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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Scott:

I agree with you on "modern" game cards and inserts. Those should not count as true baseball cards.

However, in 1913 for example, I think buying the "National Game" or "Tom Barker" card games was probably the ONLY way that a kid could have gone to the store and purchased some cards that had major league players on them.

In other words, I take into account for old vintage cards the fact that NOBODY was really selling packs of "baseball cards" on their own yet.

I am also convinced that kids would SAVE and COLLECT the cards that came with these old games... even long after the board itself was gone. Kids probably traded the cards between themselves and NEVER even played the stupid game.