Posted By:
Hal LewisLATEST UPDATE:
Read the script on the back of this "1948" Leaf card:
Here are the facts on when Early Wynn was traded to the Indians:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1949_trans.shtml
If the trade was made on December 14th... and it took a week or so to get the printing press engraved to make this card... and the printers were all out for the Christmas holidays...
it is pretty hard to believe that Leaf got a baseball card printed in 17 days that accurately reflected the details of the Early Wynn trade.
After all, this is before ESPN, so it would take the people at Leaf a few days to even HEAR about the trade (since Early Wynn was still very young and unknown at the time).
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More evidence that even the Leaf cards with the "1948" copyright date were not printed until 1949.
AND... even if the card WAS printed on December 30th, 1948... there is NO WAY that the cards were available to the public until 1949.
I think all of the cards in the Leaf set are from 1949.