I did just a little poking around at a few other key cards from the set, and didn't seem to find a huge pattern of this. It's kinda strange
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Originally Posted by brad31
Interested to hear what some of the knowledgeable people on here say. The card is plagued with print issues - the red bleeds, the black bleeds, the ink smears, it is definitely a tough card. I have no idea why and am interested to learn. The other 4 player rookies don’t have this as far as I know.
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It's not too late for Washington to add 60 career WAR, right??
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Originally Posted by JollyElm
Just thought I'd add this for some giggles...
290. Klutts/Washington Extrapolation
The huge increase in value that a 1978 Topps Rookie Shortstops #707 card will surely attain if another one of the players pictured on it finds his way into the Hall of Fame.
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That could explain it. If that is the case, I'd be interested to know what the cards on either side of this one on the printing sheet were to see if those suffer similar issues
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Originally Posted by Mike D.
Do we know where on the printing plate these were? My guess would be "at a spot that gets hit pretty hard with a roller after inking"
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