Topps produced two 9 card uncut sheets of old-timers - one for each league - for a Cracker Jack promotion in 1982. The cards featured a border of actual Cracker Jacks candy. They were distributed through a mail-in offer promoting the first "Old Timers Baseball Classic." The game was unique in that fans got to vote old-timers into the game with ballots - just like in the All-Star game. Unfortunately, most of us who sent in the box tops and 50¢ received damaged goods because of the shoddy way in which they were packaged. Dealers once again had the upper hand as they were able to get them in quantity direct from the source.

Each sheet had eight players from one league and a Cracker Jack logo card in the center. The players were: Larry Doby, Bob Feller, Whitey Ford, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Mickey Mantle, Tony Oliva and Brooks Robinson plus Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Ralph Kiner, Eddie Matthews, Willie Mays, Robin Roberts, Duke Snider and Warren Spahn.

Granny Goose potato chips produced their second straight set of Oakland A's cards in 1982. A "signature series" was produced for a planned promotion in 1982 in addition to the regular set, but they never got around to that promo and those cards are quite scarce. Many of the Granny Goose cards have stains as they were distributed in bags of their greasy potato chips.

Topps produced a set of 22 2-card panels for Squirt again in '82. They were once again distributed on 8-packs of Squirt bottled soft drinks and once again collector's were turned off by the way that dealers seemed to have them whereas they were hard to find in supermarkets.

The backs were similar to '82 Topps, but were on white rather than grey card stock and with yellow, instead of green ink. The size was smaller than a standard baseball card - which collectors usually hate - and the design was even louder than the previous year. This set was loathed by collectors.