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Originally Posted by Mark70Z
Fred,
I'm not really sure on the year of this Old Timers Game. It has Team Nabisco on the jersey so it may not have been a fully sponsored event by Nabisco. I know I have a snapshot photo, but it's in a box somewhere in my closet (maybe) so I can't see if there's anything on the back of the photo. Possibly can narrow it down from the front of the snapshot.
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It's most likely from 2000. Nabisco held a nationwide competition among Wal-Marts to increase sales of Nabisco products and the store in Cheektowaga NY won. As a result they got to play the Team Nabisco All-Stars in a charity game at Dunn Tire Park on August 5, 2000 before the start of the Bisons game. The Nabisco All-Stars won, 22-6. Yogi Berra was the manager. Robinson didn't play third in the game - he was coming off knee replacement surgery which matches with the photo. Brooks played right field - where he allowed an inside-the-park home run.