‘The Wax Pack’ chronicles baseball card-fueled road trip

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. | AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK — Brad Balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports fans could only dream about.
The college biology professor set out to meet every player whose image appeared on those old pieces of cardboard — from Garry Templeton to Rick Sutcliffe to Carlton Fisk — and see what life after baseball has been like.
“Whether it’s musicians or arti