JSIS-- Just Some Interesting Stuff. Stuff I come across in the papers or internet that I find interesting.
1. BIG LEAGUE CHEW-- July 10th Chicago Tribune "For young ballplayers, it's the flavor of summer" by Dan Simmons. This was about kids using Big League Chew gum while playing baseball. The brand is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
It has made money for Wrigley Gum and the two minor leaguers who invented it, but has also drawn a lot of controversy because of its association with chewing tobacco.
Jim Bouton (author of 1970s memoir "Ball Four" was one of the men and the other, Rob Nelson, never made it past Single-A ball. Nelson named it and was inspired by his hero, White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox who always had his cheeks filled with chewing tobacco.
The idea was to have shredded bubblegum for players to chew instead of tobacco.
However, some people believe chewing the gum will lead to the next logical step of chewing tobacco.
I'm not much of a bubble gum fan so have never tried it and probably wouldn't. But, I don't really think it necessarily leads to chewing tobacco.
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