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[SteveS]

PSA may slab it, but you'll never get a 9 or a 10, because it's a caramel and not a mint (see what I did there?).

[Mark17]

Somebody should make scented products like air fresheners or laundry fresheners with that Topps gum smell.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Somebody should make scented products like air fresheners or laundry fresheners with that Topps gum smell.

Funny you should say that. I actually have one of those hanging air fresheners for cars that is a picture of a baseball that has a portrait of Babe Ruth on it. Still in it's original sealed package so have no idea what scent it is, and the package doesn't say. No idea of its age either, but probably lost all its scent by now anyway. How neat would it be if it had originally been bubble gum scented? Now I'm going to have to see where I have it buried and check if I can detect what the scent was. LOL

[SteveS]

I think we have the makings of a huge business here. Baseball-themed air fresheners. Your car can smell like Topps gum, Babe Ruth, or a Houston Astros trash can.

Speaking of Ozzie Smith, did you know that he played on the 1973 Locke High School team with Eddie Murray, Rich Murray, and Darrell Jackson? Four MLBers, two HOFers, and they got knocked out in the Los Angeles City Quarterfinals. I'm friends with Darrell, and he said the reason they didn't go any further was bad coaching.

[steve B]

Does anyone recall Hockey cards in I think 73-4 coming with banana flavored gum for a short time?

In western mass we had 75 minis briefly too, so it may have been a test.

[Collectorsince62]

True story - I was walking through a local grocery store one day and I see Ozzie Smith shopping. I probably should have left him alone but I couldn't resist asking him "excuse me sir, do you know where the Willie McGee cookies are?"

He and Willie were/are best of friends and the cookies had just come out, and being the outstanding person he is, Ozzie laughed (thank goodness) and said something funny that I just can't remember. Class act that Wizard of Oz. Oh, and the cookies were pretty good too.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by SteveS

PSA may slab it, but you'll never get a 9 or a 10, because it's a caramel and not a mint (see what I did there?).

LOL

Nice one Steve.