Sports Cards and Memories: Case Breaks: 2018 Topps Finest Baseball...IT ALLLL COMES CRASHING DOWN

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Case Breaks: 2018 Topps Finest Baseball...IT ALLLL COMES CRASHING DOWN

Well..it was bound to happen. Luck doesn't last forever. You hope it does, but it's only matter of time before everything corrects itself. I was hoping it would be slowly..but nope..when it comes crashing it crashes hard. Here's my brutal 2018 Topps Finest Case Break...fair warning..it's UGLY

Box 1
Refractors
Kenley Jansen
Jose Abreu
Andrew Benintendi
Edwin Encarnacion

Purple Refractors
Andrelton Simmons (#123/250)

Orange Refractors
Robbie Ray (#23/25)

Cornerstones
Yadier Molina
Miguel Sano
Paul Goldschmidt
Bryce Harper

Sitting Red
Joey Gallo
Gary Sanchez

Finest Firsts
Alex Verdugo

Finest Autographs Refractor
Ryan McMahon

Finest Firsts Orange Wave Autograph
Alex Verdugo (#16/25)

Box 2
Refractors
Jack Flaherty RC
Austin Hays RC
Albert Pujols
Aaron Judge

Purple Refractors
Yoenis Cespedes (#214/250)

Blue Refractors
Bryce Harper (#11/150)

Cornerstones
Aaron Judge
Josh Bell
Jose Abreu
Andrew Benintendi

Sitting Red
Manny Machado
Joey Votto

Finest Firsts
Rhys Hoskins

Base SP
Michael Conforto

Finest Refractors Autographs
Jack Flaherty

Finest Refractors Autographs Orange Refractor
Austin Hays (#21/25)

Box 3
Ohtani Base RC

Refractors
Manny Machado
Brett Gardner
Dominic Smith
Eric Thames

Purple Refractors
Adam Jones (#91/150)

Green Refractors
Rougned Odor (#26/99)

Cornerstones
Robinson Cano
Justin Bour
Mike Trout
Rhys Hoskins

Sitting Red
Rhys Hoskins
Nelson Cruz

Finest Firsts
Nick Williams

Finest Autographs Refractors
Harrison Bader

Finest Firsts Autographs Refractors
Ozzie Albies

Box 4
Base SP
Jake Lamb

Refractors
Brian Dozier
Dallas Keuchel
Nolan Arenado
Rougned Odor

Blue Refractors
Joey Gallo (#22/150)

Purple Refractors
Craig Kimbrel

Cornerstones
Nomar Mazara
Nolan Arenado
Carlos Correa
Freddie Freeman

Sitting Red
Kris Bryant
Nolan Arenado

Finest Firsts
Ohtani

Finest Autographs Refractors
Greg Allen

Finest Autographs Gold Refractors
Matt Olson (#9/50)

Box 5
Base SP
Joey Votto

Refractors
Nick Williams
Carlos Carrasco
Mookie Betts
George Springer

Purple Refractors
Corey Knebel (#182/250)

Blue Refractors
Justin Turner (#54/150)

Cornerstones
Wil Myers
Miguel Cabrera
Francisco Lindor
Buster Posey

Sitting Red
Edwin Encarnacion
Bryce Harper

Finest Firsts
Victor Robles

Finest Autographs Refractors
Walker Buehler

Finest Autographs Green Wave Refractors
Travis Shaw (#28/99)

Box 6
Refractors
Cody Bellinger
Freddie Freeman
Odubel Herrera
David Robertson

Purple Refractors
Willson Contreras (#98/250)

Blue Refractors
Kevin Pillar (#138/150)

Cornerstones
Manny Machado
Joey Votto
Jose Abreu
Andrew Benintendi

Sitting Red
Aaron Judge
Matt Olson

Finest Firsts
Clint Frazier

Finest Autographs Refractor
Garrett Cooper

Finest Firsts Autographs Refractor
Francisco Mejia

Box 7
Ohtani Base RC

Refractors
Justin Verlander
Alex Verdugo
Billy Hamilton
Francisco Mejia

Purple Refractors
Brandon Woodruff (#139/250)

Gold Refractors
Andrew McCutchen (#06/50)

Cornerstones
Noah Syndergaard
Matt Olson
Josh Donaldson
Salvador Perez

Cornerstones Gold Refractors
Yadier Molina (#36/50)

Sitting Red
Yoenis Cespedes
Paul Goldschmidt

Finest Firsts
Rafael Devers

Finest Careers Die Cut
Cal Ripken Jr (#FC-CR3)

Finest Autographs Refractors
Dustin Fowler

Finest Autographs Blue Refractor
Sandy Alcantara (#89/150)

Finest Hour Autograph Refractor
Andy Pettitte

Box 8
Ohtani Base RC

Base SP
Clint Frazier

Refractors
Mike Trout
Alex Wood
Willson Contreras
Salvador Perez

Green Refractors
Avisail Garcia (#97/99)

Cornerstones
Kris Bryant
Ryan Braun
Cody Bellinger
Chris Archer

Sitting Red
Cody Bellinger
Giancarlo Stanton

Finest Firsts
Amed Rosario

Finest Careers Die Cut
Cal Ripken Jr (#FC-CR9)

Finest Autographs Refractors
Brandon Woodruff
Chris Taylor

Overall Thoughts: From the highest of highs..to the LOWEST OF LOWS..this was a super depressing case break and is hands down the worst case of anything I've ever opened. Even my piss poor Optic Case Break had a Donovan Mitchell on card auto redemption in it. This has NOTHING to redeem itself. This was bad..very very bad. There's maybe two cards worth $50 or more (maybe) in this break and maybe 3 others worth 20 bucks or more. The non auto color was pathetic. Only one of note really was Bryce Harper. Just complete crap. The irony? I pulled some of these autos in my Topps Tier break and they were considered just gravy on top of what I had already pulled (Buehler, Albies, Pettitte). Here? Those are 3 of my top 5 pulls. Unbelievably bad. Outside of Pettitte not one good vet auto. Yep..after being on cloud 9 for a good month, I came crashing back down to reality. I'm not bitter, them's the breaks. I know what I got into breaking this, but it does suck to have a harsh reminder that when it's bad...IT'S VERY BAD. Here's some pics but after this..let us never speak of Finest AGAIN lol.