Hage's Dairy of Southern California sponsored regional card sets from 1949-51, offered at concession stands for Lane Field Park, home of the PCL San Diego Padres. Most came packaged with popcorn and it's possible others entered the hobby via company or team promotions.

1949 proves the rarest of these Hage's sets and contains 105 players on thin stock with blank backs and one of four color tints, Black & White, Sepia, Blue, or Green. The combined SGC/PSA population reports for its F65-1 catalog number show fewer than 200 total graded examples for all players, making these true diamonds in the rough!

The SGC VG 3 grade reflects modest corner rounding, a slight print tilt, and foxing on the back of an otherwise crease-free card. It's possible the light streaks in its green ink are also handling marks. Combined population reports show this as its only graded example! This will be a significant addition indeed to any PCL or Hage's collection.

Californian native Vince Debiasi spent considerable time in the PCL during MLB's pre-expansion era, so no doubt considered the West Coast his primary place to live and work. The popularity of post-WWII baseball along the Pacific made westward expansion almost inevitable, opening up more chances for players like Vince, if he'd played a decade later.