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Through the years, some of baseball’s biggest stars were missing from mainstream sets. With names like DiMaggio, Musial, McCovey and even Mark “The Bird” Fidrych nowhere to be found in wax packs, what options did fans have to add their favorite players to their collections?
By Stan Carlberg
In 1976, Mark Fidrych was one of the most famous ballplayers in the world. But throughout that wild ride, fans of The Bird had no trading cards to chase. And heʼs not alone in missing from key sets.
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