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It took all of thirty seconds, but an earnest crowd of 721 baseball fans from around the world managed to blow a bubble gum bubble together and hold it for half a minute to break the previous world record.

“This is fun and what baseball is all about,” says Bill Ripken, co-chairman and executive v.p. of Ripken Baseball. “Bring some kids together on a field, throw out a few pouches of gum, some gloves, bats and balls and see what happens. Big League Chew brings out the fun in the game.”

The Ford Gum & Machine Co.’s story begins 100 years ago in 1913 when 20-year-old Ford S. Mason, a roofing salesman, was seeking a side business to supplement his income during the winter months.

I have a confession to make. I once was a smoker — of candy cigarettes. While I’ve never actually lit up a square, I spent my youth puffing away whole packs of chalk-candy cigarettes (sometime two packs) in as little as an afternoon.