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PeterI have a little more than half of the 66-card 1958 Hires Root Beer set--and I have always wondered about the make up of the set. There are no cards from seven teams--Yankees, Reds, A's, Tigers, Cardinals, Senators, White Sox or Reds. There is only one card for two teams--Hank Aaron from the Milwaukee Braves and Bobby Thomson from the Chicago Cubs.
So 64 of the cards are from the other seven teams--Orioles, Pirates, Indians, Phillies, BoSox, Dodgers and Giants. Can anybody shed some insight on why? MLB licensing? Hires regional distribution? Contractual arrangements with the various teams? Was there going to be a second series?
Have to admit--I'm not complaining. I really don't need to chase one more Mantle from a 50's regional set--but I have been wondering why seven teams were completely omitted from the set.