A Modern Objective View of E90-1 Rarities

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by tedzan

I arrived at this theory that a possible conflict with the 1909 RAMLY set may have resulted, since American Caramel did not include these guys in their
1st and 2nd series issued in 1908 - 1909.

TED Z

Hi Ted,

The old thread was here: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...l+ramly&page=4

I'm afraid I still don't understand your theory. Either you are postulating (a) that the Boston players pictured in Ramly could not appear in E90-1 until later, or (b) because of some arrangement between Ramly and the Boston clubs, no Boston player - whether they appeared in Ramly or not - could be on a 1909 E90-1.

I think those are the only two possible theories, but I have never been able to figure out which one you were putting forth.

But here is the thing - both (a) and (b) don't work.

There are many Boston players in E90-1 that we think were from the scarcer late series who have no Ramly card. So if it was (a) above, there is no reason why those cards could not have been issued in 1909.

So maybe Ramly had the Boston clubs locked up - ie. (b) above? The quick answer to that one is "no" - Cy Young Boston proves this is not the case.

I'm not trying to pick at you, but I can't understand how any "theory" could be formed when either way it does not work on the facts.

Cheers,
Blair