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Craig DHere's my take on the Rhoades card.
Rhoades actually played his final game on 8/19/09, which was several months before the first series T3s were issued. Rhoades - #114 - was in the second series. Because T3s were distributed based on the requests of those who redeemed coupons, Rhoades was probably one of the least requested by the time the second series rolled around since he had been out of baseball for quite some time. Building on this thought, since his card may have been requested infrequently, it may have actually been pulled from later printing runs. In the second series, collectors find the Turkey Red "Ad Backs" - these backs were almost certainly produced later or nearing the end of the T3 promotion period. I have owned and handled several Rhoades cards over the years and have never seen a Rhoades with an "Ad Back". A potentially short print became an even shorter print by being left off the "Ad Back" printing runs.
Hope that helps.
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Craig