Video summary
In this episode of Lean Sports Cards, host Mandy opens three boxes of 2026 baseball hobby packs as a personal gift for Jayme G, starting with two boxes of Bowman Chrome and concluding with one box of Tops Finest. The session begins with the Bowman Chrome opener, where notable hits include Connor Griffin on the rookie refractor, Yordan Solto on the true purple parallel, and Cal Ralli on the WBC flag. As the host works through the packs, they identify several key parallels such as the "It Came to the League" featuring Leo Deree and South Stewart, along with X-Fractors of Anhel Salio and Sammy Sosa Jr., while also securing a first auto for Ricky Money and a red rookie card for Noah Schultz.
The excitement continues into the second Bowman box, which yields significant finds including Andrew McCutchen on the prism parallel and TJ Rumfeld on the red rookie card. The host highlights Otani on the travel tags and Logan Suave on a numbered base card, followed by Okamoto on the true magenta parallel and Julian Roano on another purple shimmer. The box concludes with Carson Benge on the red rookie card and Emmanuel Merlo on a base auto, though Mandy notes that Jayme specifically wanted to see more numbered autos, which were somewhat scarce in this particular run of Bowman packs.
After finishing the Bowman boxes, the group moves on to the Tops Finest Hobby box, where they uncover a variety of parallels including Chris Bryant on the finest timelines and Ellie de la Cruz on the team finest. Standout moments include Jack Kags on the rare base card, Alan Truitt on the Finest Moments refractor, and Dylan Beavers on the yellow common parallel. The host also points out a purple auto for the Pirates featuring Thomas Harrington and Mike Trout on the green X-Fractor, ending the box with Ryan Ritter on the base card before wrapping up the session.
Overall, Mandy describes the Bowman boxes as not being the craziest runs but still enjoyable, while expressing a special fondness for ripping Tops Finest cards due to their unique parallels and color variations. Despite the lack of high-profile numbered autos in the Bowman section, the session was filled with fun discoveries and colorful hits that Jayme will appreciate. Mandy promises to upload the full video and ensure all the pulled cards are sent out to Jayme, thanking him for allowing this personal rip session before introducing Chris for the next segment involving Select Baseball Blasters.
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All right, guys. You have Mandy here
with Lean Sports Cards ripping a
personal for Jamie G. We have two boxes
of 2026 Bowman Chrome baseball hobby and
one box of 2026 Tops Finest Hobby Box.
So, good luck here, Jamie.
We'll go ahead and start with Bowman and
finish off with finest.
Good luck.
We have JJ Weatherholt on the Stars of
the Future. And we're starting off with
Connor Griffin on the rookie refractor,
29 out of 499.
And we have Yordon Sodto on the true
purple. 78 out of 250.
Nice little first pack there.
I Yeah, I love Finest, too. We had a lot
of fun here with Finest, that's for
sure.
Leo Dere
Travel Tags. There's JJ Weatherholt on
the It came to the league and South
Stewart big breaks.
Then we have Xfractor of Anhel
um Salio
on the Xractor.
All right, looks like on our auto we got
Ricky Money's on the Bowman first auto
and Noah Schultz on the red rookie.
Ethan Holidayiday on the spring
breakout.
Jesus Mday on the stars of the future.
And now we have Cal Rally. And that is
on the WBC flag. 116 out of 499.
And we have Alexander Pio and that is on
the aqua five out of 125 followed by the
shimmer of
Luis Anduhar.
Miserowski on the base.
Murkcomi on the It came to the league
and Slade Cwell on your big breaks.
And last pack
have our last auto.
All right. And our auto here is on the
Bowman. First base. We have Miguel
Mendes.
Let's see some more color in the second
box.
and Austin Overn
numbered 258 out of 399.
And box number two,
Jojo Parker,
we have Andrew McCutchen, and that is on
the prism out of 399, 220 on print.
Cut.
Red rookie of TJ Rumfeld.
There's Otani on the travel tag.
Ethan Holiday on it came to a league and
on the big breaks
X Fractor of Sammy Nera Jr.
Got Talon Haley
that is on the Bowman first auto.
Let's get a numbered auto here.
and Logan Suave. That is out of 299 64
on print.
Jojo Parker.
There's Kevin McGonagal on the Stars of
the Future.
And now we have Okamoto.
And that is on the True Magenta out of
299,
120 on print.
That's Okamoto.
Purple shimmer. Now got Julian uh Roano.
That again is out of 250 40 on print.
Roman Anthony,
Gavin Kllin,
and Carson Benge on your red rookie.
And last pack here of Bowman. And then
we'll check out finest.
We have Emmanuel
Merllo and that is on the base auto as
well.
Sorry about that. Jamie wanted to see
some numbered auto hits for sure.
And we're finishing up with Jaden Loray.
And that is on the green reptilian. 16
out of 99.
All right. Not the craziest boxes of
Bowman.
Good luck here on the last box of finest
finest hobby. We do have one delight
left.
Good luck here, Jamie on the finest.
And then we do have Chris coming up next
with four boxes of select baseball
blasters.
Show and Makami.
All right, we're off to a good start. We
got Corey Seager. That is on the white
out of 30.
20 on print and that is on the common
followed by Zach Wheeler on the uncommon
refractor
got finest timelines of Chris Bryant.
Ellie de la Cruz on the team finest.
Ronald Akunia on the common X fractor
and Shoda on the uncommon base.
Got Ellie on the common
refractor.
Bryce Eldridge and we have Jack Kaggs on
the rare base.
Anthony Vulpi on the rare
X Fractor and Azie Albies on the
uncommon base.
All right, looks like we got a
Finest Moments auto
and we have Alan Trel on the Finest
Moments refractor
1994.
I haven't seen that one yet on card.
Pretty cool. Alan Trel.
Nice hit to start us off on the auto.
And we have
Dylan Beavers. That's on the yellow
common.
97 out of 275.
World's finest. You got Alex Bregman, J
Ram, Samuel Basio on the common Xractor.
Gunner Henderson on the common
refractor.
Pete Alonszo.
We have Dylan CE that is on the uncommon
green out of 99.
That is nine on print.
Cal Rally
got Tariq Scubal on the rare base.
Salvie Perez on the common X fractor
and Nick Herz on the uncommon base.
We have Jack Hags on the arrivals.
Bobby Wit on the world's finest
refractor.
And on the green X fractor, we have Cal
Rally on the uncommon numbered 84 out of
99.
Mike Trout.
And last pack here, Jamie.
Good luck.
All right, looks like we got a purple
auto.
is for the Pirates.
And we have Thomas Harrington is
numbered 67 out of 75 on the purple
auto.
Go Pirates.
Kyle Teal on the arrivals. Fernando
Tatis, world's finest. You got Bobby Wit
on the uncommon Xfractor
and Ryan Ritter to finish it off on the
base.
All right, Jamie, appreciate it as
always there. What a fun rip. Love
ripping finest especially. I'll get that
one uploaded for you and get everything
sent out. Thanks again, Jamie.