I am an Oriole collector but have accumulated a lot of Brooks items along the way...the Brooks diving piece is a custom piece I am guessing I acquired 10-15 years ago...a guy customized a McFarlane piece as a Brooks and I thought it was cool and would make a nice display piece...it is set so you can't see the original face and I'm not sure who the piece originally was before customization.

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English Lids
 

I know I have some duplicates at home. I'm a snowbird from Maine in Florida until the end of April. I know I don't have an extra Robinson, not sure about Singleton, but fairly sure I have Blair, Duncan and Hendricks. If you still need them in May, send me a message and I can help you out. It's not an easy set to complete.

Thanks for the response...I will be in touch

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Here is an overall view of one of my cases...will try and provide some more close up pics.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...436af136fb.jpg

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A few closer picshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b9abf4e588.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7ba41fe6b1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3386310b44.jpg

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And a few more. I think all of the several hundred items in and on this case are O's related except for a few of Yaz, Frank Howard and Gaylord Perry and a few of the signed mini helmets. Are these pics ok for this thread or should they be posted in another thread?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...4be6e11f67.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8bf65a1d43.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...330e1653ab.jpg

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Bill,

I have a few proofs and most I've had for a while now. A Brooks collector back in the day Mike (Gmrson) had quite an extensive collection of items. He ultimately was downsizing his Brooksie stuff and I was able to pick up a few proof items as well as some general type items for my collection. He was very helpful and extended more than fair prices; just a great guy. I just wish I had the opportunity to get into contact with him sooner since he already sold extremely rare items prior to me even knowing about his collection.

I have also picked up a few proofs from Scott (quitcrab) which also collects Brooks and a bunch of other cool stuff. He's always been very helpful and just an encouraging type guy.

The Topps Vault I have picked up a few things, but not very many. I'll likely show them sometime in this thread and they have their seal they put on the items along with a hologram sticker.

By the way, that vendor box is the type of item that's exciting to me...

Alan,

You know the English lid has been on my want list “forever”. I just can’t seem to find that thing. I know Scott (quitcrab) has one as well. Maybe I’ll locate one one day, but just haven’t been successful. Of course I’ve seen pictures of yours before, but I appreciate you posting your great looking lid.

OF COURSE these pics are ok for this thread and your encouraged to do so. I think your displays are sooo nice. Now, you may want to post some of your pics in the memorabilia room thread as well; they may enjoy the show just like me...

The pitching chart from the game where Brooks hit is final HR is a great item. As I had only started following baseball and the Orioles the season before, that HR is unfortunately one of my only memories of him playing. I remember listening to the game on WFMD, which was the Orioles station in Frederick, MD. The game was tied and went into extra innings when the Indians took the lead in the top of the 10th. The thing I remember about listening to the game was that Brooks fouled off a number of pitches, which just increased the drama with each pitch. When he hit the HR I was ecstatic, and my dad excitedly came to my room to see if I'd heard the HR as he'd been listening to the game in his room as well.

Thanks for sharing the pitching chart and reminding me of that great memory of Brooks and my dad.

Brooks Robinson
 

Day 10 (January 10, 2020 – 010)

We can learn on Day 10, if you haven’t already, to not smoke cigarettes (I’m not the judge). This is a small poster ad from The American Cancer Society picturing Brooks fielding in a game shot from 1969 which states, “I don’t smoke cigarettes”.

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Below is the B&W shot of the same pose used for the ACS advertisement. Notice they took his right hand out within the poster ad. Also, they took out the BIRDLAND :eek:

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I’ve also included an advertising piece that was on the back cover of an ACS booklet entitled “Where there’s Smoke…” There’s a couple popular athletes shown along with Brooks.

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Merv Rettenmund
 

Posted for Clint (ksfarmboy). Clint has some great Oriole jersey's in his collection and this is one of them. Below is a Merv Rettenmund 1972 Baltimore road jersey.

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Brooks Trivia
 

I have always like the cartoon on the back of the 1973 OPC Brooks card. I like the french writing and the drawing is great.

Question Who was the first ball player to refer to Brooks a vacuum cleaner?

