Fun time....Show-n-Tell us of experiences pulling cards from wax-packs in your youth

[tedzan]

Hey Guys.....this is becoming a "fun" thread.....keep your stories rolling in.....THANKS


One more story on the 1949 LEAF's......

Our nearby neighbor (2 blocks away) from our street lived Phil Rizzuto, so there were many avid BB fans collecting these cards in the Spring of 1949 in Hillside,
NJ. We purchased these cards from the corner Candy store and also the nearby Pharmacy. So, there were plenty of wax-packs available. But, we had a problem.
The backs on these LEAF's read "collect 168 cards". So we kept spending our pennies and nickels, but not getting anymore than 49 different cards. LEAF played
a "nasty" trick on us kids by skip-numbering the cards.
Anyway, we compared notes (cards), and came to the realization there were only 49 subjects in this series.


Of the twenty HOFers in the entire 98-card set of 1949 LEAF BB, the Indians dominate with these five HOFers......


Spring series

"MVP in 1948" **
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Summer series cards (short-prints)

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** Note.... Trivia: What is special and unique regarding Lou Boudreau's MVP award (December 1948) ?



TED Z

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