The Bowman sheets were actually almost the same size as Topps uncut sheets, the 9 x 4's are cut down and are found for a lot of their sports and NS sets. I think they did that to fit their cutting equipment or to simplify whatever way they packaged the cards but I am not positive on the "why", just the "how." Someone (likely Teddy Z.) once posted a pic of a full Bowman Baseball sheet on the board here and it's bigger than 9 x 4. I'm not so sure "re-gearing" the cutting machinery would have been all that hard but it may have had a max size. Bowman's plant looks very small to me when compared to Topps' and smaller equipment may have been the norm there. Anyway, that's my recollection.
Last edited by toppcat; 09-10-2017 at 12:56 PM.
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