Mexican Generalissimo Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, of The Alamo fame, although never a baseball player, swung a big bat. In a round-aboutway, he is responsible for the building of the Chicago Cubs franchise—the National League baseball team that Chicagoans cheer for today.
Wrigley Field, so named in 1926 for William Wrigley Jr., the head of the chewing gum empire. In 1893, Wrigley introduced Juicy Fruit Gum, which was followed by Spearmint Gum. Behind aggressive direct marketing and large-scale advertising campaigns, Wrigley Gum was soon recognized the world over.
All this success, not to mention baseball, might never have been if not for Santa Anna.
The story of chewing gum has a colorful history. It is full of intrigue and reads like an
