PLAY BALL!

摘要

For almost 60 years, children of all ages have been collecting Topps baseball cards, each sporting a photo of a player, a facsimile of his autograph, and statistical and biographical information. In addition, each pack contained a piece of chewing gum-originally, the objective of packaging baseball cards with the gum was to sell more gum.rnThe combination of bubblegum and baseball cards became very attractive for young kids, particularly boys, and it didn't take long for the cards to become the primary prize. So much so that, in 1992, Topps stopped adding the pink stick to the pack, much to the relief of card collectors who wanted to keep their investments free of stains and gum residue.