[BobC]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Let's be honest: MLB was a regional sports league in 1947. No teams west of the Mississippi, no white teams south of St. Louis, one NL team in Birmingham, one in Kansas City. Wouldn't have made a lot of sense to promote MLB in places with no teams, pre-television. The Bond Bread cards were in every (white) MLB city, so I wouldn't exactly call them regionals.

The Swell card is one I deeply regret selling into the rising market. I think that one is the 'sleeper' Robinson card. The Leaf is the most overrated card of Robinson. It got all of its cachet when people thought it was a rookie card. Now that we know there were not only several issues that predate it but also some that are contemporary to it, including the Bowman, I do not see it in the same light. But what do I know; I like the most obscure cards I can get

LOL

Adam, you just contradicted yourself by saying MLB was a regional sport, but putting these cards in every white MLB city itself was somehow not a regional distribution then. So, which is it, because you can't have it both ways? LOL