Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Chstrite]

Day 302 – 29 October 2024
Today I am showing you a post card size post card to Ted Patterson inviting him to the Greatest Moment in Orioles History. There was a exhibition depicting the five greatest moments in modern Orioles history as selected by fans. The Exhibit was open during 21 Dec 85 – 6 Apr 86 at the Babe Ruth Birthplace / Orioles Museum on 216 Emory Street, Baltimore Maryland. I imagine this invite was for the Press Opening on 20 Dec 85. The front of the post card has a picture signed by Brooks, McNally and Etch celebrating the 1966 sweep of the Dodgers in the Fall Classic.

[ksfarmboy]

Cool postcard Charles! We should do a 5 greatest moments in Orioles history and share items related after you’ve completed your year of Brooksie.

[Chstrite]

Clint, sounds fun. I will research after done with the daily post.

[Chstrite]

Day 303 – 30 October 2024
Today I am showing you an updated post previously shown from the News American Paper celebrating Brooks Robinson’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The sign I showed previously. Today, I am adding the newspaper insert celebrating Brooks. The paper insert is 18 pages of information and pictures of Brooks with advertisements. The insert was provided on Sunday July, 13, 1983.

[Chstrite]

Day 304 – 31 October 2024
Today I am showing you the 30 cup set of the 1976 Welches Amoco Cup Set. This 30 cup set features Brooks Robinson and many other Hall of Fame Players. Unlike the 1972 and 1973 7-11 cups, this set does not provide any details about the players on the back. The hardest cups for me to find were Reggie Jackson and Tom Seaver. The picture provides an image of all the cups together with Brooksie at the top center!

[Chstrite]

Day 305 – 1 November 2024
I thought to also share my 1972 7-11 Cup Set. This set includes 60 different cups. The cup features a life like image of the player in color. On the back the cup includes a small biography of the player. The players name and team name are flush to the left on the backside of the cup and that is generally how you know this is the 1972 set. The font is a bit larger on the 1972 cup, too. There are 18 HoF players in this set including Brooks Robinson (Brooks appears 3D row, far right). 21 of the players in the 1972 set will appear in the 1973 set (some are the same while others were modified). The image shows the 60 different cups. I did my best to put them in alphabetical order. It took several attempts to stack these cups. I can still hear the noise they make when the stack of cups collapses. I also included the set checklist.

[Chstrite]

Day 306 – 2 November 2024
My final cup set is the 1973 7-11 Cup Set. This set includes 80 different cups. The cup features a life like image of the player in color. On the back of the cup includes a small biography of the player. The bio is centered on the backside of the cup. This set includes 20 players in the hall of fame done mostly in gold and brown with a halo of black stars surrounding the players head. Some of the players in the 1973 set also appeared in the 1972 set. I started to stack these in alphabetical order but failed several times and had to add smaller stacks on both sides. Brooks Robinson appears on lace left, 2nd row, middle. Same photo as 1972. This took several attempts, too. That noise when the fall will never leave my mind! “No cups were hurt during this post!”