1988 Topps Baseball Forum

After spending far more time than I should have looking at this card and doing some reading up online I'm on the fence but I'm leaning toward printing error.  The 3/8 does show a very little faded black on the bottom which could be the remains of the 8 but at the same time, I find it very coninceadental that it would mistakenly print in such a way to form a perfect 3.

I also found another thread discussing variants from that year's set and 231 is listed as having a variant, a yellow spot on Bonella's hat ( https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/763658/1988-topps-error-amp-variation-list )  although I pulled 3 different versions that I have of this and I don't see a 3 on any and all three hat photos seem to match the one pictured above, which doesn't appear to have a yellow spot either.  I would love to see an example of the yellow spot version to compare.

Thank you for taking the time to look it over and thank you for replying. Maybe, for me, this little mystery will be solved. 

Doug