The first set I completed was 1968--sort of. My neighbor and I (with his big brother) completed and shared it. I got the AL cards and he got the NL cards-- I don't recall who got the World Series or multi-player cards and we didn't care about "owning" the checklists. And there were more than enough game cards for us each.
We tried again in 1969-- I remember how hard it was to find a Del Unser card--but had some sort of argument and decided to give up the whole sharing thing. I gave him my '68s and he gave me his '69s.
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If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other. - Ulysses S. Grant, military commander, 18th US President.
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