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Todd (nolemmings)Andy, could you give more examples of players whose team designations make it appear that the sets were issued as you theorize?
As for Ping Bodie, it is interesting to note that he is part of the 1915 and 1916 Zeenuts sets as a PCL player. Since Collins-McCarthy issued those sets, one wonders whether they would have issued 2 sets in 1916 showing Bodie as both a minor and major leaguer. Does anyone know when Philadelphia acquired Bodie's rights? Maybe the CM set was issued AFTER the 1916 season. We tend to have a mind set that cards are issued in the spring, yet it seems that at least the magazine supplements/premiums were often issued in the winter, during the "hot stove league", perhaps to keep everyone's interest going. Could the cards have been issued during the winter of 1916-17, with some player trades/movements known?