Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

I saw that Will Clark had his #22 retired by the SF Giants last evening. When Will got to the Orioles in 2000, he wore #12 then switched to #23 the next season (his final one)..Here is his locker nameplate from the '01 season:

Very cool! Thanks for sharing... Love the name plates; I have exactly ZERO name plates. You have a Brooks example don't you?

[Mark70Z]

I don't really collect much modern, but this is an exception...

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Very cool! Thanks for sharing... Love the name plates; I have exactly ZERO name plates. You have a Brooks example don't you?

Yes I do! This one came out of Milwaukee's County Stadium & what I like about them is that the lettering/numbering is hand painted:



Here is a press photo from 1973 showing examples of them in the background:

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Yes I do! This one came out of Milwaukee's County Stadium & what I like about them is that the lettering/numbering is hand painted:



Here is a press photo from 1973 showing examples of them in the background:

I thought so. Now get that thing framed and on the wall (or display as is which would be cool as well). Do you have a Brooksie shrine alongside your Callection?!?

I was offered one a few years ago from the collection of Ted P., but it was just hand written and wasn’t to exciting at the time.

[ripfan008]

Good afternoon,

I was recently able to pick up some more Japanese magazines with Cal on the cover. The entirety of the Cal retirement one is in Japanese but I'd love to know what Sachio Kinugasa said in the article about him.

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[roarfrom34]

Mike:

This must be Japanese magazine week lol....Please lmk if you ever run across another copy of that Cal Jr. Retirement publication...

Purchased this AIG Insurance Company (May 1997) Japanese magazine off eBay just last week. He was a spokesperson for them that year & I have a couple promotional phone cards, posters, etc. from that relationship, but this was the first time I saw this neat company publication:

[Mark70Z]

Love the foreign magazines; thanks for posting.

I always wonder how many are out there that we don’t know about. I know I’m missing a HIT magazine of Brooks from I think ‘71, but are there any others out there…

[rugbymarine]

Happy 81st Birthday, Boog!