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Video thumbnail — Big League Chew ad, 1986
Food 1980–present

Big League Chew

Shredded bubble gum packaged in a foil tobacco-style pouch — dreamed up in the Portland Mavericks bullpen by pitcher Rob Nelson and launched in 1980 with backing from ex-Yankee Jim Bouton. A staple of 80s and 90s little-league dugouts where kids mimicked the professional players they idolized.