Is there anything truly like the “Nickname Set?” Seemingly every ballplayer featured on a 1949 Leaf baseball card carries an instantly memorable name like “Fire Trucks,” “Dizzy,” “Prince Hal,” “Stubby,” and “The Bear,” and those are just the pitching rotation of the Detroit Tigers in the set. Leaf produced a total of 98 cards brightly colored, block lettered cards for the 1949 season in the one of the truly landmark issues in card history. Boasting not only one of the greatest checklists in collecting history, the full extent of this sets secrets remained a mystery for decades after its release. Half the checklist is so rare that a full accounting of just who was in it remained a mystery for two decades after the cards first hit candy aisle shelves. How can I NOT help but collect these cards?
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