W, 08.12.26 - 2026 Topps Pristine Baseball Hobby 6-Box Case Break *PYT* #3
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In this episode of Fanatics Live featuring hosts Joe Jackson and Jason, viewers are taken through a high-stakes six-box case break of the 2026 Topps Pristine Baseball Pick Your Team series, specifically event number three. The atmosphere is electric as they open each box with hopes for rare finds, noting that there are eighteen autographs distributed across the cases to be claimed by fans based on their chosen teams and players. Early in the break, excitement builds immediately when a short-print monogram of Shohei Ohtani appears alongside other notable pulls like rookie cards for Sal Stewart and Miseroski, setting a positive tone for the night's proceedings. The hosts express gratitude to the community members who participated, emphasizing how their support makes these events possible while encouraging those watching live to keep an eye on future case loads if teams are missed during this session.
As the break progresses, several significant moments occur that highlight the rarity and value of the cards being pulled. A standout moment happens when a Roki Sasaki italic autograph is revealed as only two out of fifty made, destined for Ohtani fans in Los Angeles, followed by an incredibly rare Garrett Crochet jersey auto numbered ten out of ten, which marks one of the last ever produced. The excitement continues with multiple "Pristine Wilderness" insert cards featuring players like Roman Anthony and Christopher Sanchez, as well as various plated and polished versions that add to the collection's prestige. Throughout these reveals, there is a humorous interlude involving a chicken named Freddy who accidentally flies into another dugout during filming, adding an unexpected twist before returning focus to the card pulls where fans secure items for teams like the Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies, and Astros.
The final stretch of the case break sees hosts digging deep with three autographs remaining per box, culminating in a dramatic finish that includes a Trey Turner jersey auto for Philadelphia fans and rookie cards for players like Carter Jensen and Owen Casey. Despite some empty boxes appearing early on, the overall haul is described as containing "a lot of nice stuff," successfully fulfilling the promise of eighteen total autos to be distributed among participants. The hosts wrap up by thanking everyone for joining Pick Your Team three and teasing potential future breaks, including a possible fourth case later in the night or tomorrow morning if demand warrants it. Ultimately, the video serves as both an entertainment showcase for collectors and a community-building event where fans can connect over shared interests while witnessing firsthand the thrill of breaking sealed hobby boxes filled with baseball memorabilia ranging from standard base cards to ultra-rare numbered relics.
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Hi everybody, Joe here with Jackson on
Fanatics Live. We're doing some 2026
Topps pristine baseball pick your team
number three. Big thanks to this group
right here for making it happen.
>> I forget who got Last Spot Mojo, but 70%
of the time Last Spot Mojo hits all the
time. Thanks everybody for getting in.
Jason got to do a pristine case. Jackson
did a pristine case. And now it's my
turn. Let's see. Let's see what I can
pull for everybody. Good luck and thank
you. Six box break, three autos a box,
18 autos total. A lot of nice stuff
here. Empty case
>> and let's Yes, absolutely.
And
and one auto is going to be an autograph
relic.
So, these are the autos here.
Here are the base cards down here.
All right, thanks everyone for getting
in. We got picker team four pinned in
the chat if you're watching live. Uh,
pick your team five. We just load up a
fresh case. So, in case that team is
gone in bigger team four, you can chase
them in number five. There's a good
chance we might be able to get another
case in tonight, which would be awesome.
So, let's let's rally rally around it.
All right, let's zoom in a little bit
here.
>> All right, here we go. Good luck,
everybody.
We've got a Whoa.
>> Right out of the gate.
>> What is that?
>> A short print monogram. Show
Otani.
>> Oh my god. That's going to be for DM
Otani.
>> What the heck? I've never seen one of
those.
>> See the monogram right there? Kind of
like a Louis Vuitton bag.
>> That's huge.
>> That is pretty sweet.
>> I thought it was one of my
>> That is awesome. What a start.
>> What a start. We got a pristine
wilderness Otani right here as well. May
as well take care of that.
>> Double Otani.
We got Miserowski rookie card. Sal
Stewart rookie card. Lendor and a
Garrett Cole purple. 72 out of 99
Yankees. Vita Brakes
with the Bronx Bombers. That's It's a
nice That's a start. Might be a sign of
things to come.
