CARDBOARD REVIEW:2021 Bowman's Best Baseball (AND NICE GIVEAWAY )

Will there be a baseball season? Do any of us know? I can't see the entire season being lost but some for sure at this point. Let's hope we at least get half a season and a Yankees World Series win.

I see your glare about that last part, and I also see the high fives from fellow Yankee readers. For me, that was a winning sentence.

At least for now, baseball enthusiasts have cards to open and can see their favorite players that way.

Today, while I am waiting for the season to kickoff, I am opening up a box of Bowman's Best baseball 2021. Let's see how it goes shall we?

Each Master Box of 2021 Bowman's Best baseball comes with 2 mini boxes. Each mini box comes with 6 packs. Each Mini box also comes with refractors and 2 autographs each. Each Master Box is roughly $450-500. So a steep gamble.

BASE SET:

 

The base set for Bowman's Best is chromed like it always has been. It is only 100 cards and is built up of veterans (check out my first Gallo in a Yankee uni)

Rookies

And rookies.....hmmm...no rookie logo...prospects then. This is a hard one for me. My definition for a true rookie card is a rookie that is apart of a base set. This one is. However, a product like Bowman has its prospects separately making those non rookies.

So before I move on, let me know your thoughts on this topic in comments. Is this Franco a rookie card?

PARALLELS:

Anything that comes chromed, has plenty of parallels.

Here are the offerings for Bowman's Best

Refractor, Atomic, Purple /250, Aqua Lava /199, Blue /150, Green /99, Gold Lava /75, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /10, Red Lava /5, and SuperFractor 1/1.

Green /99

Purple /250

Base silver refractors that fall 1 per pack.

More base refractors. Not bad names mixed in at all!

 

Atomic

INSERTS:

Inserts have the following parallels,

Atomic, Lava /50, and SuperFractor 1/1

Heatwave. This may possibly be the greatest looking insert I have ever seen. I want the Jasson Dominguez version and want it now! These fall 1:6 packs and have 30 cards to chase. I saw someone on Twitter recently finish this set. Looks sweet!!

Rookie Craftsmanship that falls 1:8 packs. There are 18 cards to collect.

Future Vibrance has 40 cards to collect that fall 1:3 packs.

HITS:

Four autographs were to be found..

I keep hearing things about this guy but don't know much about him other than his poor signature.

Fun auto, but don't know him.

Here's a name I know! And guess what, you're gonna have a chance to win it!

And my final hit, I recognize this name as well but it's a redemption. Bleh.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

Price point is really high on this one, but it's a fun rip. I love chromed products as you guys know and refractors. Other than price, this product is for me.

Did I feel I got my money back on this one, no. But, the Mize was a solid pull.

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

ONE PERSON SCORES THIS LOT FOR MY 10 YEAR BLOG GIVEAWAY THAT CONTINUES!

TO ENTER,

1. Have a U.S. Address. Sorry, can't afford to ship outside U.S.
2. Thank Topps for their support in these giveaways by checking out their website I linked.
3. Comment below your thoughts on this product or the Wander Franco "rookie"
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7. You can earn up to 4 bonus entries on this one. 
8. Good Luck to all that enter. A winner will be announced next week and then the next giveaway will be coming.