Let me make a pitch for this guy...the 1939 Playballs was the first substantial baseball offering made by Warren Bowman and the Williams rookie was the most significant card in that set. After the war, he rebranded his Gum, Inc to become Bowman and demonstrated that baseball cards were viable product. There is still a small part of the company's DNA in modern Topps and Bowman offerings. I get that this is a somewhat contrarian view, but seemed worth pondering.
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