Howard Johnson & Topps?

[Rich Klein]

If I remember correctly, there was some issues at the time and the players association was advising players not to sign with Topps for various reasons. If you remember, at the time the biggest example of that was Kevn McReynolds who did not have any Topps cards from 1984 until 1987 Topps Traded.

Here is a link to an old Net54 discussion

http://www.net54baseball.com/archive...?t-131821.html

And, today, Matt Wieters of the Baltimore Orioles never signed with Topps

Rich

[MikeU]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

If I remember correctly, there was some issues at the time and the players association was advising players not to sign with Topps for various reasons. If you remember, at the time the biggest example of that was Kevn McReynolds who did not have any Topps cards from 1984 until 1987 Topps Traded.

Here is a link to an old Net54 discussion

http://www.net54baseball.com/archive...?t-131821.html

And, today, Matt Wieters of the Baltimore Orioles never signed with Topps

Rich

A Topps boycott until 1985 could be somewhat assumed based on other examples. However, no Fleer or Donruss or even a Fleer Update in 1984 is tougher to understand.