Bubble gum and baseball cards. Jim Caple Apr 23, 2014, 12:00 AM ET. Close. Author of "The Devil Wears Pinstripes" and winner of a Sports Emmy. Reported from 17 World Series, 9 Olympics, 6 continents.

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 ...

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 ...

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 Topps card company is now adding augmented reality features to baseball cards in order to bring the staid (OK, dying) business into the 21st century.. Combining a camera tracking system, any ...

Topps hasn't included a stick of gum inside its pack of baseball cards for years. But I still miss it. Not because I miss chewing the gum. Lord, no! My friend Scooter gave me a couple-decades-old ...

Caple: Bubble gum, baseball cards and our lost youth. 9y Jim Caple. Mets say sorry to Marlins after wet field forced DH. 5h. Sans scooter, Francona reflects on leaving game. 4h.

Caple: Bubble gum, baseball cards and our lost youth. 11y Jim Caple. Passan: Two major league teams, two minor league ballparks -- and what it says about the sport. 12h Jeff Passan.

Caple: Bubble gum, baseball cards and our lost youth. 10y Jim Caple. Inside the cracks at the center of the MLBPA -- and what's next. 3h Jeff Passan. Yamamoto rocked in debut, lasts only 1 inning. 5h.