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Article: TOPPS STARTING NEW LINE OF BOWMAN BASEBALL CARDS
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 12, 1989
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NEW YORK - Thirty-five years ago, the Topps Co. bought out the
company that produced Bowman baseball cards. Last Thursday, Topps
announced it was starting a new line of Bowman baseball cards.
The cards, which were introduced last week, have two unique
qualities that will set them apart from other baseball cards, said
John J. Langdon, president of Topps.
``We will publish our cards around the All-Star break because it
allows us to include players that have been traded as well as
rookies,'' Langdon said. ``And unlike any other card in the market
Bowman has statistics on the back of its cards that tell, at a
glance, how a particular player did against every other team in the
league ...