>> Sal Stewart will go to Alex and the Red
Legs
>> as a pitcher. Maybe Miseroski rookie
card going to go to Nepal and the Brew
Crew.
>> But Cole can't hit though.
Uh Suarez to 150.
>> Roman Anthony plated in polish. You
better hold up Bryce
>> and a Jeremiah Jackson to 75
>> to go to the O's for West.
>> Joe's going to bl
auto.
>> Well, Jackson's still his presence is
still here.
>> I'm still here.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Still. So that Bryce
Eldridge energy is still emanating. I
can feel that Bryce energy. Bryce
Eldridge energy emanating from Jackson.
>> Oh, can you grab another shoe box,
please?
Or actually, we have to wait until want
to see the autos.
>> Yeah.
>> All right.
This is the thicker one. That might be
the cash auto.
>> That's a rel.
>> All right.
Bam. We got auto auto camp rookie auto
for the Phillies. That'll be for Dargas.
We'll do a little recap at the end here.
Next auto is
wow.
Roki Sasaki Italics autograph
two out of 50 for DM Otani and the
Dodgers. Little Dodger Joe Mojo right
here.
>> Nice.
>> That's huge. Big hit.
Oh,
>> and the patch auto
>> junior camo number
>> popular demand autograph 29 out of 99
jersey and autograph Kaido ace and the
rays.
>> That's disgusting.
>> That is nice. All right,
onwards. Next box.
That is a nice dart. Empty box.
Onwards. Good luck everybody.
Is this the right lock?
>> Yep, that's perfect. Yeah, you can just
put the lid underneath. Perfect.
>> All right, next one. Good luck
everybody.
>> Here we go. Otani plated and polish
[laughter] gold to 50. DM Otani 40 out
of 50. Who
>> will take that?
Roman Anthony played and polished. Will
Smith blue to 75. That'll be for DM
Otani.
>> Holy Dodgers.
>> Played and polished. Will go to Benny
the Jet. [snorts]
And Boston.
>> Murakami. Pristine Wilderness.
Christopher Sanchez to 199.
Phillies. That'll be for DB.
>> Oh, so many Dodgers
>> and the What's going on here?
>> Weird sleeve.
>> Yeah, weird sleeve.
>> All right, there we go. There's the
Christopher Sanchez and the pristine
wilderness Murakami. That is going to R.
Herald and the White Socks. First of
many, I hope.
got a purple Randy Aroserenia
89 out of 99 Napole with the uh Seattle
team
>> and a JJ Weatherhalt rookie card. That's
for the Cardinals. That's going to go to
Pomade. Another run show.
>> Oh,
>> no risk.
>> All right. Autos.
That is going to be [singing]
Bam. Sedan Raphaela. Piece of the lumber
on card autograph. Not number, but
that's going to go to Benny the Jet and
Boston. Benny and Boston.
>> That's sick.
>> All right, next auto is
Ryan Ritter. Green auto 129 out of 150.
Rookie auto going to Colorado. That'll
be Sportport and the Rocks.
And it should be the patch auto.
I think that was it.
>> Oh, that was Yeah, sorry. Yeah, we got
the John Rafella. Sorry. Got that
already. This is just the standard auto.
>> Garrett Crochet. Another Red Sox for
Benny.
>> 10.
>> Numbered 10 out of 10. The last one ever
made.
>> That's gross.
>> That is nice.
>> Really cool.
>> That's cool. All right, onwards. Box
three.
Yeah, it kind of has a tie-dye sort of
look, doesn't it?
>> Yeah, it's cool. Those are all
>> like a like 70s.
>> Yeah, I dig that.
>> We're not done. We're not even close to
being done, B.
>> Play of the whistle, though. Play of the
whistle.
combat. Who won the stack of cards for
the serial last break? Oh, yeah. Who won
all the non-numbered cards? I figure
two.
Alex might have been What number was it?
Number three, Alex.
>> Yeah, Alex.
>> Alex.
[snorts]
>> All right, next box. Good luck.
Pristine Wilderness Skins and the number
card is Austin Riley to 150 and two with
the ATL.
>> Show me stuff.
>> I'll show him what we doing.
