Blue border with white text, and a photograph of Fernando Valenzuela posing in his uniform.

Fernando Valenzuela is a baseball player, who played for several teams including the Los Angeles Dodgers, and whose career lasted from 1980 to 1997. Valenzuela was a pitcher, who had 2,074 strike outs over his career, and earned the nickname "El Toro" due to his style. 

This button was produced by Fun Foods as part of a series of baseball players and was originally sold in packs of three.

Blue border with white text, and a photograph of Don Sutton posing in his uniform.

Don Sutton was a baseball player, who primarily played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose career last from 1966 to 1988. Sutton was a pitcher, who struck out a record of 209 hitters in his rookie season. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.

This button was produced by Fun Foods as part of a series of baseball players and was originally sold in packs of three.

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Dave Kingman was a baseball player, who played for several teams including the Oakland Athletics, and whose career lasted from 1971 to 1986. Kingman played left field, and first and third base and retired with 1,816 strikeouts (the fourth highest in MLB history at that time). He is the first player with 400 or more home runs to not be inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

This button was produced by Fun Foods as part of a series of baseball players and was originally sold in packs of three.

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Dave Concepcion was a baseball player, who played primarily for the Cincinnati Reds, and whose career lasted from 1970 to 1988. Concepcion played shortstop and second and third bases, and was a 9 time All Star. He was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2000 and his jersey number (13) was retired by the team in 2007.

This button was produced by Fun Foods as part of a series of baseball players and was originally sold in packs of three.

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Darryl Strawberry was a baseball player, who played for several teams including the New York Mets, and whose career lasted from 1983 to 1999. Strawberry was a right fielder, and was an 8 time All Star player. He struggled with substance abuse problems during his career, but after his retirement he founded a popular ministry with his wife and now counsels against drug abuse.

This button was produced by Fun Foods as part of a series of baseball players and was originally sold in packs of three.

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Bruce Sutter is a baseball player, who played for St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, and whose career lasted from 1976 to 1988. Sutter was a relief pitcher who also served as a closer early in his career. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

This button was produced by Fun Foods as part of a series of baseball players and was originally sold in packs of three.

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Bob Dernier is a baseball player, who played for the Chicago Cubs, and whose career lasted from 1980 to 1989. Dernier played center field, and won a Golden Glove award in 1984. He was also known as "The Deer" to fans at Wrigley Field, due to his quick feet.

This button was produced by Fun Foods as part of a series of baseball players and was originally sold in packs of three.

Read more about the History of Cubs Buttons on the Busy Beaver blog.

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Bill Madlock was a baseball player, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and several other teams, and whose career lasted from 1973 to 1987. Madlock played third and second base, and throughout his career had 2008 hits, 163 home runs, and 4 National League batting titles.

This button was produced by Fun Foods as part of a series of baseball players and was originally sold in packs of three.

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The expression "Where there's smoke, there's fire," has been modified here as an anti-smoking message. Cigarette smoking became popular after World War II, and it would be decades before people truly understood the dangers of tobacco. Studies conducted in the 1940s and 50s showed links between smoking and cancer; however, physicians still debated it.

In 1961, the American Cancer Society urged President Kennedy to investigate the health hazards of smoking. The result was the 1964 Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. During the 1970s, the Surgeon General warned about the dangers of smoking while pregnant, and by the 1980s, concerns grew over second-hand smoke effects on children.

The 1990s saw a rise in anti-smoking groups fighting back against big tobacco. Activists held boycotts, produced extensive media campaigns, and made it uncool to smoke using buttons like this. The average smoking rate fell  40% in the 1970s to 32% in the 1980s and down to 26% in the 1990s.

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“Question reality” can mean to challenge or doubt what is considered to be true or real, or to question one’s perception of reality. It can refer to the exploration of how physics and philosophy have changed the perception of the nature of the universe, mind, and reality over time. 

Often, to question reality is to question sense-experiences or sense of reason. Rationalism and empiricism are two main schools of thought that pertain to the issue of understanding the nature and source of human knowledge and therefore relate to the question of reality. Rationalism emphasizes the role of reason in the acquirement of knowledge, while empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence in that same process. Both philosophical movements have made great developments in the attempt to better understand the concepts of reality and existence by providing and exploring these different perspectives of how knowledge is acquired.