Jim Greengrass' card is our first encounter with one of the more notable printing irregularities Bowman had with the 1955 set. This is one of the "Light Wood" cards which make up the first 64 cards of the 320 card set. If you look at the Bill Klaus card I shared before, you can clearly see the difference. There has never been a reason I've found for the color shift. Jim Greengrass was first signed by the New York Yankees at the age of 16 in 1944. He spent the next 7 seasons bouncing around in the Yankees farm system (mostly in A level ball) as well as spending two years in the military. It would seem that it was challenging to break into an outfield that had Joe DiMaggio or Mickey Mantle. Finally, in 1952, he got his break. He was traded with three other players and $35,000 to the Cincinnati Reds (going by Redlegs at this time to ease fears during the "Red Scare") for Ewell Blackwell. Considering Blackwell only pitched in 13 games over the two seasons he ...