Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 205 (July 23, 2020 – 205)

The Hostess set was distributed in three card panels on the bottom of their snack cake boxes. Brooks shares the panel with past Reds and then current fellow Oriole Lee May (with an airbrushed cap) and the great Carlton Fisk the then Boston catcher.

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I’m not sure why there’s a difference, but the Brooks Hostess can be found with a fairly clear picture, which I’ve attached, and one that’s a tad bury with a redness to his face. I’m not sure if it’s something about the print setting or what the deal is with this card; maybe you guys can chime in on the reason for the difference.

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Ok; now I’ve pictured a proof of the 1975 Hostess panel. Notice any difference?

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Besides the hilarity of the photographer's shadow marring everything (shouldn't that be one of the don'ts on the first day of photography class??), I noticed the dot borders aren't uniform at all (on any of the three cards). In the Brooksie on the panel, there's a significant gap in the lower left side, but in the Robinson card appearing alone, the dot border seems to be full on all four sides. Perhaps those differences are unique to whether or not the card is a clear or 'red faced' version?

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Besides the hilarity of the photographer's shadow marring everything (shouldn't that be one of the don'ts on the first day of photography class??), I noticed the dot borders aren't uniform at all (on any of the three cards). In the Brooksie on the panel, there's a significant gap in the lower left side, but in the Robinson card appearing alone, the dot border seems to be full on all four sides. Perhaps those differences are unique to whether or not the card is a clear or 'red faced' version?

Always thought that was funny on the shadows. Basically thought the same thing as you mentioned above. They used the same picture on the 1974 Deckle Edge, but they cropped all that mess out.

[Mark70Z]

Day 206 (July 24, 2020 – 206)

Has there been anyone better in the history that has charged, scooped, and thrown out runners on choppers and/or bunts than Brooks Robinson? Of course, the answer is “NO”. Will there ever be anyone better? “NO; it’s impossible”. A color 8X10 autographed photo of Brooks doing what he does best, charging the ball.

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The photo was used on the cover of the Spring/1971 issue of Complete Sports. Cover shows some of the stars of other sports of the day to include basketball’s Willis Reed, hockey’s Bobby Orr and football’s Larry Brown.

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[BaltOrioles]

Here's the last group of 1983 World Series painted baseballs. The infielders and catchers.

Cal Ripken Jr, Eddie Murray, Rick Dempsey, Joe Nolan, Rich Dauer, Lenn Sakata and Todd Cruz

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1984 Roberta Howard Hand Painted Baseball (Rick Dempsey).jpg 1984 Roberta Howard Hand Painted Baseball (Joe Nolan).JPG

1984 Roberta Howard Hand Painted Baseball (Rich Dauer).JPG 1984 Roberta Howard Hand Painted Baseball (Lenn Sakata).JPG

1984 Roberta Howard Hand Painted Baseball (Todd Cruz).JPG

Official 1983 World Series ball and painted logo ball round out the display

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[Mark70Z]

Day 207 (July 25, 2020 – 207)

A 1972 Working Press Pass for the Orioles season.

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The 1972 MLB All-Star Game was played in Atlanta Stadium on July 25, 1972. The game went into extra innings and was won in the 10th. Joe Morgan singled, scoring Nate Colbert that ended the game. The NL won the AS game 4-3.

1972 Cachet for the 1972 All Star Game.

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[BaltOrioles]

In 1971, I received a Mattel Instant Replay record player for Christmas. I can't be the only person to remember these.

You inserted a plastic record into the player and an announcer replayed a highlight from the player's career. The records included players from different sports, including drag racing. I no longer have the record player, but found this picture online. I think the record players must have come in multiple colors, because I remember mine being blue. You received 4 records in the original box and could purchase additional packs of records.

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The only Oriole I'm aware of was Frank Robinson. If I remember right, his 500th HR was the highlight. The records came in two variations, a single sided record and a much harder to find double sided version.

1971 Mattel Frank Robinson records

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1971 Mattel Frank Robinson proof

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[BaltOrioles]

In the 1950's & 60's, it was fairly common for teams to travel to locations outside the normal radius of their spring training home, especially near the end of spring training. Teams would often recognize and thank their minor league affiliates, by playing an exhibition game there, just before the regular season was set to start. Even today, the Orioles will sometimes travel from Sarasota to Norfolk, to play a game against the Tides, if they are scheduled to open the season at Camden Yards.

Programs from these games are cool for a couple reasons, you can pinpoint the date of the game and quantities of the programs are fairly limited.

Here are a few programs from the 1957 and 1958 seasons.

1957 Benefit game in Los Angeles

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1957 Spring Training Program in San Antonio, Texas

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1958 Exhibition game in Las Vegas

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

In 1971, I received a Mattel Instant Replay record player for Christmas. I can't be the only person to remember these.

You inserted a plastic record into the player and an announcer replayed a highlight from the player's career. The records included players from different sports, including drag racing. I no longer have the record player, but found this picture online. I think the record players must have come in multiple colors, because I remember mine being blue. You received 4 records in the original box and could purchase additional packs of records.

The only Oriole I'm aware of was Frank Robinson. If I remember right, his 500th HR was the highlight. The records came in two variations, a single sided record and a much harder to find double sided version.

Those are very cool, but I especially like the Frank Robinson proof. Very unique piece.

[Mark70Z]

Day 208 (July 26, 2020 – 208)

A few Brooks, late in his career, photographs; all on defense at 3rd base.

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My favorite photograph pictured today is a small photo, around 5”x7”, taken by

Jerry Wachter in June of 1976.

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