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Jay MillerThis is why collecting rookie cards is so stupid. You guys are advanced collectors and you can't even agree as to what the rookie card of a particular player is. I thought the rule was no minor league cards and the card had to have "wide" distribution. This eliminates the Baltimore News Ruth(minor league) and the Reccius Wagner(distribution). Since, if I remember correctly, Famous and Barr backs appear on both M101-5 and M101-4 there is no way of knowing which is the "rookie". You need to find a back that only appeared on M101-5s to really be sure you have a rookie. BTW, blank backs fall in the "I don't know" category and should not be considered rookies. Also, I think the majority of the hobby believes that M101-5s came first and until that changes that is the Ruth rookie. I don't give a hoot about rookie cards but it sounded like you guys needed a referee.