[rhettyeakley]

Brian, I am fairly sure that I owned a Pat Shea (no quotes) with a regular Series of 80 back in the past (I could be wrong though), also I have found a "Pat" Shea, and Jack Quinn with the Type 3 back as well.

Also, SCP just had a Frank Baker in their last auction and (surprise, surprise) he has a "ends in eighty" back. Also, I think there are quite a few more people that are only found with the tougher backs as well (George Ruth, Aaron Ward, Robert Roth, Roger PeckinPaugh(correct), William Fewster, and some others--all of which are NYAL and NYNL guys).

It has long been my theory that the "ends in eighty" series was produced later than the regular "eighty of the" series and included a huge number of new NY players that were about to play each other in the upcoming world series. Many of these "ends in eighty" players were then also featured in the Koesters set (with some notable additions) and some were then carried over to the series of 120.

-Rhett