9/12/1908 - NEW YORK GAZETTE - ALC has decided to print baseball player photos to be included in cigarette packs starting with the 1909 baseball season. Plans have been made to include several cigarette brands and include all the stars of the day. Rumor is that Connie Mack is so anti-cigarette that he will not be included. Several other players such as Honus Wagner and Eddie Plank may also be tough sells, but the decision has ultimately been made to include them in the initial press run. It is also decided that the baseball pictures will be printed on card stock in rows of 17. Further, it is decided to put together multiple variations in groups of 12 and to destroy all records of these decisions in the hopes that the ambiguity will incite huge fights over the printing process 100 years in the future. Many chuckles were had in the boardroom...
 Complete fabrication, sorry Ted, Erick, Chris etc... had to do it!!
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T206 Master Set:103/524
T206 HOFers: 22/76
T206 SLers: 11/48
T206 Back Run: 28/39
Desiderata
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Strive to be happy.
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