 |
A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic. In the 1950s they came with a stick of gum and a limited number of cards. These cards feature one or more baseball players, teams, stadiums, or celebrities.
Baseball cards are famous for providing fans with heaps of interesting statistics and fascinating facts about baseball. The first baseball cards doubled as advertisements for businesses and came into circulation in the 1860s.
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of North American baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.
Topps’ longest-running product is not baseball cards,
it’s Bazooka Gum, which debuted in 1947. |
