August 25 at 7:00 pmSt. Peter’s Field - Cambridge, MA.

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Program AdsBack Cover (color) $5,000 8.25” x 10.75”Inside Cover (b/w) $2,500 8.25” x 10.75”Full Page (b/w) $1,000 8.25” x 10.75”1/2 Page (b/w) $500 8.25” x 5”1/4 Page (b/w) $250 4” x 5”Bus. Card (b/w) $100 3.5” x 2”

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Lou Gehrig Sponsor $7,500Full Page Ad in Program, Signage, and Acknowledgement during Game.Team Sponsor (2 Available) $5,000Full Page Ad in Program, Signage, and Acknowledgement during Game.Inning Sponsor (9 Avail.) $1,0001/2 Page Ad in Program, Signage, and Acknowledgement during Game.1/2 Inning Sponsor (18 Avail.) $500Verbal Acknowledgement at 1/2 Inning, Recognition in Program.Player Sponsor (40 Avail.) $250Verbal Acknowledgement, 1/8 Page Ad in Program.MVP Supporter $100All Star Supporter $50Patron $25

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The Oldtime Baseball Game is a celebration of our national pastime, played each year at beautiful St. Peter’s Field on Sherman Street in North Cambridge. From its humble beginnings in 1994, the game has grown considerably over the years, yet has remained loyal to its mission of offering a glimpse of what it was like in the old days, when hundreds of fans would turn out to root for their “town” team in various local semipro leagues.

What makes the Oldtime Baseball Game so special is our dazzling collection of flannel uniforms that represent virtually every era in baseball history. Used just once a year for the Oldtime Baseball Game, and then returned to storage by our friends at Royal White Laundry of Somerville, the uniforms include such long-ago teams as the Boston Braves, St. Louis Browns and Brooklyn Dodgers. Teams from the old Negro Leagues are represented by the Kansas City Monarchs, Homestead Grays and Baltimore Elite Giants. Cuba is represented by the legendary Cienfuegos Elefantes. We even have a uniform from a team that never actually existed: The New York Knights, for whom Robert Redford’s Roy Hobbs character played in “The Natural.”

Players from the game are chosen from colleges and universities from the Boston area, with an occasional high school player or retired big-

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leaguer added to the mix. Over the years, former Red Sox pitchers Oil Can Boyd and Jim Corsi have played in the game, as has former Sox infielder Lou Merloni, now a popular talk-show on WEEI. Former New York Yankees star and Medford native Mike Pagliarulo has also played in the Oldtime Baseball Game. More than 25 participants from over the years have gone on to play professional baseball, including former Northeastern University star Carlos Pena of Haverhill, the first representative of our game to play Major League Baseball.

This year, it is especially meaningful to be honoring Pete Frates, and his battle with ALS, as we mark the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech.

great, Lou Gehrig (1903-1941), was diagnosed with the disease in 1939 that ALS became well-known. A baseball hall-of-famer who played for the New York Yankees from 1923-1939, Gehrig left the game due to the progression of his disease. He gave his farewell speech on July 4, 1939, calling himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth,” and it has been credited as one of the most emotional moments in American sports history. This year marks the 75th anniversary of Gehrig’s farewell speech.

About ALS TDI

The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) is the world’s largest ALS-dedicated drug development organization. With 30 full-time, industry trained, drug development experts on staff, the nonprofit institute screens 25-30 compounds a year, and has screened over 300 since its inception in 1999. ALS TDI is internationally recognized for its work to optimize preclinical models of neurodegeneration for clinical translation. It has over 15 active partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and other biotech from around the world, and is currently executing a Phase IIA clinical trial of TDI-132 (Novartis’ Gilenya®) in ALS at four clinics in the US. Located in the heart of Kendall Square, Cambridge, ALS TDI is funded by over 150 community grassroots initiatives, foundations, grants, and bequests. Rated a four-star charity by CharityNavigator.com, more than 86% of each dollar raised is spent directly on the Institute’s mission: to discover and develop effective treatments to end ALS. For more information, please visit us online at www.als.net.

About ALS

There are roughly 30,000 Americans living with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Every 90 minutes, someone is diagnosed with this progressive neurodegenerative disease causing muscle weakness, paralysis, and respiratory failure. It affects people of all ages, races, and ethnicities. About 10% of those diagnosed have a genetic form of the disease, while the majority live with a form that has no known cause. There is no cure or effective treatment for ALS.

ALS was first discovered by neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, MD, in 1865, but it wasn’t until baseball