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Posted By: Chris Stufflestreet

Perhaps Shoeless Joe never signed a consent form to feature his image in the set. It's common knowledge that Jackson was illiterate, and in those days he may not have had somebody checking his mail.

Before anybody points out that there wasn't supposed to have been a Honus Wagner card for lack of consent, remember that by 1909 Wagner had already established himself as a great player, but Jackson was just getting started.