Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 1989-1995 Bowman MLB packs (Hour 2)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 2.

The packs: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1994 and 1995 Bowman packs
The cost: Will vary ... get newer Bowman stuff here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Cards per pack: Varies (10-15 in these years)
Base set completion: 
N/A ... I'm not doing the math on single packs
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Edgar Martinez, Jerome Walton (RC), Omar Vizquel, Jack Morris, Barry Bonds, Robin Ventura, Gary Sheffield, Kirby Puckett, Bobby Abreu (RC), Wade Boggs, Pedro Martinez (see everything in gallery)

Inserts: None (Some might call the 1989/90 sweepstakes cards inserts ... I don't.)

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I figured a run of Bowman packs for the first seven years of the brand's return from Topps might make for some interesting results ... but this was pretty average stuff. Of course, it's a different world here as there are no inserts unless you count contest entry cards (I don't, but they are in the gallery). There are a bunch of Rookie Cards in these years, too, but I didn't find anything of note. Among them? Ken Griffey Jr. and John Smoltz (1989), Larry Walker and Sammy Sosa (1990), Jim Thome and Chipper Jones (1991), Mariano Rivera and Mike Piazza (1992), Derek Jeter (1993) and Vladimir Guerrero (1995) ... and there are many others. I'm sure I have nearly all of them from collecting back then but figured I'd revisit thing since the price here wasn't a lot more than the typical blaster these days and the better years are in plastic-wrapper packs not easily tampered with. There wasn't much going on here but you can see everything in the gallery below.

Product Grade: 1989-1991 (B+), 1992 (A), 1993-95 (A-)
Lot Grade: C (average at best results here beyond maybe a Bobby Abreu RC ... and that's not a big deal)
Fun Grade: C+ (good potential ... just didn't get it this time)

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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