I think all the Lajoies were gone because those are the ones the storeowner gave out. Lajoie was a huge star in Cleveland, so that's where the promotion began. He never got around to giving out many of the other players because he quit doing it.
I think somebody said in one of the E98 posts that these were found bundled up by player. Maybe he gave them out one player at a time until that stack was finished, then moved on to the next one. If a customer didn't care who they got, he just reached for the top card on the stack and handed it out. Maybe several customers specifically asked if he had a Cobb, which explains why this group has fewer Cobbs. Who knows, there are so many different ways this could have gone down.
Last edited by barrysloate; 07-07-2012 at 04:17 AM.
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