 2005.
  
 
<h4>Previous Sets of the Month</h4>
 
<h4>Previous Sets of the Month</h4>
[[1989 Donruss All-Stars]] - [[1986 Fleer League Leaders]] - [[2016 Topps New Era]] - [[2002 Studio]] - [[2006 Upper Deck Special F/X]] - [[2010 Finest]] - [[2003 Topps Gallery]] - [[1999 E-X Century]] - [[2005 Topps Pristine Legends]] - [[1995 Post Canada]] - [[2009 Upper Deck X]] - [[1994 Topps Traded]] - [[2004 Upper Deck Vintage]] - [[1995 Studio]] - [[2005 Leaf]] - [[1977 Topps Cloth Stickers]] - [[1993 Cardtoons]] - [[1998 Finest]] - [[1984 Topps Traded]] - [[1999 Topps Gold Label]] - [[1997 Circa]] - [[2001 SP Game Bat Milestone]] - [[2004 Bowman]] - [[1998 Topps Stars]] - [[1992 Score]]
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[[2005 SP Authentic]] - [[1993 Donruss]] - [[1997 Collector's Choice Teams]] - [[1989 Donruss All-Stars]] - [[1986 Fleer League Leaders]] - [[2016 Topps New Era]] - [[2002 Studio]] - [[2006 Upper Deck Special F/X]] - [[2010 Finest]] - [[2003 Topps Gallery]] - [[1999 E-X Century]] - [[2005 Topps Pristine Legends]] - [[1995 Post Canada]] - [[2009 Upper Deck X]] - [[1994 Topps Traded]] - [[2004 Upper Deck Vintage]] - [[1995 Studio]] - [[2005 Leaf]] - [[1977 Topps Cloth Stickers]] - [[1993 Cardtoons]] - [[1998 Finest]] - [[1984 Topps Traded]] - [[1999 Topps Gold Label]] - [[1997 Circa]] - [[2001 SP Game Bat Milestone]] - [[2004 Bowman]] - [[1998 Topps Stars]] - [[1992 Score]]
 
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[[2020 Topps Tribute]] was released April 10th. The 2020 edition of Tribute was originally scheduled for release April 3rd, back to it's traditional Opening Day release after [[2019 Topps Tribute|last year's set]] was delayed until August. In March, Topps delayed the release of Tribute to Memorial Day weekend, but with the advent of the COVID-19 virus, it was pushed ahead to it's original April release.
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[[2020 Topps]] is a 700-card set released in two equal series of 350 cards. Series One was issued the week of February 5th, 2020 while the second series came out June 26th.
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As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card while Hobby-exclusive jumbo boxes will yield an autograph, a game-used Relic, and a manufactured "relic."
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As usual, each three-card pack will include either an autograph or a Relic with half of packs yielding a Relic and half either an autograph or an autographed Relic. Two of the Relics in each Hobby box will b multi-swatch.  Each six-box Hobby case will yield two 2020 Rookie inserts serial-numbered to 450 copies or fewer; one Franchise Best and one Great Hitters autograph serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.
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[[2020 Finest]] is a 125-card set released by Topps on June 19th. Each box will yield two autographs.
 
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[[2020 Topps Gypsy Queen]] is a 320-card set released March 25th. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.
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[[2020 Topps Big League]] is a 300-card set released June 19th. Like the [[2018 Topps Big League|the previous year's product,]] it is targeted toward young collectors.  New for 2020 are "Hobby Collector Boxes" which contain an action figure.
 
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[[2020 Topps Inception]] is a 100-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets on March 20th. Each seven-card box will contain four base cards, two parallels, and an autograph.
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2020 Topps Pro Debut is a 200-card Minor League set released June 19th. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs, a Relic, and either a second Relic or a manufactured relic.
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New for 2020 are Chrome parallels and Jumbo boxes.
 
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[[2020 Panini Stars & Stripes]] was released March 11th and features current and former members of the USA Baseball team. Each Hobby pack will contain a parallel and either an autograph or game-used card.
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[[2020 Panini Prizm]] is a 250-card set released June 17th. Each 12-card Hobby pack will contain one Prizm parallel and one insert. Every fourth Hobby pack will yield an autograph.
 