Answer- Pete Richert referred to Brooks as a vacuum cleaner on May 20.1967 when he was traded from the Washington Senators. Pete was quoted as saying" It will be nice to have the vacuum cleaner behind me"- Lee May is probably the first man to have shortened the nickname to "Hoover"

Orioles Hartlands
 

I always liked the look of the Hartland statues produced in the 1960's and hated that an Oriole, while Jim Gentile was in the works, was never produced.

Here is my collection of Hartlands.

Brooks Robinson from 2004. While a Hartland, not nearly as nice a design as the originals

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The Jim Gentile that never was. Issued in 2011. I love that they used the original design.

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And lastly Luis Aparicio. Yes as an Oriole. This one is from 1988 when they did the 25th Anniversary set. I bought an unpainted White Sox version and customized Luis myself. I know the uniform isn't exactly correct, but my skills are limited. I also didn't know at the time that Jim Gentile would end up being done, so Aparicio was my only option. I am happy with the results anyway.

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Love the Hartland statues...always wanted to customize my Aparicio too...wrote Frank Fulop many years ago for his autograph to display with my set of 25th anniversary statues

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I enjoyed reading this tread, and hope to see more posts in the future. Brooks was incredible at 3rd.

It's weird, but I've ended up with three 1/1 sketch cards of Brooks by the same artist out of 2008 Topps Stadium Club. I liked the 1st one a lot, and then picked up the other 2 when I've seen them over the years.

http://baseballcardstars.com/persona...NSONSKETCH.jpg http://baseballcardstars.com/persona...SONSKETCH2.jpg http://baseballcardstars.com/persona...SONSKETCH3.jpg

Brooks Robinson
 

Scott,

You know I enjoy the cartoons on the backs of the cards, but especially when they relate to the specific player on the card. That's a GREAT one you pictured.

So, your asking questions about the nickname; how bout what was Brooks' first nickname?

[QUOTE=BaltOrioles;1945942]I always liked the look of the Hartland statues produced in the 1960's and hated that an Oriole, while Jim Gentile was in the works, was never produced.

Here is my collection of Hartlands.

Brooks Robinson from 2004. While a Hartland, not nearly as nice a design as the originals

The Jim Gentile that never was. Issued in 2011. I love that they used the original design.

And lastly Luis Aparicio. Yes as an Oriole. This one is from 1988 when they did the 25th Anniversary set. I bought an unpainted White Sox version and customized Luis myself. I know the uniform isn't exactly correct, but my skills are limited. I also didn't know at the time that Jim Gentile would end up being done, so Aparicio was my only option. I am happy with the results anyway. [QUOTE]

Alan,

Yeah, I'm with you; while the Brooks Hartland does look pretty good it's not as nice as the originals in my view. I do really like the Gentile; very nice.

Hey, you did a pretty good job on the Aparicio. Way better than I could do that's for sure...

Brad,

Glad you enjoyed so far. Thanks for posting the sketch cards of Brooks; all look really nice in my view. I "think" the last one I like the best; probably because you can see more of the uni. and I like when he had the B. Robinson on the back of his jersey.

Hey, would love to see your favorite Grace card or odd-ball or publication or poster or proof, etc. You get the drift; would like to see a cool Grace item.
Well can I assume you're a Grace collector...

I have no idea what is first nickname was?

His father called Brooks “Buddy” so if you consider that a nickname that would be first. If not in HS it was “round-man”.

Luis Aparicio
 

Day 11 (January 11, 2020 – 011)

Today a vintage color photo (5”x7”) of Brooks and Luis “Little Louie” Aparicio. As you can see it’s lightened up over time, possibly being exposed to light or maybe just the way the color dissipates on these older photos, but I think it’s cool. Both Brooks and Luis have signed the booklet in blue pen. Luis was another great, multiple gold glove winning, shortstop for the Orioles (wasn’t too bad for the Sox as well).

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The photo below is a picture of the Orioles infield when Luis was playing for the Orioles. Pictured left to right is Brooks Robinson, Luis Aparicio, Jerry Adair and Leroy “Norm” Siebern.

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Mark "the Blade" Belanger
 

Posted for Clint (ksfarmboy)

This is a Mark "the Blade" Belanger 1979 Baltimore road jersey. Mark's autograph is a bit tough as well and the road jersey has an auto on the back.

