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Originally Posted by nolemmings
Bob, I have no doubt that the Baker with the FB ad was supposed to be in the set, but I am curious as to why there is also another Baker in the OP's group. In terms of playing the game, were there two Bakers-- a big play after all, either a Home Run or Double Play--or was one just inserted for the advertising? Does your set include 2 Bakers? Seems to me that if the set was only intended to include the ad card then maybe the original owner supplemented his set, and in that case, maybe he had access to the Tom Barker set and/or it got mixed up when he was playing the game with one of his pals who had that set. BTW, for grins I googled the name written on the box, and there was a Clyde Farwell born in PA in 1902, which would make him 11 when this set came out. A long shot for sure, but fun to wonder.
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Hey Todd,
To my knowledge they only put one Baker card in the set, and the Fenway Breweries set should have had the FB designated Baker and Score Card in it. As you mentioned, the fact that Carol and Lenny's set includes two Baker cards makes me think, like you alluded to, that whoever once owned this set may have mixed and added in the second Baker card, for whatever reason. And it is also possible then that they swapped in the Score Card from the Tom Barker Game as well at some point. Who knows, some kids could have each had their own sets back then, and got a couple cards mixed up between them while playing together.
And for the record, I don't have a complete National Game boxed set that I purchased all together at one time either. I have most of the set, that I had picked up over the years card by card, and also lucked out and came across a game box for sale by itself one time, that I grabbed. I also separately picked up a Fenway Breweries Baker card as well, but now can't remember if it was for the National Game set or the Tom Barker Game set. Now I'll have to go digging it out to see which one it is, as it is going to bug me if I don't. LOL I'm pretty confident the boxes were made to hold 54 cards in each set, 52 cards with players or action shots, plus the Rules Card and the Score Card. I doubt the manufacturer would have gone to the trouble to make the Fenway Breweries set game boxes just a tad bigger to hold 55 cards, and include a second Baker card without the FB designation on it. Would make no sense at all, and would then beg the question if they also included a second Score Card without the FB designation as well then. We'll probably never know the real answer, but my guess is that Carol and Lenny's set had some kid who owned and played with the set, and he somehow got the Tom Barker switched/added in, as well as the second, non-Fenway Breweries, Baker card. Just my guess though.
And absolutely cool fact about the kid's name. I'll bet your right as being an 11 year-old, and playing with this set would make perfect sense for a kid that age back then. That is a neat discovery, great research!