Random Card of the Day

Fun story: I was in Cooperstown with my travel team for a 12U tournament at Cooperstown All-Star Village. Best week of my life. 

I was known as the only true card collector on the team; however, me and about 7 of my teammates ended up in a card shop in town during right after our visit to the hall of Fame, and a bunch of my teammates bought some packs. One of my friends was a big Giants fan (his grandfather used to be the GM and he bat-boyed for the team one summer), and he was big on some random up-and-coming 1B named Brandon Belt. 

Anyway, I usually didn't get much Bowman back then because my allowance only just barely was enough to buy a few packs of Topps every few weeks, but I decided to get some 2011 Bowman on this day. I ended up pulling 3 different Belt cards, but my friend pulled a Chase Utley refractor version of this very set (2011 Bowman's Beat) numbered to /99. Being a massive Phillies and Chase Utley fan, I badgered him for it, and ended up making the trade using all the Belt cards and a few others. Totally worth it. 

I later decided to try and put together the complete 25 card set of veteran refractors /99 since I had such fond memories of that week. It took 10 years, many ebay/COMC searches, and patience, but early last year I acquired the final card in the set -- Kevin Youkilis. Shout out to scottzoe for trading that final piece which I couldn't find anywhere online. 

That background ruins the card.

The background looks like lava in a volcano. 

Interesting card.  I kind of like graphics backgrounds on cards.  Reminds me of inserts from the 90s.

"Interesting card.  I kind of like graphics backgrounds on cards.  Reminds me of inserts from the 90s."

You are exactly right! This set is modeled after the 1994 Bowman's Best set.

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Definitely looks like a 90s product. Yuck! Should have named the set "Bowman's Worst"