Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[ripfan008]

Good evening,

Mark, I really like the Crown Gas Brooks poster and the Millers Falls Power Tools postcard. I want to thank you again for helping me acquire the 1969 Topps Deckle Edge Brooks proof card this year.

Below is a 1990 MLB Tour of Japan Dream Game program. Although no Orioles went on that tour, there is a list of previous MLB/Japan games, including a photo of the 1971 Orioles tour. I believe that is Pat Dobson.

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Good evening,

Mark, I really like the Crown Gas Brooks poster and the Millers Falls Power Tools postcard. I want to thank you again for helping me acquire the 1969 Topps Deckle Edge Brooks proof card this year.

Below is a 1990 MLB Tour of Japan Dream Game program. Although no Orioles went on that tour, there is a list of previous MLB/Japan games, including a photo of the 1971 Orioles tour. I believe that is Pat Dobson.

Mike,

Appreciate it on the Crown piece and the Millers Falls postcard. I really regret not going higher on the other MF postcard; I really didn’t know at the time how rare it would be to find one. I haven’t seen another example since.

No problem on the Deckle proof. I’m happy I was able to add to your great collection.

Definitely Dobson...

[Mark70Z]

Posted for ksfarmboy

Clint has some great GU items; here's two helmets today. The one on the left is a late 60's example that carried over into the 70's. The one on the right is is a 69-71 model.

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[Mark70Z]

Day 364 (December 29, 2020 – 364)

A small photo, around 5x7, of Brooks in spring training showing Brooks wearing an early Orioles jersey.

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This is one of my favorite and earliest pieces in my Brooksie collection. Thanks to my friend Scott Roemer (quitcrab) who helped me pick this item up since I saw it last minute and didn’t have an account with the auction house (Thanks Scott…love this item). This is a baseball statistic sheet that was put out by William J. Weiss who was a statistician for the Pacific Coast League. The form was mailed to the player, completed, and sent back. Brooks completed the questionnaire and it was sent back with most of the information requested. There are quite a few things that are particularly neat about this item that’s filled out in Brooks’ 18 year old hand:

1. Lists his home address in Little Rock

2, Position - 2nd base

3. Signed his complete name “Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr.”

4. Stamped Jun 20, 1955

1955 Baseball Questionnaire:

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Quote: "He didn't look fast, in fact he was kinda slow, but he was always there. On double plays when he had to come a long way, he had this way of just rolling across the bag and flipping the ball under his arm. He was the best second baseman (Cuban Winter League) I have ever seen." - Orlando Pena

[ksfarmboy]

Wow Mark that’s an amazing photo. My new favorite photo of Brooks!

[Mark70Z]

Day 365 (December 30, 2020 – 365)

This has to be a fairly early booklet that was given to new ballplayers coming on with the Baltimore Orioles concerning basically how to conduct yourself as a professional ballplayer. It has one of my favorite B&W shots of Brooks on the cover; love the old school bird on the sleeve.

Booklet “To Tomorrow’s Oriole” by Brooks Robinson

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Quote: “He was generous and humble, and as great as he was at his position, he always understood his role as a baseball player, give the team, the fans everything you have, and then when it’s over give them more.” – Journalist Roy Firestone

[Mark70Z]

Day 366 (December 31, 2020 – 366)


Well, it is “time” for my last post of the year in the Baltimore Orioles and Brooks Robinson thread…


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Of course, I had to choose a leap year for the Brooks Robinson and Baltimore Orioles thread and so I’ll need to post for one more day this year; Day 366.

Brooks was very productive with the bat (and the field as usual) in 1964. This is a photo of Brooks coming home in a game against the White Sox on June 11, 1964 where he hit an 8th inning home run. The Orioles win the game 3-1.


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So, for the last day of the year below is the 1964 Sid Mercer Memorial Award plaque presented to Brooks Robinson by the New York Chapter Baseball Writers Association of America for being the player of the year.


Photo of Brooks receiving the 1964 Sid Mercer Memorial Award


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1964 Sid Mercer Memorial Award


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There’s a quote that I really like to end the year that John Steadman, of The News American, said about Brooks, “There’s not a man who knows him who wouldn’t swear for his integrity and honesty and give testimony to his consideration for others. He’s an extraordinary human being, which is important, and the world’s greatest third baseman of all time, which is incidental.”


I hope you have a Happy New Year and I also hope you have enjoyed the ride…