Why 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball Is The Perfect Diversion For Collectors While MLB Is On Hiatus

With the Major League Baseball season on hiatus due to coronavirus concerns, Topps gives fans a chance to explore the game’s rich lineage with 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball. The black-bordered cards are a nod to the 1971 set, a vast diversion from the 2020 Topps Series One’s flashy design.

Topps Heritage’s annual nostalgia play is welcome by many long-time collectors, as today's stars minted in 1971 frames merge 50 years of baseball history on one card. Those opening a 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball box will pleasantly find the new cards are less condition sensitive than their vintage counterparts.

The 500-card base set is an adventure, to say the least. With 100 short-printed cards (401-500) and a myriad of variations, 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball demands close attention. Going through a box, one will spend much time scanning the fine print on the card backs to help distinguish rarer throwback and action variations from the pedestrian base cards. Topps’ detailed approach brings back a time when both kids and adults spent hours pouring over their collections instead of ripping packs at light speed in search of a hit.

One of Topps Heritage’s signature issues is the multi-player rookie cards. While coveted rookies Gavin Lux and Bo Bichette are sharing cards with their respective Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays teammates, Topps stirred excitement when they paired two rookies from opposing teams. Outfielders Yordan Alvarez and Aristides Aquino make a power coupling on their 2020 Rookie Stars card.

Looking at 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball’s inserts, Topps commemorates Willie Mays’ 20 seasons with the Giants in a 20-card set, as well as two different 15-card Flashbacks sets highlight the 1971 season in both news and baseball. Current stars are featured in the New Age Performers and 1971 Bazooka Numbered Test Mini sets.

Each box guarantees either one autographed or relic card. Topps’ exotic autograph lineup is what drives serious collectors to open cases of 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball. The experience of pulling a Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani dual autograph, or a Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson and Nolan Ryan triple-signed card will keep collectors deep into the game. Further enticing is one-of-a-kind cut signatures from music legends including Louis Armstrong, and Marvin Gaye.

With 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball box prices settling in at $85 each, the cost is right in line with two seats at the ballpark. As MLB games are on hold indefinitely, and fans are keeping themselves under quarantine, opening a 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball box is as close as they will come to live action in the foreseeable future.