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[[2020 Topps Opening Day]] was released March 11th. As usual, the base set is a rehash of 200 cards from the Topps flagship. Each pack will yield one insert -- which are original to the product.
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[[2020 Diamond Kings]] was released by Panini June 10th. The base set is 170 cards with the last 70 short-printed. Each Hobby pack will contain a card from one of fifteen insert sets. In addition, each 12-pack Hobby box will yield three parallels, one game-used memorabilia card, and an autograph.
 
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[[2020 Donruss]] is a 264-card set released by Panini America on March 4th. Each Hobby box will yield three autographs/game-used cards.
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[[2020 Topps Diamond Icons]] was released June 10th. Each ten-card box will contain: one Relic, seven autographs, and a pair of autographed Relics. Every other box will yield a cut signature. All cards are serial-numbered to 25 copies or fewer.
 
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[[2020 Topps Heritage]] is a 500-card set released February 26th. The last 100 cards are short-printed. In keeping with the brand's aesthetic, the design is based on the 1971 Topps set. Each Hobby box will, as usual, yield a relic, an autograph or an autographed relic.
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[[2020 Topps Tier One]] was released June 5th. As usual, all cards are either autographs or relics and there is no base set in the traditional sense. Each three-card box will contain two autographs and a relic.
 
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[[2020 Topps]] is a 700-card set released in two equal series of 350 cards. Series One was issued the week of February 5th, 2020 while the second series will come out in June.
 
  
As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card while Hobby-exclusive jumbo boxes will yield an autograph, a game-used Relic, and a manufactured "relic."
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[[2020 Select]] was released May 22nd.  This is the first Select brand in seven years, and the first baseball product issued by Panini since the COVID-19 outbreak.  As with the [[2013 Select|2013 edition,]] all cards are printed on chromium stock.  The 250-card base set fractured into three levels.
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Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield nine Prizm parallels, two autographs, and two game-used cards.
 
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[[2019 Bowman's Best]] was released December 18th and was, as recent established tradition, the final product released by Topps for the year. The base set consists of 70 cards supplemented by a 30-card "Top Prospects" subset. Each pack will yield one Refractor parallel, and each 12-pack Hobby box will have four autographs and an Atomic Refractor.  
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[[2020 Bowman]] is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, tentatively scheduled for release May 27th. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph, 19 inserts, and one Atomic Refractor. Hobby Jumbo boxes will contain three autographs.
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Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, 2020 Bowman -- along with other Topps releases -- was delayed from its original release date of April 10th as the Texas-based facility that produces and distributes Topps' pack-based products was ordered closed by the Texas state government.
 
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[[2019 Bowman Draft]] is a 200-card set released December 4th. Each Hobby only Jumbo will contain three autographs and 24 Refractors, while Super Jumbo boxes will yield five signatures and 40 Refractors.  
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[[2020 Topps Definitive Collection]] was released April 24th. An all "hit" product, each eight-card box will yield six on-card autographs and two Relics.
 
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[[2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition]] was released December 4th. As usual, the product focuses on recent draft picks and prospects, and can be seen as Panini's answer to Bowman Draft. In fact, the 2019 editions of both products were released the same day.
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[[2020 Topps Transcendent Hall Of Fame]] was released April 24th. Only 50 sets were produced.
 
 
Each base card is serial-numbered to 999 copies. Each five-pack Hobby box will yield seven serial-numbered parallels, two game-used memorabilia cards, and eight autographs.  
 
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Each factory set contains the following:
[[2019 Topps Transcendent]] was released November 27th. Only 100 sets were produced.
 
  
Each factory set, which is packaged in a wooden case contains the following:
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* One, 50-Card Hall of Fame Icons Base Set
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* One, 50-Card Hall of Famers Sketch Reproductions Set
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* One, one-of-one, Hall of Fame Sketch card
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* 40 Transcendent Autographs
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* One, one-of-one, Sandy Koufax Through the Years Autograph
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* One, one-of-one, 1954 Topps Baseball SuperFractor Autograph
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* One, one-of-one, Oversized Hall of Fame Cut Signature
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* One PSA-graded Hall of Fame Buyback
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* A VIP Experience Invitation
  
* One 50-Card base set -- serial-numbered to 100 sets.
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At present time, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the date and location of the VIP Experience has yet to be announced.
* One 100-Card Franchise Favorites Set -- also serial-numbered to 100 sets.
 
