Upjohn Softball League in the late '80s and early '90s

Before the merger with Pharmacia or later acquisition by Pfizer

In 1987 I was invited to play 1st base in the company softball league with a team of mostly Fermentation operators and professionals including Dan Jimenez, Randy "Arch" Archambault, and Mark "Griff" Griffiths named the Brewers. With many players leaving for various reasons, that was the last year for the Brewers, and thanks to my wife's friendship in the "Newcomer's Club" with another relatively new Upjohn employee from Purdue who lived around the corner from us, in 1988 I was picked up by the Beerhunters.

In the era of film cameras long before "selfies" became popular, I don't know that we ever got a team picture since that attention was focused on our kids. But after every week our enterprising manager Mark DiJulio put together a "Fan O Gram" in the early days of word processing software.  I did save two of the many dozens to remind me of those Glory Days (notably the fellowship we shared together back then).

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1991-

Front of our jerseys

Cap with logo

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