So, how can a player have more than one "1st Bowman Chrome card"?

[the 'stache]

Maybe there's a explanation that will make sense, but I can't think of what that could possibly be.



2010 Bowman Chrome Bubba Starling USA refractor auto



2011 Bowman Chrome Bubba Starling auto

Both cards clearly say "1st Bowman Chrome card". But clearly, the 2011 is not his first. This has bothered me for a while, so I'm asking why Topps would do this?

[BSEBALLCOMMISH75]

Greetings:
Clearly they think since he is on Team USA that qualifies as the first card while the Royals is his first Major League card again we can see they aren't clear on things still over at Topps.

[DaClyde]

Probably for the same reason so many players have the RC logo for multiple years. Topps just doesn't keep track. That's why the system was such a good idea. Don't you see how much less confusion there is now? I swear there are FAR more questions about rookie cards and first cards since MLB imposed those stupid logos than there ever were before.

[pwaldo]

Probably for the same reason so many players have the RC logo for multiple years. Topps just doesn't keep track. That's why the system was such a good idea. Don't you see how much less confusion there is now? I swear there are FAR more questions about rookie cards and first cards since MLB imposed those stupid logos than there ever were before.

It was real bad in the late 80s and early 90s as well

[DaClyde]

It was real bad in the late 80s and early 90s as well

Way back when, I really just wish Beckett and SCD, as the most widely accepted authorities in the hobby, could have coordinated on a consistent set of hobby definitions and left MLB out of it. The only questions I ever remember from the late 80s related to traded and update sets. And then answer usually depended on which price guide you were using.

By all appearances, Topps is less technically proficient than your average hobby site. It's just sad that they can't keep track of who has a card and who doesn't in order to get those labels correct.