Back around 2008 or 2009, I decided to seriously pick up the slack in my Hensley Meulens collection, and I started exploring the world of baseball outside North America. I learned that Meulens had played in Japan for a few years, and upon discovering Robert Fitts' website, learned that he also had several Japanese baseball cards. I emailed Mr. Fitts and as I had exhausted his supply of
1990 was the only year the main Classic Major League Baseball Board Game set was issued in a plastic blister package, in the style of the update or travel sets, instead of a full boxed board game.
1990 was the first year the since O-Pee-Chee's brand appeared on the fronts of the Canadian version of Topps cards that the O-Pee-Chee brand was not present. For some reason, in 1990, O-Pee-Chee and Topps cards were identical from the front. They still featured English and French on the reverse and were still printed on slightly lighter card stock.
Every regular (non-Diamond King or checklist) card featured four minor printing variations on the back. The copyright notice exists both with, and without, a period after the INC and the Denotes Led League exists with both *Denotes and *Denotes*. Altogether, all four variations exist:
1990 was the only year the main Classic Major League Baseball Board Game set was issued in a plastic blister package, in the style of the update or travel sets, instead of a full boxed board game.