8 years ago, I was fortunate enough to witness, in-person, one of the better win or go home games in recent memory.

Of course, I am talking about the 2016 AL Wild Card game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles.

Edwin Encarnacion destroying a first pitch offering from Ubaldo Jimenez in a 2-2 game in the bottom of the 11th while Zack Britton, baseball’s best reliever that season, sat and watched in the Orioles bullpen because manager Buck Showalter was saving him for a save opportunity that never came.

It was pandemonium inside the clubhouse that night.

Postseason baseball is truly second to none.

I think it's pretty cool the way Topps is going about featuring relic cards of specific moments. My hope is that it extends to future lower-end products as well. There was already SOME Topps relics with the MLB authentication sticker on them, but it should really be for every relic card moving forward.

First off, the reality is that 99% of collectors are not really affected by prices like this as these are nosebleed cards, but it's still awesome to see auctions like this go down.

Secondly, I would love to know who some of the people that bought these cards are and what their purpose for them is.

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Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista hit his 50th home run of the 2010 season. The 2011 Topps Chrome #76 Black Refractor /100 beautifully captures his follow-through on the homer hit off of Seattle's Felix Hernandez.

I was lucky enough to cover the game for work and snapped a picture of Bautista post-game with the bat he used and the ball he hit out.