Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[BaltOrioles]

Here are a couple items that have been discussed and posted in several other threads on Net54 and other sites, but I felt they deserved another look, because they are so nice looking. If you can keep them clean from chipping, black borders on cards rule....

1971 Topps Greatest Moments

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Unknown Pins from the 1970-1971 era

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[ksfarmboy]

Damn Alan those are fantastic! One day I’ll get the greatest moments card and I still need the Frank Robinson button to complete my set. Those buttons are easily my favorite Orioles buttons.

[roarfrom34]

1970's Jim Palmer hand painted locker nameplate from Milwaukee's County Stadium:

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

1970's Jim Palmer hand painted locker nameplate from Milwaukee's County Stadium:

Nice Palmer locker nameplate; the auto makes it even better...

[Mark70Z]

Day 299 (October 25, 2020 – 299)

Might as well follow up Day 298 with further 1971 Topps Brooksie stuff… I only have two progressive proofs for card #300 from the Topps 1971 #300 card pictured below.

1971 Topps #300 progressive proofs

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Day 299 b 1971 Topps #300 Progressive Proof.jpg

[BaltOrioles]

Mark,

Great looking proofs. I'm a big fan of the 1971 set. I'm fairly confident you have the largest collection of Brooks Robinson proofs.

I apologize in advance for deviating slightly from the Orioles theme this morning, but I need to give a shout out this morning to an old friend.

For a number of years, I coached high school baseball in Maine. During part of that time, one of my assistant coaches was Paul Lancici. Two of his sons played for me. Paul is a woodworker by trade and eventually turned his skills to bat making. He founded a company in Maine called Dove Tail Bats. Some of his clients include major leaguers. If you watch closely around the 20 second mark, you will see a DTB bat on the ground near home plate. Way to go Paul....

https://twitter.com/i/status/1320219342211080193

[roarfrom34]

Mark..

Awesome proofs.....Love that kind of stuff!

Alan....The ending to the game last night was crazy & I'm very happy to hear that your friend's bat company played a part!

I'll deviate to something related to the current World Series as well. For over 10 years I volunteered at the Cal Ripken World Series (mainly as an Official Scorer & Public Address Announcer).

In 2009, last night Dodger starting pitcher Julio Urias played in the tournament for the Mexico team who ended up in the championship game vs. Forrest Hills/Tampa.

The game was televised on MLB Network and both Cal Ripken Jr. & brother Bill were the color commentators...

Here is the scorecard that Cal kept during the game showing Urias playing RF batting 5th and going 0-1 with two walks in a losing cause...After the game was over, Cal & Bill took to the field for the trophy presentatiion....While gathering my things in the Press Box, I saw someone collecting all of the paperwork in the broacast booth to discard and I asked if I could hold on to Cal's scorecard & notes from the game, which they gave me:

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Here are a couple items that have been discussed and posted in several other threads on Net54 and other sites, but I felt they deserved another look, because they are so nice looking. If you can keep them clean from chipping, black borders on cards rule....

1971 Topps Greatest Moments

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Unknown Pins from the 1970-1971 era

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The Greatest Moments and the Orioles Pinbacks; awesome items!! Those pin examples are favorites.