Richard Tyner slid the pack of 1987 Topps Major League Baseball "the Real one" cards over his counter for $1. The pack contained "17 Bubble Gum Cards" and "1 Stick Bubble Gum." It was the rookie ...

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Nearly three decades later, the bubblegum in a pack of 1989 Topps baseball cards is, unsurprisingly, inedible. Now an off-pink color, it was probably a mistake to pop the stick of it in my mouth. But ...

Originally, it was an innocent enough marketing plan by the Topps Company. Buy the pink bubble gum covered by a thin layer of powder and it would come with five baseball cards. Such a deal. … ...

The Associated PressThis photo shows Topps 2007 series packs that don't contain bubblegum. The card company's spokesman says the packs with the gum aren't as easy to come by. They're still be ...

In 1973, when Adam and I were 11, Brendan Boyd and Fred Harris published an odd-shaped, graphically groovy volume titled “The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book.” ...

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