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+---- Thread: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread [CONTESTS CLOSED] (/thread-1462508.html)
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread - jn15 - 10-19-2011
Jacob Turner 112 pitches. Good Luck on the break. Willing to buy any Jacob Turner pulls.
Jason
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread - dbacks08 - 10-19-2011
I'll take Nathan Eovaldi, and 74 pitches.
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread - bosoxfan1971 - 10-19-2011
Dickie Joe Thon
96 pitches
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread - clarkzac - 10-19-2011
Aaron Hicks
113 pitches
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread - tdog4468 - 10-19-2011
No guess in the contest, just wanted to wish you luck with your bread. I broke a 12 box case earlier and got hammered! Best of luck. This is going to be a tough product to score on.
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread - pyweed - 10-19-2011
Contest is now closed. No entries after this post will be accepted. Good luck all!
Case #1, Box #1
Prospect refractor /500: Cory Riordan
Blue refractor /150: Adrian Beltre
Xfractor USA U18 auto /299: Troy Conyers
Orange refractor prospect auto /25: Hunter Morris
Comments: Okay, I’m already enjoying the variety of this product. Nothing new or special about the base chrome or prospect chrome cards, but there are so many inserts and parallels that there is almost always something interesting in a pack of four. For example, aside from the numbered parallels & autos listed above, I also got three Bowman Chrome Futures cards (one of which was an unnumbered refractor) that are die cut, two Bowman’s Best Prospects cards bearing interesting and distinctive design, and three 2001 Throwback cards, in addition to four base veteran refractors. Topps clearly went to some effort to make the break an interesting experience, and I appreciate that. BTW, 22 base veteran chrome & RC cards in a box, so completing a base set will be challenging, requiring at least a case. A refractor set of veteran & RC cards should require about 5 cases. I don’t think we’re looking at much more refractor color (blue, gold, orange, red) than we saw in 2010.
Oh, and nice auto hit in the very first box (first pack, actually). I’m going to defer my grades for now but I’ll come back and insert them after I get a feel for this product. Still, Morris is likely the contest winner. Nobody picked Morris, so unless I get another orange or better, the first contest will come down to Carpenter’s pitch count.
Grade: A+
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread [FIRST CONTEST CLOSED] - pyweed - 10-19-2011
Case #1, Box #2
Prospect refractor /500: Adrian Sanchez
Orange refractor /25: Ronnie Welty
Prospect auto: Nathan Eovaldi
Comments: Wow, two orange prospect refractors in consecutive boxes. Doesn’t happen too often.
Grade: C-
Case #1, Box #3
Prospect refractor /500: John Gast
Prospect auto: Brandon Guyer
Refractor prospect auto /500: Starling Marte
Comments: No color in this box (not even a veteran blue??), but two prospect autos. Also, an interesting sparkly Futures parallel. It’s like an xfractor, but with little dots circles, so it looks like it’s carbonated. Not numbered, though.
Grade: C
Case #1, Box #4
Prospect refractor /500: Jacob Turner
Blue refractor /150: Danny Valencia
Prospect auto: Christopher Wallace
Refractor prospect auto /500: Starling Marte
Comments: I shouldn’t have complained about wanting a veteran blue refractor.
Grade: D
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread [FIRST CONTEST CLOSED] - eric387387 - 10-19-2011
(10-19-2011, 08:20 PM)pyweed Wrote: Prospect refractor /500: Jacob Turner
Blue refractor /150: Danny Valencia
Prospect auto: Christopher Wallace
Refractor prospect auto /500: Starling Marte
Comments: I shouldn’t have complained about wanting a veteran blue refractor.
+1 :-) Here's to better luck on Box 5!
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread [FIRST CONTEST CLOSED] - jobock25 - 10-19-2011
LMK on any darwin barney cards you get in the case
RE: 2011 Bowman Chrome 5 Case Break and Contest Thread [FIRST CONTEST CLOSED] - pyweed - 10-19-2011
Case #1, Box #5
Blue refractor /150: Brandon Belt
Prospect auto: A. J. Cole
Comments: Ouch.
Grade: D