We got a press release from Topps on a story that we broke months ago about the WBC being in 2009 Bowman including Yu Darvish, but we recieved the first images today of the card plus some other names that will be in 2009 Bowman which ships in May!
PITCHING PHENOM & WBC STAR YU DARVISH TO HEADLINE 2009 BOWMAN
The much-anticipated 2009 Bowman Baseball, which ships the first week of May, will feature 20 Exclusive World Baseball Classic Rising Stars (BCW1-BCW20) including the very first card of highly-touted Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish.
“If you think Daisuke Matsuzaka was special, wait until you see the upgrade.”
- Los Angeles Times
All 20 cards can be found on Base, Chrome, Refractor, X-Fractor, Blue Refractor, Gold Refractor, Orange Refractor, Red Refractor and SuperFractor technologies.
The Exclusive 20-card subject list is as follows.
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Yu Darvish |
Japan |
P |
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Phillippe Aumont |
Canada |
P |
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Concepcion Rodriguez |
Panama |
OF |
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Michel Enriquez |
Cuba |
3B |
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Yulieski Gurriel |
Cuba |
3B |
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Shinnosuke Abe |
Japan |
C |
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Gift Ngoepe |
S. Africa |
OF |
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Dylan Lindsay |
S. Africa |
P |
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Nick Weglarz |
Canada |
OF |
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Mitch Dening |
Australia |
OF |
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Justin Erasmus |
S. Africa |
P |
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Aroldis Chapman |
Cuba |
P |
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Alex Liddi |
Italy |
3B |
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Alexander Smit |
Netherlands |
P |
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Juan Carlos Sulbaran |
Netherlands |
P |
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Cheng-Min Peng |
Taipei |
OF |
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Chenhao Li |
China |
P |
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Tao Bu |
China |
P |
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Gregory Halman |
Netherlands |
OF |
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Fu-Te Ni |
Taipei |
P |
In addition to the WBC Rising Stars, there are 105 Prospects featured in Bowman including five of the most talented futures stars…
- Neftali Feliz, Rangers
- Logan Morrison, Marlins (AUTOGRAPH)
- Greg Halman, Mariners (AUTOGRAPH)
- Julio Teheran, Braves
- Tyler Flowers, White Sox
2009 Bowman carries a $3.00 SRP and includes 5 Base cards, 2 Prospect cards, 2 Prospect Chrome cards and 1 Parallel card in every pack. And every box guarantees 1 Bowman Chrome Prospect Autograph.
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