Their first release was a set of 15 Black Sox cards, a lot cheaper look than the later sets. I've always assumed this was effectively a one or two man operation rather than a real 'company'. Presumably this 1988 set was released to tie into the Eight Men Out movie without any official blessing from anyone. One of the few cards of Rothstein is in it, and also one of Abe Attell chilling on the beach (I bought the set for him). Supposedly limited to 5,000 copies like some of their other sets, but there's not really much of a way to know if that's true or not.
The late 80's and early 90's had a lot of fun little amateur sets like these getting in on the baseball card trend as the hobby exploded. They are mostly all cheap but lots of fun and range all over the map in scarcity.
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