* One, one-of-one, Franchise Favorites Sketch Card.
 
* 50 Autographs –- all serial-numbered to 25 copies or fewer, two of which are ones-of-one.
 
* One, one-of-one Derek Jeter Through the Years Autograph.
 
* One, one-of-one 1953 Autographed Superfractors
 
* One, one-of-one Autographed Patch, Cut Signature Bat Knob, or Cut Signature Bat Nameplate card.
 
* One, one-of-one Oversized Cut Signature or Oversized Autographed Letter Patch.
 
* And one invitation to a VIP meet-and-greet with Ken Griffey, Jr.
 
 
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[[2019 Panini Flawless]] is an 65-card set released November 20th. Each ten-card box will yield one jewel-encrusted base card or parallel, two game-used cards, and seven autographs.  
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[[2020 Topps Tribute]] was released April 10th.  The 2020 edition of Tribute was originally scheduled for release April 3rd, back to it's traditional Opening Day release after [[2019 Topps Tribute|last year's set]] was delayed until August.  In March, Topps delayed the release of Tribute to Memorial Day weekend, but with the advent of the COVID-19 virus, it was pushed ahead to it's original April release. 
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As usual, each three-card pack will include either an autograph or a Relic with half of packs yielding a Relic and half either an autograph or an autographed Relic.  Two of the Relics in each Hobby box will b multi-swatch. Each six-box Hobby case will yield two 2020 Rookie inserts serial-numbered to 450 copies or fewer; one Franchise Best and one Great Hitters autograph serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.
 
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[[2019 Topps Gallery]] came out the week of November 18th. Once again, this product is exclusive to Walmart stores.  
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[[2020 Topps Gypsy Queen]] is a 320-card set released March 25th. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.
 
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[[2019 Topps High Tek]] was released on November 13th, 2019. As usual, all cards are printed on acetate with multiple background pattern parallels. The 2019 edition reverted back to a traditional pack format, with each six-card pack yielding three base cards, two parallels, and an autograph.  
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[[2020 Topps Inception]] is a 100-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets on March 20th. Each seven-card box will contain four base cards, two parallels, and an autograph.
 
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[[2019 Panini Prizm Draft Picks]] was released November 6th, 2019. It is a 100-card set of players selected in the 2019 MLB Draft. Since Panini does not have an MLB Properties license, all players are depicted in either their high school, college, or USA Baseball uniform.
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[[2020 Panini Stars & Stripes]] was released March 11th and features current and former members of the USA Baseball team. Each Hobby pack will contain a parallel and either an autograph or game-used card.
 
 
Each pack will contain four base cards, three Prizm parallels, and one autograph.  
 
 
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[[2019 Topps Dynasty]] was released November 6th -- about a month earlier than last year. As usual, each box will contain an encased autographed patch card serial-numbered to ten or fewer.  
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[[2020 Topps Opening Day]] was released March 11th. As usual, the base set is a rehash of 200 cards from the Topps flagship. Each pack will yield one insert -- which are original to the product.
 
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[[2019 Triple Threads]] is a 100-card set released October 23rd -- Two weeks earlier than the previous year. Each seven-card Hobby pack will contain three base cards, two parallels, one triple Relic card serial-numbered to 36 copies or fewer, and an autograph or autographed relic serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.
 
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<b>April 24</b>
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'''<h4>The lack of agreement between Major League Baseball and its players on the start of the 2020 baseball season, and the continuing COVID-19 crisis, has led Topps and Panini America to postpone a number of previously announced products.  It is currently unclear if and when the products listed below will be released, if at all.</h4>'''
* [[2020 Topps Transcendent Hall Of Fame]]
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<b>June 26</b>
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* [[2020 Topps|2020 Topps Series Two]]
  
<b>April 29</b>
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<b>July 8</b>
* [[2020 Diamond Kings]]
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* [[2020 Absolute]]
* [[2020 Topps Definitive]]
 
  
<b>May 13</b>
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<b>July 22</b>
* [[2020 Panini Prizm]]
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* [[2020 Donruss Optic]]
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* [[2020 Topps Sterling]]
  
<b>May 27</b>
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<b>July 29</b>
* [[2020 Bowman]]
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* [[2020 Topps Museum Collection]]
  
