Buzz Break: 2021 Bowman baseball cards (hobby box)

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The box: 2021 Bowman baseball cards (hobby box)
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Keep reading for what was inside this one ...

Packs per box: 24
Cards per pack: 10
Cards per box: 240

Set completion: 
98 of 100 (98 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Prospect set completion: 
71 of 150 (47 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Chrome Prospect set completion: 
46 of 150 (31 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts, Juan Soto, Bo Bichette, Bryce Harper, Pete Alonso, Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, Buster Posey, Luis Robert, Kris Bryant, Max Scherzer, Joey Votto

Rookie Cards (40) – Notables include Alec Bohm, Ian Anderson, Nick Madrigal, Alex Kirilloff, Jazz Chisholm, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Joey Bart, Jo Adell, Cristian Pache, Bobby Dalbec, Dylan Carlson, Triston McKenzie, Ryan Mountcastle, Deivi Garcia, Casey Mize, Dalton Varsho, Brady Singer, Tarik Skubal

Insert cards: 141 (highlights of everything in gallery below)
Prospects (71) – Notables/first Bowman cards include Austin Martin, Trent Deveaux, Christopher Morel, Antonio Gomez, Gabriel Arias, Jeremy De La Rosa, Kevin Alcantara, Jose Tena, Seth Beer, Jasson Dominguez, Bayron Lora, Nick Gonzales, Bobby Witt Jr., Robert Puason, Jonathan India, Triston Casas, Marco Luciano, Heliot Ramos
Chrome Prospects (46) – Notables/first Bowman cards include Austin Martin, Aaron Sabato, Alexander Ramirez, Antonio Gomez, Gabriel Arias, Kevin Alcantara, Jeter Downs, Asa Lacy, J.J. Bleday, Bayon Lora, Logan Gilbert, Braden Shewmake, Austin Hendrick, Mario Feliciano, Nolan Jones, Zac Even
1991 Bowman (3) – Fernando Tatis Jr., Bobby Witt Jr., Asa Lacy
Bowman Scouts Top 100 (6) – Gavin Lux, Jesus Luzardo, Drew Waters, Asa Lacy, Ian Anderson, Francisco Alvarez
Futurist (4) – Bobby Witt Jr., Nick Gonzales, Mick Abell, Francisco Alvarez
Positional Promise (1) – Nick Lodolo
Rookie Of The Year Favorites (3) – Joey Bart, Alec Bohm, Nate Pearson
Talent Pipeline (2) – Yankees, Tigers
Yellow parallels (1) – Alec Bohm (/75)
Blue parallels (1) – Keibert Ruiz (/150)
Sky Blue Prospect parallels (1) – Yusniel Diaz (/499)
Chrome Prospect Atomic Refractors (1) – Royce Lewis
Chrome Prospect Green Mini Diamond Refractors (1) – Hyun-Il Choi (/99)

Autographs/memorabilia: 1
Chrome Prospect Autograph Speckle Refractor (1) – Austin Martin (/299, EXCH)

What's Buzz-worthy: How about that one? The autograph alone pays for the box even at the market prices right now for this scorcher of a release -- it has several sales between $565 and more than $1,800 over on eBay completeds with asking prices on active auctions even higher. The odds on that auto are one in 297 packs. The odds on that Yellow Bohm? One in 1,111 ... and it's also one of the better players to find. The Green Mini Diamond? One in 241. The Sky Blue? One in 111. The regular Blue? One in 551. Insanity ... The only one that should be guaranteed here is the Atomic at one in 24. Throw in Austin Martin appearances in both the base prospects set and the Chrome version and this one, was, well, an A++ kind of break. If I find blasters or mega boxes of this one out in the retail wild, I'll rip more and I'll probably spring for one more of these if I strike out there. The design this year is strong by my taste. It's a little rigid but there are a lot of touches that help one's eye bounce around the design well and not make it overbearing. I liked it even before I ripped into this ridiculously good box.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A++ (check out the odds mentioned above ... crazy ... plus very notable names landed)
Fun Grade: B+

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