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Originally Posted by onlyvintage62
Many of the oddities are due to the fact (IMO) that expansion forcved Topps to make players cards that they normally would not . They had to make up for the 80 or so players that had their card show by one of the four new teams.
I actually statrted to compile a list of such and will share.
Examples Boston - Newman, George Thomas
Mets Hendley,
White Sox Russ Nixon
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Expansion plus Marvin Miller and a contract impass between Topps and The Players' Association over use of player likenesses that resulted in the use by Topps of older photos in part of 68 and 69.