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Posted By: RIch Klein

I'm going from memory here so a number may be off by one or two:

2004: 92 products issued (or one for every 4 days of the year)
2005: 70 or so (Would have been more but Fleer ceased operations in May; Donruss/Leaf/Playoff's contract expired at end of year)
2006: 40 (New Mandate from MLB and MLBPA) -- down to just 2 manufacturers (Topps and UD)
2007: Same as 2006
2008: 32 products (same 2 companies) -- this is, of course, dependent on the future sale of Topps to see exactly what happenns.

Rich