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04-11-2025, 03:45 PM

toppcat

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Just curious David - why not Ted Williams? Sy said in one of his interviews one of the missing 3 was one of his favorite players.

Sy said a lot of things over the years that were just PR puffery. They could have tried but missed out with Williams for any of several reasons but he seems like a guy they would try first in such a scenario. Mantle for instance, was signed on July 14th and the "second set" was out by some time in August but Ted was already back in the military for a couple of months by then.

Williams was with Berk-Ross, Star-Cal and Redman in 1952 it seems. I'm guessing his Berk-Ross deal could have been exclusive for trading cards with gum; they had DiMaggio too, who wasn't in any Bowman or Topps (1951) sets and I assume they paid up for some players of stature. It's ironic Joe D. was a spokesman for Bowman Color in 1953.

Last edited by toppcat; 04-12-2025 at 10:36 AM.

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