The early 1980s and '90s were a wild time for soft drinks. So many weird and wonderful beverages were launched and discontinued, from the nostalgic Mountain Dew competitor Surge to the mystic-themed ...

Inside the dining room of the home clubhouse at American Family Field is a new snack item, added recently to the litany of options for players to crunch and munch before or after a game: Life Savers.

Life Savers went on to become a billion-dollar empire for Kraft Foods. I digress: kids like me had no concept of all this corporate brand nonsense. All we knew was that Life Savers were delicious and ...