Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 152 (May 31, 2020 – 152)

If you’ve lived long enough, or had any type of childhood, I’m sure you’ve had a Slurpee and of course the “brain- freeze” to go along. In 1972 7-Eleven stores had Slurpee sports-themed trading cups in which Brooks was included. I’ve seen a 7-Eleven Trading Cup Scorecard before, picturing all of the player cups, but don’t have one personally. There were 60 different players on the baseball cups in 1972.

1972 7-Eleven Slurpee cup

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In 1973 the 7-Eleven stores added an addition to its 60 baseball cups which were baseball HOF stars of the past. The HOF player cups were in a sepia tone on the cups and the era’s stars appeared in color. Brooks was included in 1973 and is the same picture on the front of the cup, but a variation on the back. Again, there was a 7-Eleven Trading Cup Scorecard, but AGAIN, don’t have it.

1973 7-Eleven Slurpee cup

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Last year Scott (quitcrab) called me about the original artwork for the Brooks Slurpee cup he saw at one of the shows he was attending and asked if I was interested. Of course, I had to have it and paid too much for it (BUT LOVE IT), so here you go…

1972/1973 Slurpee cup artwork

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Dishwasher safe? Lol
So cool

[Mark70Z]

Day 153 (June 1, 2020 – 153)

Today we have the Michael Schechter Associates (MSA) discs. The MSA discs were used for advertising by several different companies by having their logo on the back of the baseball discs. Below are the Brooks Robinson MSA discs for 1976. I guess I should have pictured the fronts as well, but they look “almost” all the same…

1976 Buckmans Discs
1976 Carousel Discs
1976 Crane Potato Chips Discs
1976 Dairy Isle Discs
1976 Isalys/Sweet William Discs
1976 MSA Sports Blank Back Discs
1976 Orbackers Discs
1976 Red Barn Discs
1976 Safelon Discs
1976 Towne Club Discs

Day 153 1976 MSA.jpg

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 153 (June 1, 2020 – 153)

Today we have the Michael Schechter Associates (MSA) discs. The MSA discs were used for advertising by several different companies by having their logo on the back of the baseball discs. Below are the Brooks Robinson MSA discs for 1976. I guess I should have pictured the fronts as well, but they look “almost” all the same…

1976 Buckmans Discs
1976 Carousel Discs
1976 Crane Potato Chips Discs
1976 Dairy Isle Discs
1976 Isalys/Sweet William Discs
1976 MSA Sports Blank Back Discs
1976 Orbackers Discs
1976 Red Barn Discs
1976 Safelon Discs
1976 Towne Club Discs

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Mark,

I've always been a fan of the items MSA produced over the years. I don't know how important variations are to you, but here are a few from the 1976 discs.

First, here's the front of the Brooks Robinson. Like Mark mentioned, they are are pretty much the same.

1976 MSA Discs #2A.JPG


The Carousel discs were nothing more than blank discs, that each store could stamp with their own address. Thus, you will find a variety of different stamped backs. I also have one with Circus Wagon stamped on the back. I'm not sure if they are related to Carousel or a different company altogether.

1976 MSA Discs #5B.JPG 1976 MSA Discs #1B.JPG


The Red Barn discs can be found with or without the address line

1976 MSA Discs #3B.JPG

[BaltOrioles]

I have discussed co-op teams in the past, but one in particular is very interesting.

In 1985 the Daytona Beach Astros were renamed the Daytona Beach Islanders after the Astros moved to Kissimmee, FL. Owned by Texas Rangers VP Larry Schmittou, the Daytona Beach team was a co-op with players from the Rangers and Baltimore Orioles. The Islanders were managed by former Oriole Jim Hutto. It was a weak club, like most co-ops, finishing 53-87, last in the Florida State League. The Islanders had no All-Stars and were outscored 649-474. Hitting only 14 homers in 140 games, led by Jeff Melrose's 3 HRs.

Since co-op teams don't usually receive a teams top prospects, it's interesting to note that four players on the team wore Oriole uniforms.
Allan Ramirez , Bob Milacki, Jeff Tackett and a young Billy Ripken.

Manager Jim Hutto

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Program and schedule

1985 Daytona Beach Islanders.jpg 1985 Daytona Beach Islanders (On the River Restaurant).jpg

Team Issued Card set

Bill probably knows, but I believe this is Billy's first card (middle row, 4 cards down). It's the earliest in my collection. Another oddity in the set is the card of Ron Johnson (not the former Tides manager). He has a card in the set, but is shown as "Picture not Available". I hope that wasn't his only baseball card .

