Let's really "re-hash" the ROOKIE debate.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

I'm glad you chimed in on the subject of EXHIBIT cards.....what took you so long ? You are our
resident "guru" on this subject. First, I will say it's immaterial as to whether an Exhibit type card
has a postcard back, or stat back, or a blank back. To me it is a rectangular piece of cardboard
with a BB player's image on it.....and that qualifies it as a BB card....period.

And, when we were kids, growing up in the late 1940's and throughout the '50s, we spent a lot of
our hard-earned pennies getting those Exhibits. We loved them as much as our Leaf, Bowman and
Topps BB cards.
Actually, to some degree we appreciated them more since they were more like photos of the players
than the artistry of the BB cards of that era (until the 1953 Bowmans came out).

As Rookie card candidates, most Exhibits present a problem in that there is uncertainty in the actual
date of issue of them. The 1907 Dietsche Cobb is an exception to this dilemna, as it is clearly dated
on the back.

TED Z