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20 | 15.38% |
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27 | 20.77% |
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75 | 57.69% |
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6 | 4.62% |
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2 | 1.54% |
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02-16-2019, 12:10 PM
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Examples from each set. I always especially liked the 1941 Play Ball cards that feature shadows, like the Ted Williams, as well as the McQuinn shown...just adds a little more depth and interest.
One of the drawbacks about the 1939 set is the fact that no names were printed on the front, and one of the results of this is that frequently they are seen with some kid writing the player's name on the front, or sometimes even another player's name. Hey, with no name on front it could be anyone you wanted it to be! Brian Last edited by brianp-beme; 02-16-2019 at 12:21 PM. Reason: common sense comma added to put the kibosh to all intra-sentence cacophony 
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02-16-2019, 12:34 PM
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As my avatar indicates, 1941 is my favorite of the three. That was the first prewar card I ever got signed, as by that point Bobby Doerr was the only living player to have been depicted in a prewar set. I like the artwork, and that it was the year of Ted Williams hitting .406.
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02-16-2019, 01:31 PM
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I like 1940 because it has a mix of players that were present day and old timers (retired). Mix that in with the sepia looking photos and you've got a pretty neat looking set. There's no Cobb but there is Shoeless Joe and a lot of other (Mathewson, Chance, etc) early turn of the century players.
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