I recently received two boxes of 2008 Bowman Baseball, which was released last week. I love Bowman baseball cards, and I always buy a few boxes every year. Here’s a breakdown of what I pulled from the two boxes:
Base Set (Red+Green) Completion: 219/220 = 99%
Prospect (Blue)Completion: 96/110 = 87%
Chrome Prospect (Blue) Completion = 92/110 = 83%
These numbers represent both boxes combined and do not include any inserts… they include base cards only. Neither box had any doubles, and there were only a couple of doubles between my two boxes. Excellent set completion rate. I could not have been more pleased with my boxes… even before the inserts!
Inserts from Box #1:
Blue Parallel (#’d to 500):
Jeff Francis – 016/500
Sal Sanchez (Prospect) – 498/500
Blue Refractor (#’d to 150)
Brad Miller (Chrome Prospect) – 065/150
Chrome Prospect Autograph:
Brandon Hynick
Rookie Autograph:
Clay Buchholz
Gold Prospects:
Brad Harman
Ken Holmberg
Joseph Martinez
Aneury Rodriguez
Sean Danielson
Gerardo Parra
Iggy Suarez
Anthony Claggett
Gold Base:
Kevin Millwood
Orlando Hudson
Michael Young
Chien-Ming Wang
Hunter Pence
Fausto Carmona
Jermaine Dye
Delmon Young
Adam LaRoche
Vernon Wells
Jacoby Ellsbury
Brian Roberts
Frank Thomas
Fransicso Liriano
Jason Schmidt
Dmitri Young
Box #2 Inserts:
Blue (#’d to 500):
Chipper Jones – 493/500
Austin Jackson (Prospect) – 053/500
Orange (#’d to 250)
Brad Hawpe – 033/250
Chrome Prospect Refractor (#’d to 599)
Bobby Parnell – 143/599
Chrome Prospect Autograph Refractor (#’d to 500)
Jarrod Parker – 030/500
Gold Prospects:
Christopher Frey
Matthew Buschmann
Angel Reyes
Joseph Mahoney
Matt Inouye
Daniel Cortes
Bobby Parnell
Javier Castillo
Gold Base:
Josh Anderson
Phil Hughes
Hanley Ramirez
Brian Giles
Kevin Youkilis
Ichiro
Aaron Harang
Brian Bannister
Orlando Hernandez
Ryan Braun
Chipper Jones
Tim Hudson
Tom Glavine
Alex Gordon
Edgar Renteria
Jeff Francoeur
Analysis: Product Overall – Like I said I love this set. It increases my knowledge of the game by introducing me to the prospects that will be the stars of tomorrow. It’s also LOADED with rookies. I really like the fact that Bowman has gotten rid of the non-first bowman prospect base cards. Nothing was worse than receiving a second year Bowman prospect card… which is basically worthless. Now every prospect you get is a first year bowman card. Awesome. I wish they had kept all the autographs to first year bowman cards only, though It’s always nice to get an autograph, but it takes a little away from it when it’s not a true autographed rookie card.
The two boxes that I got were A+ material. I got great inserts and autos from each one, and combined the set completion was great. I’m biased, but my experience was great with this set. I was especially pleased to have gotten the base, chrome, and blue versions of Austin Jackson. I even got an extra autograph in one of my boxes. Couldn’t have asked for more.
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