Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

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I loved the Kelloggs cereal sets as a kid. The only problem was digging through the box only to find a non Oriole. Most of the years, you could order the set through a mail in redemption. For some reason, 1971 was different. Maybe because of that and all the variations, the 1971 Kelloggs set is a favorite of mine.

The 1971 set contains six Orioles, but I can't figure out why they left Brooks Robinson out. Especially, since he was in the 1970 set and his great World Series performance in 1970.

The Orioles included were Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, Paul Blair, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally and Jim Palmer. Completing an Orioles master set presents a couple challenges, but can be done.

Beyond the fact that cards were only distributed individually in boxes, each card was printed with either a "1970 XOGRAPH" or "XOGRAPH" variation. I've found the 1970 XOGRAPH cards to be easier to find.


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Additionally, four players (Blair, Cuellar, McNally and Palmer) were issued with stat variations. The stat variations appear only on the "1970 XOGRAPH" cards. Here's an example of the Paul Blair (385 vs 386 Runs).

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Therefore the master set includes 2 cards of Frank Robinson and Boog Powell and 3 cards each of Paul Blair, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally and Jim Palmer.


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Throw in a couple cards off the back of the boxes and you're done.

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