Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

Mark70Z · #1 02-25-2020, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Mark,

Shouldn't be a problem. I've got stuff back in Maine, I haven't scanned yet.

For Eddie Murray's birthday, how about the 1976 Charlotte Orioles team photo with a young Eddie in the back row.

You have to love "Steady Eddie". Wasn't it at Charlotte where he learned to switch hit? Then, the next year win the AL Rookie of the Year

quitcrab · #2 02-25-2020, 05:54 AM

One of my favorite oddball sets of the 60s. Great looking cards! I wish they would have been 2.5 x 3.5.

BaltOrioles · #3 02-25-2020, 09:27 AM

The 1978 Miami Orioles were the Orioles class A affiliate, in the Florida State League. They finished with a record of 76-65, which was good for 1st place in the Southern Division. They went on to defeat the Lakeland Tigers, 2 games to 1, to win the championship that year.

The Orioles were managed by future O's coach Jimmy Williams. Not a lot of future major leaguers were on the roster, although John Shelby played a few games that year. Drungo Hazewood, who played briefly for the Orioles, is probably the biggest name to make the team photo that year.

1978 Team Photo

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1978 Program (cover was same as the Orioles spring training program, but some different content inside)

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2 different pocket schedules

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Mark70Z · #4 02-25-2020, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

The 1978 Miami Orioles were the Orioles class A affiliate, in the Florida State League. They finished with a record of 76-65, which was good for 1st place in the Southern Division. They went on to defeat the Lakeland Tigers, 2 games to 1, to win the championship that year.

The Orioles were managed by future O's coach Jimmy Williams. Not a lot of future major leaguers were on the roster, although John Shelby played a few games that year. Drungo Hazewood, who played briefly for the Orioles, is probably the biggest name to make the team photo that year.

1978 Team Photo

Were the 1978 Miami Orioles even prepared for a team photo?

I'm liking the small schedules as well as the programs...

Mark70Z · #5 02-26-2020, 02:58 AM

Day 57 (February 26, 2020 � 057)

Brooks had a couple of baseball heroes growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a St. Louis Cardinals fan so Stan Musial was one of this favorite players. In the 8th grade Brooks was given an English composition assignment about his career ambition and he entitled the paper, �Why I Want to Play Professional Baseball.� His desire was to play professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals (so glad that part of the goal didn�t happen). Another all-time favorite player was a fellow Arkansas native George Kell (who was inducted to the HOF the same year as Brooks). George Kell was traded to the Orioles to fill in at third base in 1956 and 1957 till Brooks was ready to take the position full time. Kell had nothing but good things to say about Brooks; he stated, �You could talk about Brooks all day but he possessed three things you must have, he could hit, he could field � the best ever � and he was a class act.�

This is a photo of Brooks and George at Spring Training in Scottsdale, AZ in 1957 comparing bat grips. The picture was taken at a slightly weird angle, but still looks pretty cool.

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quitcrab · #6 02-26-2020, 06:52 AM

World Series 1970 at Memorial Stadium. Cool to see the athletes in "street clothes".
I drove Frank Robinson and his wife in my car about two years ago. I showed them this picture. The wife thought it was SO FUNNY! "Frank look how skinny you where! " "Look at that collar " "Look at your Afro" They both got a good laugh from the photo.
Rose looks so Young-Love the skinny tie
Weaver with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.
and Bench looks like he was just robbed..... maybe he was!

ripfan008 · #7 02-26-2020, 08:09 AM

I just noticed that Gil Coan passed away earlier this month at 97 years old. He recorded the first hit in modern Orioles history.

Here'a photo of his 1954 Esskay card (not mine). RIP

Mark70Z · #8 02-26-2020, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by quitcrab

World Series 1970 at Memorial Stadium. Cool to see the athletes in "street clothes".
I drove Frank Robinson and his wife in my car about two years ago. I showed them this picture. The wife thought it was SO FUNNY! "Frank look how skinny you where! " "Look at that collar " "Look at your Afro" They both got a good laugh from the photo.
Rose looks so Young-Love the skinny tie
Weaver with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.
and Bench looks like he was just robbed..... maybe he was!

Scott,

While you've showed me these snapshots in the past I still think they are AWESOME! It's really hard to pick a favorite since I like them all and all are very unique in their own way.

Thanks for sharing the story of your drive with Frank and his wife. Frank brought some great memories to the O's fans including myself. I heard that Frank could be a bit rough at shows and such, but each time I've had an interaction with him it was ALWAYS pleasant and sometimes funny...

Mark70Z · #9 02-25-2020, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by quitcrab

One of my favorite oddball sets of the 60s. Great looking cards! I wish they would have been 2.5 x 3.5.

