2026 Bowman Baseball dropped with a fervor this week, with release day madness driving prices of top names through the American Family Field roof. Lost in the madness, you may have missed Milwaukee Brewers slugging top prospect Andrew Fischer using his Bowman 1st auto to make a strong statement.
What that statement actually intended to communicate, exactly? We have no idea. But it's nice to see dudes have passions.
Hidden among an endless wave of various colors of Bowman 1sts, it seems a select few have been personalized by players who may or may not have gotten bored during the signing process. Is there rhyme or reason to which cards are inscribed and what they say? If so, we haven't seen it yet - in other words, nobody's employing the same strategy as Jake LaRavia of the Lakers and begging for their most expensive cards back yet.
According to eBay sales, a different Fischer has already surfaced on a different Green Border /99 - he wrote "49ers Baseball Club" on No. 71/99. He saved something extra special for No. 1, though, writing "MR. BRIGHTSIDE" in all caps to celebrate a 2000s anthem that clearly meant a lot to him growing up (he was born in 2004, that sucks to learn, actually).
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Techically, Fischer appears to have credited "The Kiilers" for this seminal late-2000s hit. Not positive, but I think that's the band that asked the question, "Are we human, or are we human but with a mustache?"
Brewers slugger Andrew Fischer's value is only rising, Killers inscription or not
Fischer, who transferred from Duke to the University of Tennessee and became Tony Vitello's most fiery slugger, is off to a .959 OPS start with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers after emerging into the mainstream with Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic this spring. He still ranks outside most Top 100s (MLB Pipeline left him on the cutting room floor in their recent update), but he's No. 7 in a loaded Brewers system and rising.
His power potential - plus release day madness - has his base chrome auto settling at $175 in early BIN opportunities. This isn't the greatest time to get in on Fischer's ground floor. Conversely, it is the greatest time to own a low-numbered version of his first auto with a surprise Killers reference.
The more Fischer visits Slam's Town over the next year, the higher the card's value will grow. Thanks in part to Brandon Flowers, this one's really in bloom. Imagine what might happen if Fischer gets traded to the Vegas A's and the two entities share a pop culture home?
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