Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[ripfan008]

Hi Bill,

I've always read that once Topps had to start paying the Players Association and MLB Baseball separately, they went cheap and just focused on acquiring the players rights for test issues. It's one reason why in the 70's sets like Kellogg's, Burger King, and Hostess started to come out more frequently. Topps would ask that company to acquire the rights for the MLB logos and Topps would supply the player photos.

[BaltOrioles]

Yet another set of minor league photos I'm trying to complete. This time the photos are from the 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds. The Shorebirds have been an Orioles Class A affiliate since 1997. They were affiliated with the Expos in 1996 after relocating from Albany, GA. Ironically, the Albany Polecats had been an Orioles affiliate in 1993-1994.

These color photos are 4x6 and nice quality. I don't know if they were a stadium giveaway or not and exactly how many players were done.

Here are the four photos I have ...

Bobby Rodriguez, Chip Alley, Maleke Fowler and Maximo Heredia

1997 Delmarva Shorebirds (Rodriguez, Bobby).jpg 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds (Alley, Chip).jpg 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds (Fowler, Maleke).jpg 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds (Heredia, Maximo).jpg

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Yet another set of minor league photos I'm trying to complete. This time the photos are from the 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds. The Shorebirds have been an Orioles Class A affiliate since 1997. They were affiliated with the Expos in 1996 after relocating from Albany, GA. Ironically, the Albany Polecats had been an Orioles affiliate in 1993-1994.

These color photos are 4x6 and nice quality. I don't know if they were a stadium giveaway or not and exactly how many players were done.

Alan:

My son lives in Salisbury and is one of the Shorebirds Official Scorers. He hits area flea markets, etc. and I can have him be on the look out for some of these.