One of my favorites as well. I think most of the 1964 Topps Giant cards are good looking. I especially like the Brooks and the size is fine with me, but I'm sure that's the reason they are not as desirable currently. Also, it seems like they are rather abundant as well.

BaltOrioles · #10 09-12-2020, 08:40 AM

Mark,

That unopened package is great. I know there are at least a couple others Orioles in that set (Paul Blair and Dave McNally).

I've posted Morton Tadder team issued B&W 8x10 photos in some earlier posts. In addition to the individual 8x10 photos, the Orioles also produced 8x10 team sheets. There were usually 4-5 per year. I haven't seen any after 1997 and by 1999, you could no longer stop by the Orioles offices and purchase individual player photos directly from the team. The team sheets were usually distributed to newspapers, magazines, etc to use if they needed a photo for their publications. I assume the digital photo era made them obsolete. Sometimes you find them cut up into individual photos, but they weren't printed as such. The team sheets also help me to identify the year of the individual player photos, since the individual 8x10 player photos usually paralleled the team sheets.

Here are the last sheets from the 1997 wire-to-wire Eastern Division champs.

1997 Orioles Team Sheets

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roarfrom34 · #11 02-26-2020, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark70Z

You have to love "Steady Eddie". Wasn't it at Charlotte where he learned to switch hit? Then, the next year win the AL Rookie of the Year

Eddie generally credits Jimmie Shaffer (the Charlotte manager that year) for making him into a switch hitter.

Back in 2016, I was fortunate to be invited to the 40th Anniversary Reunion of that 1976 club (which was the first year it was an Orioles affiliate) and took this picture of Eddie & Jimmie:

Mark70Z · #12 02-26-2020, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Eddie generally credits Jimmie Shaffer (the Charlotte manager that year) for making him into a switch hitter.

Back in 2016, I was fortunate to be invited to the 40th Anniversary Reunion of that 1976 club (which was the first year it was an Orioles affiliate) and took this picture of Eddie & Jimmie:

LOVE the picture Bill!

Mark70Z · #13 02-27-2020, 02:56 AM

Day 58 (February 27, 2020 � 058)

Late 60�s early 70�s JD McCarthy Postcard. I see a lot of these JDM postcards of certain players, but over the years I don�t see Brooks show up often at all. I really don�t know a lot about these postcards, but the picture used on this one is from 1969 since Brooks has the 100th Anniversary patch on his left sleeve. His uniform looks kind of white in the B&W picture, but he�s wearing his grey road uniform.

JD McCarthy Postcard

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stevelucille · #14 02-27-2020, 06:34 AM

Hi! New here and loving all this Orioles stuff!

I think the reason you don't see many JD McCarthy Brooks Robinson postcards is he usually used Orioles team postcards for autographs. He was very good about replying to requests back in the day. I have a number of signed team postcards that I got just by writing to him care of the Orioles from 1965-1972 or so. All team postcards. Usually he'd just sign it, somebody would address it and drop it in the mail, no envelope.

Steve

roarfrom34 · #15 02-27-2020, 07:04 AM

Alan:

I have to admit to never seeing those Red Q Print Centers Rochester cards before (one of the reasons I love this thread).

Here is Mike Boddicker's Red Wings warm up jacket..Mike joked to me one time that he spent so much time in Rochester (parts of six seasons), he probably could have been elected mayor:

BaltOrioles · #16 02-27-2020, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Here is Mike Boddicker's Red Wings warm up jacket..Mike joked to me one time that he spent so much time in Rochester (parts of six seasons), he probably could have been elected mayor:

Bill,

Nice jacket. It's interesting that the tags give you a history of the players that wore the same jacket. So much stuff in the minor leagues are reused over and over.

Mark70Z · #17 02-27-2020, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Alan:

I have to admit to never seeing those Red Q Print Centers Rochester cards before (one of the reasons I love this thread).

Here is Mike Boddicker's Red Wings warm up jacket..Mike joked to me one time that he spent so much time in Rochester (parts of six seasons), he probably could have been elected mayor:

Awesome jacket Bill. So cool how the players would get hand me downs. Wonder who else wore the jacket...

Mark70Z · #18 02-27-2020, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by stevelucille

Hi! New here and loving all this Orioles stuff!

I think the reason you don't see many JD McCarthy Brooks Robinson postcards is he usually used Orioles team postcards for autographs. He was very good about replying to requests back in the day. I have a number of signed team postcards that I got just by writing to him care of the Orioles from 1965-1972 or so. All team postcards. Usually he'd just sign it, somebody would address it and drop it in the mail, no envelope.

Steve

Steve,

Welcome aboard and great to have you viewing the Orioles thread. Would love to see anything O's related, and or any and all teams that are connected to the O's, from your collection. Of course we like feedback as well...

Yeah, I wasn't sure on the Brooksie JDM. That definitely could be the reason. Thanks for the input.

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