My primary issue with them not putting his name on the flip is that the grading companies provide a service to the hobby, but the hobby belongs to the collectors. They shouldn't be the ones making the rules that govern the hobby. The collectors should be the ones that set the standards, and the grading companies should follow precedent. Every single buyer and seller of this card who knows what it is would expect it to be sold as a Babe Ruth card. It's not as if the image is in question or ambiguous in some way. Identifying it as such simply aligns with the market.
The other issue I have is that when cards like this get passed on to someone's next of kin after passing away, it creates the potential for them to get ripped off by a dishonest buyer.
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If it's not perfectly centered, I probably don't want it.
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