Jan 21 2009
2008 Bowman Draft Case Results
This was the first full case I’ve done before, I’ve opened more than a case-worth of single boxes of one product before, but this was the first time I’ve flat out bought a case. And what a great experience. First of all, it was a ton of fun to break so much wax all at once. It’s always fun to anticipate what autograph or nice ‘fractors you might pull from a single box, so you can imagine how thrilling 12 boxes were. Secondly, I did extremely well with the case which made it even more fun.
My top hits include:
Zach Collier gold refractor auto
Mike Stanton Xfractor auto
Mike Montgomery 1/1 Plate auto
Markus Brisker orange refractor
Brandon Crawford orange refractor
Ryan Perry Gold Refractor
Xavier Avery Gold Refractor
Mike Sheridan Gold Refractor
Jake Odorizzi Blue Refractor
Rick Porcello Refractor
As you can see, I had a lot of luck with some higher end refractors, and I was ecstatic when I pulled the Porcello refractor, as he is one of my personal favorites as a Tiger pitching prospect. The same goes for the gold Perry.
The autos were almost exactly half good and half bad (as far as player and value go). Luckily for me, the biggest pull (the gold ref auto) was of a better player (Collier).Neither of my AFLACs were big name or big value cards as I pulled Adrian Nieto (from the very first pack of the whole case) and Isaac Galloway. Despite that, I am a fan of both of those players and firmly believe that both card will go up in value over time.
Overall, I feel that this product is loaded. One concern with it before release was that the base set lacked the big names that 07 Draft had, but looking at the actual checklist, there are more of these than most people thought, and the set is anchored by Porcello, one of the best names in any BDP set at release ever. The auto checklist is arguably the best auto checklist at release of any Bowman product as well.It is a tremendous product, and I can hardly wait until I get the opportunity to bust some more of it.