1985 Team Daytona Beach Islanders #1.jpg 1985 Team Daytona Beach Islanders #2.jpg
1985 Team Daytona Beach Islanders #3.jpg 1985 Team Daytona Beach Islanders #4.jpg

[roarfrom34]

Alan....

Great collection on that '85 Daytona Beach Islanders club (you're correct that it was Bill's first card)!

I have a page from the scorebook of the Official Scorer of a game on 05/28/85 vs Winter Haven...Note Bill Ripken was batting cleanup:



Here is Bill's game used Islanders jersey from that season as well:

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

I have a page from the scorebook of the Official Scorer of a game on 05/28/85 vs Winter Haven...Note Bill Ripken was batting cleanup:



Here is Bill's game used Islanders jersey from that season as well:

Bill,

Great looking jersey. I have to know how you were able to acquire it. It has to be an interesting story.

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Bill,

Great looking jersey. I have to know how you were able to acquire it. It has to be an interesting story.

Alan....Back in the fall of '95, Sports Illustrated's 2131 Special Edition magazine hit the newsstands and there was an article in it about my collection. Fortunately, someone associated with the DB club (might have been the GM) read it and reached out to tell me he had this jersey (and pants which I didn't show) and asked if I would like to add it to my collection.

Got a lot of nice publicity from that article (and picked up some neat pieces along the way)!

[Mark70Z]

[QUOTE=roarfrom34;1986291]I have a page from the scorebook of the Official Scorer of a game on 05/28/85 vs Winter Haven...Note Bill Ripken was batting cleanup:

Here is Bill's game used Islanders jersey from that season as well:/QUOTE]

Again AWESOME!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Mark,

I've always been a fan of the items MSA produced over the years. I don't know how important variations are to you, but here are a few from the 1976 discs.

First, here's the front of the Brooks Robinson. Like Mark mentioned, they are are pretty much the same.

The Carousel discs were nothing more than blank discs, that each store could stamp with their own address. Thus, you will find a variety of different stamped backs. I also have one with Circus Wagon stamped on the back. I'm not sure if they are related to Carousel or a different company altogether.

The Red Barn discs can be found with or without the address line

Alan,

I'm with you; I'm a fan. Well, especially with Brooks I really like the variations and with the MSA discs all the different stores advertised.

On the Carousel discs I have several different stamps, but don't actively seek them out. Do you happen to have listing of the known stamps?

I do have both Red Barn discs; address and no address.

Never seen a Circus Wagon one... Wonder what that is?

[David W]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 153 (June 1, 2020 – 153)

Today we have the Michael Schechter Associates (MSA) discs. The MSA discs were used for advertising by several different companies by having their logo on the back of the baseball discs. Below are the Brooks Robinson MSA discs for 1976. I guess I should have pictured the fronts as well, but they look “almost” all the same…

1976 Buckmans Discs
1976 Carousel Discs
1976 Crane Potato Chips Discs
1976 Dairy Isle Discs
1976 Isalys/Sweet William Discs
1976 MSA Sports Blank Back Discs
1976 Orbackers Discs
1976 Red Barn Discs
1976 Safelon Discs
1976 Towne Club Discs

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You may or may not have all his discs. Here is the link to all of Lou Brocks from various years with some variations as well as some ancillary items.

You can go stark raving mad trying to accumulate Carousel back stamps (I've got about 20 now).

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...=174114&page=5

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by David W

You may or may not have all his discs. Here is the link to all of Lou Brocks from various years with some variations as well as some ancillary items.

You can go stark raving mad trying to accumulate Carousel back stamps (I've got about 20 now).

David,

I have all of, I'd guess considered, the regular issue Brooks discs for '76 and '77, but I know I don't have near all of the Carousel back stamp variations. I doubt I have anywhere near 20 as well; maybe 10, but I don't have them organized so I can look for them all...

