"The most validating thing was when my picture was on my first bubble gum card. That was in ’68 for me. I was finally on the Topps card."
- Johnny BenchLegendary baseball player Johnny Bench, who was renowned for his amazing catching abilities behind the plate, once related a story about how much it meant to him to be featured on a bubble gum trading card. In 1968, at the beginning of his professional career with the Cincinnati Reds, this historic …