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<b>August 5</b>
'''<h4>The continuing COVID-19 crisis has led to the closure of most Hobby-related production and distribution facilities.  This, tied with future economic uncertainties, has led Topps and Panini America to postpone a number of previously announced products.  It is currently unclear if and when the products listed below will be released, if at all.</h4>'''
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* [[2020 Topps Luminaries]]
  
* [[2020 Select]]
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<b>August 7</b>
* [[2020 Topps Big League]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Pro Debut]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Tier One]]
 
* [[2020 Finest]]
 
* [[2020 Topps|2020 Topps Series Two]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Museum Collection]]
 
* [[2020 Stadium Club]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Diamond Icons]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Allen & Ginter]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Sterling]]
 
 
* [[2020 Topps Chrome]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Chrome]]
* [[2020 Topps Luminaries]]
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<b>August 12</b>
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* [[2020 Bowman Sterling]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Heritage|2020 Topps Heritage High Number]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Heritage|2020 Topps Heritage High Number]]
* [[2020 Bowman Sterling]]
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<b>August 19</b>
 
* [[2020 Topps Archives]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Archives]]
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<b>August 21</b>
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* [[2020 Panini Immaculate]]
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<b>August 26</b>
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* [[2020 Topps Five Star]]
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<b>August</b>
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* [[2020 Bowman Transcendent]]
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<b>September 2</b>
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* [[2020 Stadium Club]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Gold Label]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Gold Label]]
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<b>September 9</b>
 
* [[2020 Bowman Chrome]]
 
* [[2020 Bowman Chrome]]
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* [[2020 Topps Transcendent: The Captain's Collection]]
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<b>September 16</b>
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* [[2020 Topps Allen & Ginter]]
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* [[2020 Triple Threads]]
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<b>September 23</b>
 
* [[2020 Topps Heritage Minor League]]
 
* [[2020 Topps Heritage Minor League]]
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<b>October 14</b>
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* [[2020 Topps Update]]
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<b>November 4</b>
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* [[2020 Topps Dynasty]]
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<b>November 11</b>
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* [[2020 Stadium Club Chrome]]
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<b>November 25</b>
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* [[2020 Topps Chrome Black]]
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<b>December 2</b>
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* [[2020 Bowman Draft]]
  
 
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Set of the Month

2004 Topps Traded & Rookies is a 220-card set released in October, 2004. Cards numbered T1-T65 feature players who changed teams during the 2004 season, while cards numbered T66-T70 feature managers who took over teams after the basic set was issued. Cards T71-T90 were players selected in the 2004 MLB First Year Player Draft, T91-T110 are Prospects, and cards T111-T220 Rookies. According to the terms of their agreement with the MLB Players Association, Traded & Rookies is the only Topps-branded product that could feature non 40-man roster players.

Each 11-card wax pack contained two Chrome parallel cards.

An additional card (#T221) of Barry Bonds was distributed by Topps directly to hobby shop accounts enrolled in the Home Team Advantage program in early January, 2005.

Previous Sets of the Month

2005 SP Authentic - 1993 Donruss - 1997 Collector's Choice Teams - 1989 Donruss All-Stars - 1986 Fleer League Leaders - 2016 Topps New Era - 2002 Studio - 2006 Upper Deck Special F/X - 2010 Finest - 2003 Topps Gallery - 1999 E-X Century - 2005 Topps Pristine Legends - 1995 Post Canada - 2009 Upper Deck X - 1994 Topps Traded - 2004 Upper Deck Vintage - 1995 Studio - 2005 Leaf - 1977 Topps Cloth Stickers - 1993 Cardtoons - 1998 Finest - 1984 Topps Traded - 1999 Topps Gold Label - 1997 Circa - 2001 SP Game Bat Milestone - 2004 Bowman - 1998 Topps Stars - 1992 Score

Just Released

2020 Topps is a 700-card set released in two equal series of 350 cards. Series One was issued the week of February 5th, 2020 while the second series came out June 26th.

As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card while Hobby-exclusive jumbo boxes will yield an autograph, a game-used Relic, and a manufactured "relic."

2020 Finest is a 125-card set released by Topps on June 19th. Each box will yield two autographs.

2020 Topps Big League is a 300-card set released June 19th. Like the the previous year's product, it is targeted toward young collectors. New for 2020 are "Hobby Collector Boxes" which contain an action figure.

