I think Leon hit the nail on the head, that is: did Burdick really analyze these sets as he was putting together the ACC? Almost certainly, he did not. Baseball cards were only a small part of the work he was doing, and I believe most of his work was done through observation, and as Leon said, simple common sense.
I respect the arguments that Ted, Tim and others made here, and regardless of which side of the argument you are on- either Coupon is or isn't part of T206- I can say with near certainty that Burdick didn't theorize all this stuff. It's a great exercise for Net54, and we are always adding new information to what we've known up to this point, but Burdick did not have many theories at all about any of these cards. His life's work was merely to assemble the cards and build the checklists. And to be sure that was no small task.
Last edited by barrysloate; 01-30-2011 at 05:05 AM.
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