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Originally Posted by Zach Wheat
It is these errors which are endearing to collectors. The initial Hostess set contains a number of errors encompassing spelling names correctly as well as associating players with the wrong picture. Only 3 error cards in the set were corrected. The 3 key cards can be found in the “corrected” and “uncorrected” version. In all likelihood, the 3 errors were corrected in the original 1975 Hostess set some time prior to June of 1975. These errors are: Radar/Rader, Hooten/Hooton and the (Madlock) Pitcher/Infielder error. The Hooten card has both first name & last name misspelled – quite possibly a first in cards – with the Radar error variation the rarest of the 3 variations. The printer of HoHo panels apparently corrected the spelling of Burt Hooton’s name, with other print runs correcting the name/position of Radar/Madlock in each successive print run, accounting for the differences in rarity of each error. In the Twinkies set, the errors were never corrected.
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There is a fourth "error" card that was corrected in the 1975 Hostess set along with Burt Hooton, Bill Madlock, and Doug Rader. Carl Yastrzemski was originally listed as "Outfield", but since he was playing first base more regularly than left field since 1973, the card was corrected to "Infield" later in the press run. The "Infield" version is much more difficult to find, but I don't believe it as rare as the Hooton and Rader corrected cards.