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Monday, May 18, 2015

Year: 2008

Set: Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects - Chrome Prospects (Rate)

“ Whoa, that looks very pointy. I'd be afraid I'd take my eye out. ” -ShoTime

“ Say that name 5 times, really fast! ” -cckeith

“ Ugly design. Too much going on. Chrome cards are tough to scan, too. ” -suomibear8

“ One of the Bowman sets that made me Hate Bowman and Bowman Chrome. I don't hate them as much as I used to but for several years the Bowman Checklist is VERY DIFFICULT to decipher. I never can tell when a Prospect is a "Prospect" or a "Rookie Prospect". Don't make 3 and 4 level "subsets" that look EXACTLY ALIKE and then number them with confusing letter combinations that make little sense. Then to make matters worse each year you only subtly change the design so several years worth of sets blend together to confuse the average collector. ” -captkirk42

“ I like the design, and the scan is excellent, which is difficult to do with Chrome cards. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ Worst numbering system in the history of card collecting. Got rid of most of mine just so I wouldn't have to deal with it. ” -NJDevils

“ Does anyone collect Bowman? The only people I see buying Bowman are speculators and PC player completests. ” -jackal726

“ Whoever comes up with these Bowman designs needs to be publicly shamed! ” -mkaz80

“ Sorry to say, the back looks better then the front :(. Im just not big on this set. ” -engine614

“ The original templated BP top. Color loops around the armpits, piping up the shoulders. Began the MLB trend of institutionalized uniforms. ” -jlaz10

“ Pretty cool looking design, but man there are so many subsets! ” -Joshua825

“ Spitting out cards just because you can doesn't mean you should, Topps. ” -carthage44

“ Not a bad looking design. I'm not sure I have any cards from this set. I would suppose that there are dozens of parallel versions of this card. Or maybe they weren't going quite so overboard with parallels yet in 2008. ” -switzr1

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ranfordfan

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Monday, May 18, 2015 10:59 AM
Only good thing I can say about that card, is his name, same as my little guys!! Other than that UGH! ------------------------------- "I shall do my best." - Ben Stein https://www.ebay.com/usr/fpc2021 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn7sza8F5kxr3Sumem2OlLA Twitter Account - @FrozenPenguinC1

ruffingr32

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Joined: Jan 2015

Monday, May 18, 2015 1:43 PM
I don't understand why people have so much trouble understand the numbering system. BP-Bowman Prospects, BCP- Bowman Chrome Prospects, BDP-Bowman Draft Picks, BDPP-Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects. Pretty Simple this set came out when I was 11 and I understood it.

sltyeager

Posts: 32
Joined: Jul 2010

Monday, May 18, 2015 5:10 PM
BCP- Bowman Chrome Prospects. Set Bowman Chrome sub-set Prospects uses BCP, Set Bowman sub-set Chrome Prospects uses BCP with similar designs, very confusing and totally not necessary. ------------------------------- Jerry Yeager

Finestkind

Posts: 591
Joined: Nov 2013

Monday, May 18, 2015 7:07 PM

Another good reason I only collect vintage.

sltyeager wrote:
BCP- Bowman Chrome Prospects. Set Bowman Chrome sub-set Prospects uses BCP, Set Bowman sub-set Chrome Prospects uses BCP with similar designs, very confusing and totally not necessary.

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Dave

NJDevils

Posts: 6343
Joined: Sep 2010

Monday, May 18, 2015 8:55 PM
Okay, what is BPCP (2013)?

switzr1

Posts: 6332
Joined: Dec 2013

Monday, May 18, 2015 9:53 PM
I think it's Bowman Preschool Chrome Prospects, because Bowman can't get them on cards early enough!! ------------------------------- I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster.

deporcoruña

Posts: 279
Joined: Sep 2012

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 5:17 PM
Good one switr. Very, very funny. ------------------------------- Manny

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