>> There's a purple Jonah Tong
Kaido ace with the Mets.
>> [clears throat]
>> All right. And your
encased.
It is Luis Morales. Rookie auto for the
A's. That's going to be for death skis
and the A's. I don't think it's
numbered, but on card auto still nice.
>> We have Andrew Jones, Hall of Famer,
just recently inducted. Jersey and auto
N21
two and the ATL.
and
>> David Bedar
>> 32 out of 150. That's Revita Brakes and
the Bronx Bombers, the Yankees.
>> Nice. All right, halfway through the six
box case. Three more to go. Good luck
box.
Let's get a train whistle out here. We
need like a out of five or one of one.
Something of that nature
would be nice.
All right. So fingers crossed everybody.
Still have remember three autos a box.
So a long ways to go. All it takes is
one. One big hit to cover your spot and
then some.
All right, here we go. Good luck, gang.
Conor Griffin rookie card. Pirates.
That's going to be for pomade. And we've
got a Luis Robert
will be for the Mets. It's going to go
to Kaido.
>> Kyle Keros, Eric's kid, 51 out of 99.
That'll be for Sport and the Rockies.
Little
>> color match there with the purple.
Christian Campbell blue.
That'll be for Boston. Benny in Boston.
Sal Stewart and an Alex Freeland and a
Mike Trout.
>> Wow.
>> Few numbered cards right here. Mike
Trout's uh 11i75 Halos Napole M158 with
the Angels.
It's the spotless insert which I think
are pretty cool, especially with the
parallels, too.
>> There's Alex Freeland to 199.
That's for the Dodgers. That'll be for
DM Otani. And the Sal Stewart plated and
polished. That will be for the Red Legs.
That's for Alex.
There's an Otani Pristine Wilderness and
a Josh Naylor to 199.
>> That's going to be for Napole and
Seattle. And DM Otani of course has the
show Otan.
>> That was crazy.
>> Just like Mr.
>> What?
>> Yeah. The Mr.
My picture shouldn't be. Yep.
>> All right. Autos, good luck. Bang. Cam
Smith jersey and autograph for Brian and
the Astros.
Next up,
we have
Denzair Guzman.
Rookie auto green to 150.
>> Napal with the halos. Yes, everything
does ship. What if everything did? What
if we were like, "No, nothing ships."
Thanks for the donation. Thanks for the
donation, everybody.
>> Good.
>> No. Yeah, everything ships. All cars
ship. All right. And the third one is
Johan Duran. Gold
21 out of 50. That'll be for Dargas and
the Fighting Phils.
Nice.
>> All right, box five.
>> Um, I don't know if you've ever ripped
any pristine before. You ever ripped
like older pine?
>> They used to have this pack and a pack
inside a pack.
>> Oh, wow. That's weird. So, I have to rip
this pack and then there'd be these two
things inside.
>> Oh my god. Is that guy okay?
>> It's Freddy.
>> Oh, Freddy ran in there.
>> He flew. He flew into the
>> Oh no. Freddy, what are you doing?
You're not a strange chicken, Freddy. He
looks okay. He got up.
He flew into the other dugout chasing
after a ball. All
right. He's walking out of the other
dug. Okay. All right. All right.
>> That was scary for a second.
>> He's getting a day off tomorrow.
>> All right. Onwards.
>> Oo, nice pristine wilderness. Roman
Anthony, Benny in Boston,
>> and a Murakami rookie car. That's going
to be for R. Herald and the White Socks.
>> Oh, he was just drifting, drifting,
drifting. Oh. Oh my god, that was scary.
Oh, he fell hard.
>> Yeah, he did. Whoa. Pristine Wilderness,
Jack Kaggleó,
Vitra, and the Royals.
Connor Griffin will go to Pomade and the
Buckos. Yeah, I know, Ryan. We got to
find you an autograph.
More here. Got enough base. Here's Drake
Baldwin to 199
and two with the Braves.
Got a plated and polished purple Cal
Raleigh. That should be to 70. Nope,
that's to 99.
>> What a season he's on.
>> It's going to be for Seattle. I know.
Who would have thought?
>> I mean, I knew he wasn't going to hit
like 60, but I was like, yeah, he'll
have another 35 40 homer season.
