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For those who have no idea what I am talking about, I have to give you some background info.
I read on a different message board about a guy who was relatively new to bowman products who gave a shot at a case of an oldie but goodie BDP product, 2005 bowman draft.
He mentioned he got a Rasmus auto refractor in his first box, then the NEXT SIX BOXES yielded the dreaded sign of the future autographs. He was distraught and frustrated and simply couldn't understand what was going on - was that case resealed after being cherry picked? Was it a case of the worst luck in the world?
For those too young to remember, sign of the future autographed cards were the hits you DID NOT want to get in your box of 2005 or 2006 bowman draft. Pulling one was worse than pulling one of your teeth. It was a sticker auto of a usually no name prospect that Topps inserted into it's vaunted bowman draft product to really make a prospectors day gray. I don't know if there is a worse feeling opening a box of any product than to get one of those as your hit, sometimes it's worse than not getting any autos in your box at all!
2005 bowman draft was characterized by two different types of majority autographs in the case. Your standard 7-8 chrome auto/2-3 sotf cases, and vice versa - 2-3 chromes only versus 7-8 sotf autos, which you could imagine pissed alot of people off (like me).
My theory about this uneven distribution was that Topps' collation that year was really skewed, and the West coast ended up getting a higher percentage of those SOTF cases compared to the east coast and midwest based on shipping and distribution patterns. I don't know the exact reason, but I saw a disproportionate amount of sotf cases here on the west coast.
Back in the winter of 2005 and early 2006, I read with envy all the incredible breaks of guys pulling 7-9 bowman chrome autos and only 1-3 SOTF autos in each of their cases. The case I got on the first day (11-20-05) was factory direct and was that kind of great case - 8 chrome autos and 2 sotf autos. Then the subsequent distributor cases from the west coast started to come in. The next two cases I busted, I got a total of 5 chrome autos and FIFTEEN SOTF autos. I thought it was an aberrancy, so I got another case, and got dinged again - 2 chrome autos and 8 SOTF. Single boxes were just as bad, I would buy a batch of four boxes at the local shop, and hit 4 SOTF autos. ANY bowman chrome autos pulled, even Pennington or Esteve were consider golden hits, like super-reflectors. This went on for years, run after run, SOTF after SOTF, I finally decided to order a case from the east coast. Same results - 3 chrome auto and 7 SOTF. Retail yielded better chrome autos than hobby on the west coast, so I stuck with those for a while, trying a hobby box every now and then, and hitting a SOTF. It was simply miserable watching every else around the country pull out some amazing cases, and I, along with others, were left with these sticker horrors of no-name players.
Now back to the title. Ten and zero. For those veteran prospectors, you'll know what I mean. I was brave enough to crack a case of 2005 bowman draft today that was made available to me from a shop that had just found it in their warehouse doing inventory recently. They got stuff factory direct back in the day, and after I opened the first three boxes, well, I was ecstatic to not see any sticker monstrosities and was finally brave enough to venture through the rest.
Box 1: Rasmus chrome auto
Box 2: Garza chrome auto
Box 3: Esteve chrome auto
Box 4: Braun chrome auto
Box 5: Weaver chrome refractor auto
Box 6: Drew chrome refractor auto
Box 7: Pennington chrome auto
Box 8: Carrillo chrome auto
Box 9: Ellsbury chrome refractor auto
Box 10: Braun GOLD REFRACTOR auto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good gosh, after 6 years, it feels GREAT to get that Gorrilla off my back. Those SOTF cases have haunted me for the longest time, and it feels terrific to hit perfection in such an old case- 10 bowman chrome autos, ZZEERRROOOO SOTF's!!!!!!
and to hit a Balky (perfect strangers) gold to top it off, it feels good...........
Anyone else ever hit 10-0 out of a case of 2005 or 2006 bowman draft?
I read on a different message board about a guy who was relatively new to bowman products who gave a shot at a case of an oldie but goodie BDP product, 2005 bowman draft.
He mentioned he got a Rasmus auto refractor in his first box, then the NEXT SIX BOXES yielded the dreaded sign of the future autographs. He was distraught and frustrated and simply couldn't understand what was going on - was that case resealed after being cherry picked? Was it a case of the worst luck in the world?
For those too young to remember, sign of the future autographed cards were the hits you DID NOT want to get in your box of 2005 or 2006 bowman draft. Pulling one was worse than pulling one of your teeth. It was a sticker auto of a usually no name prospect that Topps inserted into it's vaunted bowman draft product to really make a prospectors day gray. I don't know if there is a worse feeling opening a box of any product than to get one of those as your hit, sometimes it's worse than not getting any autos in your box at all!
2005 bowman draft was characterized by two different types of majority autographs in the case. Your standard 7-8 chrome auto/2-3 sotf cases, and vice versa - 2-3 chromes only versus 7-8 sotf autos, which you could imagine pissed alot of people off (like me).
My theory about this uneven distribution was that Topps' collation that year was really skewed, and the West coast ended up getting a higher percentage of those SOTF cases compared to the east coast and midwest based on shipping and distribution patterns. I don't know the exact reason, but I saw a disproportionate amount of sotf cases here on the west coast.
Back in the winter of 2005 and early 2006, I read with envy all the incredible breaks of guys pulling 7-9 bowman chrome autos and only 1-3 SOTF autos in each of their cases. The case I got on the first day (11-20-05) was factory direct and was that kind of great case - 8 chrome autos and 2 sotf autos. Then the subsequent distributor cases from the west coast started to come in. The next two cases I busted, I got a total of 5 chrome autos and FIFTEEN SOTF autos. I thought it was an aberrancy, so I got another case, and got dinged again - 2 chrome autos and 8 SOTF. Single boxes were just as bad, I would buy a batch of four boxes at the local shop, and hit 4 SOTF autos. ANY bowman chrome autos pulled, even Pennington or Esteve were consider golden hits, like super-reflectors. This went on for years, run after run, SOTF after SOTF, I finally decided to order a case from the east coast. Same results - 3 chrome auto and 7 SOTF. Retail yielded better chrome autos than hobby on the west coast, so I stuck with those for a while, trying a hobby box every now and then, and hitting a SOTF. It was simply miserable watching every else around the country pull out some amazing cases, and I, along with others, were left with these sticker horrors of no-name players.
Now back to the title. Ten and zero. For those veteran prospectors, you'll know what I mean. I was brave enough to crack a case of 2005 bowman draft today that was made available to me from a shop that had just found it in their warehouse doing inventory recently. They got stuff factory direct back in the day, and after I opened the first three boxes, well, I was ecstatic to not see any sticker monstrosities and was finally brave enough to venture through the rest.
Box 1: Rasmus chrome auto
Box 2: Garza chrome auto
Box 3: Esteve chrome auto
Box 4: Braun chrome auto
Box 5: Weaver chrome refractor auto
Box 6: Drew chrome refractor auto
Box 7: Pennington chrome auto
Box 8: Carrillo chrome auto
Box 9: Ellsbury chrome refractor auto
Box 10: Braun GOLD REFRACTOR auto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good gosh, after 6 years, it feels GREAT to get that Gorrilla off my back. Those SOTF cases have haunted me for the longest time, and it feels terrific to hit perfection in such an old case- 10 bowman chrome autos, ZZEERRROOOO SOTF's!!!!!!
and to hit a Balky (perfect strangers) gold to top it off, it feels good...........
Anyone else ever hit 10-0 out of a case of 2005 or 2006 bowman draft?
