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Old 09-08-2009, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Exhibitman View Post
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1. If not for the scandal the cards of most of the players involved would be of little value above commons. Setting aside Jackson, who was a likely first-tier HOFer, only Cicotte might have been a second tier HOFer like some of his teammates. Weaver would have had a rep as a very good player. The rest would be commons. Even Abe Attell's boxing cards would be worth less than they are now as a result of his participation in the fix.
You're wrong about Felsch's cards becoming common cards if he had played past 1920. He was going to become a superstar.
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