>> It's like, oops. No.
>> Say a Suzuki gold to 50. That'll be for
scoop in the cubbies.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
>> That's right.
>> Combat's like when he wouldn't shake
hand Ry's hand at the world. Uh baseball
classic. I remember that.
>> So that's coming back to to bite him.
>> There's Sea Suzuki. Nice JJ Weatherhole.
>> Oh, that's
>> There you go. Green Weatherhole. That's
to 150. That's a rookie. I think you're
odds on favor for NL Rookie of the Year.
That'll be for Pomade and the Cardinals.
Base Miz rookie card. It's going to be
for Napal and the Brew Crew.
>> Foul better.
>> All right, your autos.
Good luck. Here we have something for
the Halos. Denzair Guzman rookie auto
for Napal.
He's terrible.
>> What do we have here?
>> It is Jeff Bagwell.
Old school piece of the lumber. Nice
penmanship. Who's got the Stros? Brian
with the Houston Astros.
>> All right. And the third one here
>> is Big Mac italics autograph. Mark
Maguire 28 out of 99. Pomade and the
Cardinals.
>> Sick
italics.
>> All right. Nice. Last box coming up.
Just don't want to get caught.
>> Mar will get mad.
All right, final box. Final three
autographs. Good luck everybody.
Good luck.
We need a big finish here. What are
these?
>> Those are lines.
>> Oh, those are yours. Okay. I thought my
base.
>> Yeah. Got to play to the whistle. That's
what the coach always says. Play to the
whistle.
Fingers crossed everybody. Let's finish
strong. We got another pick your team
loaded up in about an hour and a half
left in the show.
It might be an outside chance we can
squeeze in another one tonight, but um
but the more teams we can sell tonight,
the better chance we have at maybe
getting that done either tonight or
definitely first thing tomorrow. So any
team you pick up now will be a big help.
There's Pristine Wilderness, Aaron
Judge, Byron Bucks into 75, Roman
Anthony, rookie.
Oh, and that was Kevin McGonagal rookie,
too. Leading AL uh rookie of the year
candidate. That's going to go to
Detroit. Nate with the Tigers.
Roman Anthony will go to Benny.
>> Byron Bucks will go to Alex and the
Twins.
>> And then once again, Vita Brakes.
Yeah, Jason Jaspie in the house.
>> Saw your 1012 above.
We need a huge start from him. Preseason
game one tomorrow. Here's Jacob Wilson.
23 out of 25.
>> That's sick.
>> That'll be for death skis and the A's.
Yokamoto will go to collector 519 and
the Blue Jays
[clears throat]
the Savage rookie Byron Bucks into 150
twins that'll be for Alex
the Savage will go to collector 519
there's a Drake Baldwin Purple.
That'll go to the ATL. That'll be for
N2. All right. Auto time. Come on. Big
finish here. We need a big finish here.
Big finish.
>> All right. Good luck everybody. Thanks
for the fill. This is pick your team
three. Final three autographs, we got
Trey Turner.
>> That's sick.
>> Love the that Phillies color right
there.
>> Trey Turner. That's for Dargas and the
Fighting Phils.
That's your jersey autograph. Your other
two.
Good luck is
Carter Jensen. Rookie auto for the
Royals. That's going to go to Vita
Brakes.
>> Thought that was Kag for a sec.
>> I know. I thought so. I wanted I wanted
Kags provided break. All right. And the
final one. Good luck everybody. Final
auto is going to be
Owen Casey. Still Cubs edition here and
a color match.
>> No Curts Jar
>> to 75.
>> We pulled a Wilson though out of 25.
That was
>> that's going to go to Scoot and the
Cubs. There you go gang. Pick your team
three in the books. Yeah, we just saw
that. That was scary.
>> It was scary.
Thanks everybody for getting in. Nice
big mac right there. The next picker
team in the store right now. There's a
chance we might squeeze that in tonight.
We also loaded up picker team five if
you want to go check that out.
There's the crochet at 10 was cool.
Rafella, the camaro,
the roi and auto kemp started things
off. All right, thanks for watching
everybody. I'm Joe and I'll see
everybody next time for the next one.
Thanks. Bye.