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BobBruce, I've read both and agree with you 100%.
There is a book called (if I remember correctly), The Great Baseball Card Mystery. I think that is the name of it. I bought a copy on ebay and tucked it away for my grandson when he gets a few years older. It involves a former player and old, old man who is the grandfather of the young boy (who is the main character) whose stats have disappeared from the books and who no one believes actually played against the Babe during his rookie season. The grandson acquires a mint condition Babe Ruth rookie from his grandfather which is subsequently stolen from the boy and the tales ensues.
A fun book which includes baseball card shop owners and collectors and plenty of preWW1 history of the game.