2020 Topps Pro Debut is a 200-card Minor League set released June 19th. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs, a Relic, and either a second Relic or a manufactured relic.

New for 2020 are Chrome parallels and Jumbo boxes.

2020 Panini Prizm is a 250-card set released June 17th. Each 12-card Hobby pack will contain one Prizm parallel and one insert. Every fourth Hobby pack will yield an autograph.

2020 Diamond Kings was released by Panini June 10th. The base set is 170 cards with the last 70 short-printed. Each Hobby pack will contain a card from one of fifteen insert sets. In addition, each 12-pack Hobby box will yield three parallels, one game-used memorabilia card, and an autograph.

2020 Topps Diamond Icons was released June 10th. Each ten-card box will contain: one Relic, seven autographs, and a pair of autographed Relics. Every other box will yield a cut signature. All cards are serial-numbered to 25 copies or fewer.

2020 Topps Tier One was released June 5th. As usual, all cards are either autographs or relics and there is no base set in the traditional sense. Each three-card box will contain two autographs and a relic.

2020 Select was released May 22nd. This is the first Select brand in seven years, and the first baseball product issued by Panini since the COVID-19 outbreak. As with the 2013 edition, all cards are printed on chromium stock. The 250-card base set fractured into three levels.

Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield nine Prizm parallels, two autographs, and two game-used cards.

2020 Bowman is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, tentatively scheduled for release May 27th. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph, 19 inserts, and one Atomic Refractor. Hobby Jumbo boxes will contain three autographs.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, 2020 Bowman -- along with other Topps releases -- was delayed from its original release date of April 10th as the Texas-based facility that produces and distributes Topps' pack-based products was ordered closed by the Texas state government.

2020 Topps Definitive Collection was released April 24th. An all "hit" product, each eight-card box will yield six on-card autographs and two Relics.

2020 Topps Transcendent Hall Of Fame was released April 24th. Only 50 sets were produced.

Each factory set contains the following:

  • One, 50-Card Hall of Fame Icons Base Set
  • One, 50-Card Hall of Famers Sketch Reproductions Set
  • One, one-of-one, Hall of Fame Sketch card
  • 40 Transcendent Autographs
  • One, one-of-one, Sandy Koufax Through the Years Autograph
  • One, one-of-one, 1954 Topps Baseball SuperFractor Autograph
  • One, one-of-one, Oversized Hall of Fame Cut Signature
  • One PSA-graded Hall of Fame Buyback
  • A VIP Experience Invitation

At present time, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the date and location of the VIP Experience has yet to be announced.

2020 Topps Tribute was released April 10th. The 2020 edition of Tribute was originally scheduled for release April 3rd, back to it's traditional Opening Day release after last year's set was delayed until August. In March, Topps delayed the release of Tribute to Memorial Day weekend, but with the advent of the COVID-19 virus, it was pushed ahead to it's original April release.

As usual, each three-card pack will include either an autograph or a Relic with half of packs yielding a Relic and half either an autograph or an autographed Relic. Two of the Relics in each Hobby box will b multi-swatch. Each six-box Hobby case will yield two 2020 Rookie inserts serial-numbered to 450 copies or fewer; one Franchise Best and one Great Hitters autograph serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.

2020 Topps Gypsy Queen is a 320-card set released March 25th. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.

2020 Topps Inception is a 100-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets on March 20th. Each seven-card box will contain four base cards, two parallels, and an autograph.

2020 Panini Stars & Stripes was released March 11th and features current and former members of the USA Baseball team. Each Hobby pack will contain a parallel and either an autograph or game-used card.

2020 Topps Opening Day was released March 11th. As usual, the base set is a rehash of 200 cards from the Topps flagship. Each pack will yield one insert -- which are original to the product.

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  2. 2023 Panini Elite Extra Edition
  3. 2023-24 Topps Transcendent
  4. 2023 Bowman Inception
  5. 2023-24 Topps Dynasty
  6. 2007 Mets Topps Gift Set
  7. 2007 Topps Gift Sets
  8. 2024 Topps Tribute
  9. 2024 Topps Big League
  10. 2023 Topps Five Star
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The lack of agreement between Major League Baseball and its players on the start of the 2020 baseball season, and the continuing COVID-19 crisis, has led Topps and Panini America to postpone a number of previously announced products. It is currently unclear if and when the products listed below will be released, if at all.

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