As I responded to Joey last week, after my SP Authentic experience I wanted to open some more cards–without the big price tag–and I was kind of feeling left out of the Topps Heritage craze, so I stopped by my local retailer and snagged a box. I decided to grab a box of Bowman Football too, as I’m still a handful of cards short of the low numbered Bowman Chrome set.
So what did my first foray into 2008 baseball net?
Lots of big sticks of gum. Oh, and a Ryan Braun refractor, a handful of rookies (Armando Galarraga, Brandon Jones, Clint Sammons, Brons Sardinha or Seth Smith mean anything to anyone?), one Twin (two if you count Livan Hernandez in his Diamondbacks uniform), and one guy from my fantasy team (Jonathan Broxton).
Kind of fun, but to be honest, I’m not real impressed by the cards–maybe it’s what they were going for, but a lot of the pictures looked to me like I could have taken them with my digital camera.
Not a lot to report from the Bowman Football box either, other than I did pick up quite a few rookies that I needed. I’m down to 16 low numbered cards for the first complete set, and 42 low numbered rookies (plus five base cards) for a second set.
I also had a few eBay wins come in for the refractor set today. I picked up a Brady Quinn–the last of the “big dollar” cards I needed–for relatively cheap ($0.95 + $4.50 S&H), and a four card rookie lot that I needed three of (Aundrae Allison, Joe Thomas and Jeff Rowe, plus a Dwayne Jarrett that I thought I needed but didn’t) for $3.75. I’m down to 42 of the regular refractor set needed for completion, plus 54 of the 55 low numbered refractors.
I also picked up a couple of Adrian Peterson refractors for a reasonable price–I didn’t really need them, but I figured being a local kid, I might be able to flip them.
You gotta love that gum. Send me a list of what you need for your Bowman set and I’ll see if I have any of them. I think I have fifty or so cards.