Collegiate Team

"The Crackers would be approached by the Sunbelt Baseball League (Collegiate Wooden Bat ) to join the league in 2008. With many independently owned amateur teams finding it hard to maintain a schedule of games and with the rise of Independent League baseball taking the place of many semi-professional franchises across the nation, Meistickle had to make a tough decision. The Crackers accepted the invitation and joined the Atlanta area based, Sunbelt League in 2009."- From the story "The Atlanta Crackers: A Storied History of Excellence on and Off the Field", from Colin Lacy. 

The current roster  of  players come from various collegiate programs from across the country. 

"Growing Young Men" is one of the mantras of the Crackers since Kevin Meistickle started the organization in 1983. Meistickle takes pride in developing not just baseball players but also mentoring and teaching life lessons to the young men who spend their summers with the team

Meistickle and the coaching staff of the Crackers have helped over 400 players sign with colleges to continue their careers in the college ranks, and over 200 have signed professional contracts.  With all of the wins, championships, and accolades the Crackers have picked up over the years, what the Crackers staff have hung their hats on, have been the lives that they’ve touched and the success stories of over 1,300 former Crackers becoming successful in life.  One of the tangible ways to see this at work is the fact of over 100 former players have gone on to share their knowledge of the game in the coaching ranks."- updated from the original story "The Atlanta Crackers: A Storied History Of Excellence On And Off The Field", from Colin Lacy, "