[pyweed]

As many of you know, I am a chromie who regularly posts Bowman Chrome and Draft breaks on this board. You can see some other breaks here (along with the grades I assigned the breaks):

2008 Bowman Chrome, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-474068.html

2008 Bowman Draft, grade = B-: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-542695.html

2008 Bowman Sterling, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-673150.html

2009 Bowman Chrome, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-804289.html

2009 Bowman Draft, grade = B: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-917488.html

2009 Bowman Sterling, grade = B-: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-942582.html

2010 Bowman Chrome, grade = D+: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1329872.html

2010 Bowman Platinum, grade = B: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1396290.html

2010 Bowman Sterling, grade = A: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1404523.html

2010 Bowman Draft, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1428109.html

2011 Bowman Chrome, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1462508.html

2011 Bowman Platinum, grade = D+: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1450190.html

2011 Bowman Sterling, grade = D: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1497295.html

2011 Bowman Draft, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1473126.html

2012 Bowman Chrome, grade = B-: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1516414.html

2012 Bowman Platinum, grade = A+: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1508107.html

2013 Bowman Draft, grade = B: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1519686.html

Fun reading for a rainy day, maybe. Anyway, you’ll see that some of the breaks are disappointing and some are really exciting. Partly the grade is a function of the product being better or worse than expected (see for example the last two Bowman Platinum breaks), and partly the grade reflects how lucky or unlucky I am with the big hits. On Saturday I am scheduled to receive my fifth case (each with 8 one pack boxes) of the 2013 Bowman Inception product, and hope to start busting that evening.

I will be listing out all cards and will attempt to grade the break on a box by box basis. I invite you to stop by this thread, help me with the grading, and contribute to the discussion. I sleeve, clean, and sort as I go, but it's a small number of cards, so I expect the break to be done this weekend. Please don't expect me to respond to trade requests. I'm really not a trader, and I have all I can deal with just trying to bust these boxes in my spare moments. The cards I decide not to keep will eventually end up either at a popular auction house, or at a popular consignment website.

To heighten interest in the break, I have organized the following contest. All contest information (including results) will be in this thread, and entries need to be posted here as well. This keeps the Message Board tidy.

[CONTEST CLOSED]

CONTEST DESCRIPTION: I will be giving away $50 in cards from my portfolio (instructions for selecting them will be provided via PM) to the contest winner. To participate, you need to guess the Case # and Box # associated with the lowest print-run serial numbered card appearing during the break (i.e., the “rarest” numbered card). If there is a tie for lowest numbered card (e.g., two cards numbered /5), the winner will be the one I pull LAST. I consider a printing plate to have a print run of 4 despite the serial number. Again, there are 5 cases and 8 boxes, so there are 40 boxes from which to select. If nobody picks the exact box containing the lowest numbered card, whoever's pick is closest is the winner. To break ties, you must also guess the number of pitches that Doug Fister will throw in Sunday's Tigers-Indians game. Closest wins, with any further tiebreak going to the first poster. All entries must be posted by Saturday at 8PM Eastern, when I start posting results. I settle all disputes.

A valid entry, therefore, will look something like this:

"Case #2, Box #7, 100 pitches"

[CONTEST CLOSED]

Make sense? Okay, good luck!

Nathan

[aprirr]

Case #2, Box #3, 94 pitches. Thanks!

[barrassohof35]

Case #1 box #3 86 pitches, thanks

[NY_baseball23]

case#2, box#7, 98 pitches. you were right with the boxes example ahah

[cjones2]

Case #4, Box #8, 98 pitches. Thanks for the contest.

[joserobles]

Case #3 Box #6 94 pitches
Thanks for another contest and good luck with the break

[nutshell278]

case 3 box 8, 107 pitches

[pjpitbull]

Case#5 box#3 88 pitches

Thanks for the contest this should be fun

[spmgeaux]

always enjoy the contests, thanks!

I'll go with Case #4, Box #3...and 94 pitches.

Good luck!

[IronChef]

case 2 box 2 23 pitches