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Sponsored by Cracker Jack Inc. from
1982-1985, the annual Cracker Jack
Old-timers Baseball Classic was played
at R.F.K. Memorial Stadium in
Washington D.C., from 1982-1985.
Cracker Jack dropped their sponsorship
following the 1985 event, after which
it became the National Old-Timers
Baseball Classic. The games were played
in Pilot Field in Buffalo from 1988 to
1990.
Sponsors of the classic guaranteed the APBPA $50,000 in 1982. The APBPA -
Association of Professional Ball
Players of America, is a group which aids
former players, managers, umpires and
front office executives who have become
ill or indigent.
Major League baseball's Public Relations director Bob Wirz, made the
recommendation to Commissioner
Bowie Kuhn that he should not connect with the
event, so the Old-timers classic was
not sanctioned by MLB. The result,
former Atlanta Braves Vice President
Dick Cecil, who put the event together,
decided to designed their own uniforms—National
and American—and the players wore
those.
This 1987 National Baseball Old Timers Classic, Dale Long game worn,
Pull-over uniform jersey features a
blue trim V-Neck collar, and sleeve
cuffs. Inside the rear collar is the
“BIKE” manufacturers tag with size
“48”. Across the front is “NATIONAL,”
and the back has the number “8” along
with the name “LONG" above. All numbers
and letters are done in blue screen
print. On the right sleeve is “BIKE”
done in the same blue screen print. On
the left sleeve is the “National Old
Timers Baseball Classic” screened on
patch.
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