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Looking at the checklist now is a wonderful who’s who of the big names of the day-both stars and hot rookies-as well as a nice sample of nine all-time greats. I had three sets of twelve booklets from 1990* and very much enjoyed them. * Bouton has one other patent for something which he calls “Collect-A-Bats” in his book but which were actually produced by Good Humor under a different name and which you can come across on occasion on Ebay if you feel like buying something that a random seller may have sucked on thirty years ago. It was cool to read the book, learn about his life as an inventor in Ball Six, and realize that all those Collect-A-Books I owned were in fact a product that Bouton actually invented and owns the patent for.* *Junk wax aficionados who came of age in the late 80s and early 90s.īig League Chew of course is the big name here but I also grew up with Collect-A-Books and owned them before I’d even had a chance to read Ball Four. For me and my generation of card collectors,* this influence extends beyond just Ball Four as Bouton is a big part of a few other products we remember fondly.

As Mark noted in his post about Jim Bouton, his cards are collectable because of his position in the history of the game.

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