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This year’s configuration for a hobby box: Two mini boxes, with six packs per mini-box and five cards per pack. Topps is promising a chrome autograph in each Bowman Chrome mini-box.
The base set contains 100 cards, and so does the prospects base set. In the hobby box I opened I received an even split, with 24 base and 24 prospect. There was even a split on parallels, as I pulled a pair of cards numbered to 499 of Eric Hosmer (base) and Helmis Rodriguez (prospect). There also was one purple refractor of Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, numbered to 250.
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As promised, there were two autograph cards. The first one was an on-card signature of Dodgers minor-league second baseman Willie Calhoun, who played Double-A ball for Tulsa in 2016. Second auto was an on-card signature and refractor White Sox pitcher Jordan Stephens, numbered to 499. Fun fact about Stephens — he went to high school in Alvin, Texas, which is the hometown of Nolan Ryan.
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Out of the Gate is a 10-card set that features rookies who made a big splash when they made it to the major leagues. The card I pulled was of Rays rookie pitcher Blake Snell.
The format may have changed a bit, but Bowman Chrome continues to deliver what prospect collectors and lovers of shiny cards want to see.