[Mark70Z]

Day 154 (June 2, 2020 – 154)

I might as well do the 1977 MSA discs today…

1977 Chilly Willee Discs
1977 Daily Isle Discs
1977 Detroit Caesars Discs
1977 Holiday Inn Discs
1977 MSA Customized Sports Discs
1977 Saga Discs
1977 Wendy's Discs
1977 Zipz Discs

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While not really the same type of disc mentioned above, I’ll go ahead and include the 1977 MSA cup lid. Notice on this MSA lid pictured; it has the unpunched straw hole on the lid slightly off to the right of center, which is far scarcer than the common hole lid at the 12:00 mark .

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[roarfrom34]

The other day Alan posted some fantastic newspaper posters of Orioles players & asked for help with a checklist.

Unfortunately, my collection of these posters were pretty much limited to Cal Jr. (and occasionally Billy), but I do collect the newspaper vending box ad signs that promoted these posters.

Here are a few and I'll post a few more later on:

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 154 (June 2, 2020 – 154)

I might as well do the 1977 MSA discs today…

1977 Chilly Willee Discs
1977 Daily Isle Discs
1977 Detroit Caesars Discs
1977 Holiday Inn Discs
1977 MSA Customized Sports Discs
1977 Saga Discs
1977 Wendy's Discs
1977 Zipz Discs

Mark,

Nice lids. Jim Palmer was the other Oriole included in all those sets. Additionally, in 1978 there were a couple other sets of lids that included Jim Palmer, but unfortunately didn't include Brooks Robinson.

1978 Papa Gino's

1977 MSA Discs #3-1.jpg 1977 MSA Discs #3-2.jpg

1978 Tastee-Freez

1977 MSA Discs #3 (Fronts).jpg 1977 MSA Discs #3 (Backs).jpg

While not a lid, in 1978 MSA also did a set of MLB Superstars sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. Distributed in the Ohio area, the set is heavy in Cincinnati Reds players

1978 Pepsi-Cola Superstars.jpg

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by David W

You may or may not have all his discs. Here is the link to all of Lou Brocks from various years with some variations as well as some ancillary items.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...=174114&page=5

Has anyone seen any other of the MSA test lids, like the one David pictured on Page 5 using the Linnett drawing, within the Lou Brock thread?

[Mark70Z]

Day 155 (June 3, 2020 – 155)

Here’s a Card Price Update (CPU) for June of 1984 that the pictures Brooks and Frank on the cover. It’s funny to me that they couldn’t find a picture that was not autographed to use and/or a picture that was autographed by both for the cover shot?

June 1984 Card Price Update

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I do have this color picture signed by Brooks and Frank but cannot locate it at the moment.

[BaltOrioles]

Tried to organize some of my pins yesterday. I'll be the first to admit, it's an area of my collection that frustrates me the most. Except for a few issues, I find it difficult to find checklists or the ways pins are identified. I've seen the tag PM-10 used for many pins that I don't believe fit that label. I also have a hard time displaying them. I guess that's way most of them ended up in a box. Any suggestions for cataloging and displaying pins would be appreciated.

Here are a few favorites from my collection ...

1956 Topps Pins

In 1956, Topps produced a set of 60 pins. The set is gorgeous. Over the years, I sold most of my early Topps stuff to help fund my Orioles collection. Probably, the one item I wish I hadn't sold is my set of 1956 Topps pins. I was able to reacquire the four Orioles in the set - Hal Smith, Willy Miranda, Chuck Diering and Gus Triandos. Chuck Diering is one of the toughest ones in the set to find

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1971 Unknown Stadium Pins

These pins have been discussed and posted on other threads, but I don't think here. These are beautiful pins. The best info I've seen suggested these were unlicenced pins from around 1971 and sold outside the ballparks. The four Orioles include Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Boog Powell and Jim Palmer.

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2009 Pins based upon the 1967 Topps Test Discs

These last pins are fairly new, produced around 2009. They are a reproduction of the three Orioles in the 1967 Topps Test Disc set. I don't care they aren't worth much. I think they are neat and well done.

2009 Topps 1967 Test Disc Pins.JPG

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

In 1956, Topps produced a set of 60 pins. The set is gorgeous. Over the years, I sold most of my early Topps stuff to help fund my Orioles collection. Probably, the one item I wish I hadn't sold is my set of 1956 Topps pins. I was able to reacquire the four Orioles in the set - Hal Smith, Willy Miranda, Chuck Diering and Gus Triandos.

I tried to find this photo earlier to attach to my post, but couldn't. Here's the set of 1956 Topps pins I regret selling...

Display courtesy of my wife

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