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Review:
2006 Bowman Baseball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Bowman Baseball
Each sealed box contains 24 packs of 10 cards each in a 227 card base set including 27 Rookies. >>> Each box contains ONE Autograph Rookie card. Parallel sets: Gold Border, Blue Border (#`d to 500), White Border (#`d to 120), and Red Border (each is a 1-of-1). Inserts: Prospects 2:1 (Gold Border, Blue Border > #`d to 500, white Border > #`d to 120, Red Border > each is a 1-of-1, and Autograph 1:24), Chrome Prospects 2:1 (110 total: base, Refractor > #`d to 500, X-Fractor > #`d to 250; Refractor: Blue > #`d to 150, Gold > #`d to 50, Orange > #`d to 25, Red > #`d to 25, and SuperFractor > each is a 1-of-1), and Printing Plates (660 base > each is a 1-of-1 and 20 Autograph > each is a 1-of-1).
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Base Card Scan |
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2006 Bowman Baseball is a very nice product with a very reasonable price tag to match. Parallels we pulled are of the gold and blue bordered variations. The gold aren't numbered and the blues are numbered to /500. Can you say, "Home of the Rookie Card" any more pronounced than Bowman does. The back of the cards has a complete statistical listing of the players' last year in the major or minor leagues. All cards also have a very nice facsimile auto on the front that enhances the card appearance.
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Rookie Card Scan |
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The rookie cards are of a mixed variety this year with the Bowman and Bowman Chrome saying 1st Card around the Bowman or Bowman Chrome logo.The Bowman version with a green outline instead of the normal blue has the rookie card logo on it. All of the rookie cards have posed shots as opposed to action shots. The back of the cards have the players' stats from their last year of minor league experience. We pulled over (100) rookies from our 24 packs of cards in this box.
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Insert Card Scans |
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Not really an insert, but I wanted to get the blue bordered version parallel somewhere in this review. Also, we pulled a very nice Xfractor 1st Card of Asdrubal Cabrera numbered to /250.
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Autograph Card Scan |
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The autographed card we pulled is of Ricky Nolasco of the Florida Marlins.A very nice blue-bordered version numbered to /500. A very solid autograph with no breaks or bubbling of any kind. The rookie card logo should have been placed elsewhere on the card because part of the new logo is covered by the autograph sticker.
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The
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rate this box a 4 of 5 HI Fives. A very nice quality set for a reasonably low price. You can usually find these boxes in the $45 to $65 price range on the web sites I have checked. Good value for the money in my opinion. If you like collecting rookies; then this box could be what you're looking for. |
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