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Originally Posted by tedzan
Hey Guys.....this is becoming a "fun" thread.....keep your stories rolling in.....THANKS 
One more story on the 1949 LEAF's......
Our nearby neighbor (2 blocks away) from our street lived Phil Rizzuto, so there were many avid BB fans collecting these cards in the Spring of 1949 in Hillside,
NJ. We purchased these cards from the corner Candy store and also the nearby Pharmacy. So, there were plenty of wax-packs available. But, we had a problem.
The backs on these LEAF's read "collect 168 cards". So we kept spending our pennies and nickels, but not getting anymore than 49 different cards. LEAF played
a "nasty" trick on us kids by skip-numbering the cards.
Anyway, we compared notes (cards), and came to the realization there were only 49 subjects in this series.
Of the twenty HOFers in the entire 98-card set of 1949 LEAF BB, the Indians dominate with these five HOFers......
Spring series
"MVP in 1948" **
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Summer series cards (short-prints)
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** Note.... Trivia: What is special and unique regarding Lou Boudreau's MVP award (December 1948) ?
TED Z
T206 Reference
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Lou Boudreau was a player/manager, if I remember correctly.
I started buying packs when I was 5, in 1960. Some of the first cards I remember were the Topps You'll Die Laughing cards, which were a 1959 issue. I guess the local neighborhood store still had some in 1960. I also was buying the Spook Stories in 1961.
Of course I was also buying baseball and football.
1962 was the year when I really started buying very strongly.