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. (image attached).

“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.

Yu Darvish	Japan	P
Phillippe Aumont	Canada	P
Concepcion Rodriguez	Panama	OF
Michel Enriquez	Cuba	3B
Yulieski Gurriel	Cuba	3B
Shinnosuke Abe	Japan	C
Gift Ngoepe	S. Africa	OF
Dylan Lindsay	S. Africa	P
Nick Weglarz	Canada	OF
Mitch Dening	Australia	OF
Justin Erasmus	S. Africa	P
Aroldis Chapman	Cuba	P
Alex Liddi	Italy	3B
Alexander Smit	Netherlands	P
Juan Carlos Sulbaran	Netherlands	P
Cheng-Min Peng	Taipei	OF
Chenhao Li	China	P
Tao Bu	China	P
Gregory Halman	Netherlands	OF
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…

1. Neftali Feliz, Rangers
2. Logan Morrison, Marlins (AUTOGRAPH)
3. Greg Halman, Mariners (AUTOGRAPH)
4. Julio Teheran, Braves
5. 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 hobby box guarantees 1 Bowman Chrome Prospect Autograph.