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Mark "the Blade" Belanger
 

I was going to post this item for one of the days this year, but with Clint's great Belanger jersey it just brings back wonderful memories of the great Oriole teams back in the day and "the Blade" was definitely one of my favorites.

This is a small handout of a Bethlehem Family Night game held on June 12, 1970 where the Orioles played the Oakland Athletics (is this just a cool shot or what). As a side note Mudcat Grant was the winning pitcher of this game at Memorial. When I think of Mudcat (great nickname by the way; anybody know where the name came from? If not, a teammate nicknamed him Mudcat because he thought he was from Mississippi). Anyway, when I think of him I think of his 1972 A's card with his mutton-chop sideburns and the great color contrast between the green A's jersey and the red on the Topps card.

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The back of the program is very nice as well and pictures a grouping of Oriole players.

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EDIT Some of the pics here didn't show up. I'll try again. Please delete this post.

OK, I cut this back to just a few pics. The snaps are from a trip to see the O's play in Arlington. That was always a summer highlight when I was in college.

The B&Ws are all about 5x7. Dunno why Brooks is so much bigger here.

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For those that may not be aware, a Mark Belanger Documentary came out about a year ago & I recommend any Oriole/Blade fan picking it up:

http://www.belangerfilm.com/

Rex Barney was pictured earlier in the thread and I thought I'd share one of the line up sheets that he used as the Orioles PA Announcer back in May of 1997. Fun fact about Rex (who was also a MLB pitcher for the Dodgers in the 1940's and once hurled a No Hitter), was that he would always announce the Game Time Temp as an odd number.......

https://i.imgur.com/ymoalEG.jpg

One of the cardinal rules of the Brooks Robinson and Baltimore Orioles thread is that there's "no cutting back". Sorry if this rule is a problem, but you're just going to have to post all the pictures either now, or eventually, in this thread :D.

Man, I love the snapshot photos. So many things to see in these pictures as well as the player themselves.

Hey, the B&W's are nice as well...

As an Orioles and Brooks Robinson fan these last few weeks have been great. Thanks for sharing everyone!

That is a great shot of Mark Belanager on the Bethlehem Steel handout. It reminded me of a picture I came across while trying to find pictures of the Orioles in the seldom seen vests that they wore from 1968 - 1969.

Here is a picture of a cutout where you could take your picture with Brooks and Paul Blair while you are wearing Andy Etchebarren's # 8 on Bethlehem Steel Family Night.

Speaking of the Orioles vests, here are a few pictures I came across of Brooks wearing the vest. If you'd like to see the other pictures I found of the Orioles wearing the vest, you can see them here:

https://fleersticker.blogspot.com/20...e-orioles.html

Brooks Robinson
 

Spring is in the air. I picked up my Orioles spring training season tickets this morning at Ed Smith Stadium. In honor of that great event, I'm posting a few early Orioles spring training programs/scorecards.

These are from 1956, which I believe are the first spring programs Brooks appeared in. My earlier spring training programs don't have him listed on the roster.

Brooks did appear on the cover of a few spring training programs in the 60's, that I'll post once spring training starts.

This one is from when the Orioles trained in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Inside of the scorecard. Brooks is wearing #40.

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This one is from the end of spring training when the Orioles played the Dodgers in Baltimore.

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Orioles Vest Uniforms
 

The only Orioles team issued postcard, that I know of, is this one of Davey Johnson pictured in the vest.

Mark: the 71 All-Star game was the first game I ever attended. These are from the 2001 Upper Deck issue. I try and collect everything I can related to that game. Frank Robinson has a card in this subset and hit a home run that night as well .There were many Orioles in that game as you know and Earl Weaver was the American League manager that night. I believe it still has the record for most HOFers to play in an All-Star game. The tickets pictured were the 3 tickets we used that night. As a 9 year old boy I can’t tell you what an impact that had on me. My Dad and I had been collecting for about 2 years at that time and that night put it in overdrive. Both my parents are gone now but I can tell you that I get a smile and maybe a tear when I look back at what great memories this hobby of ours brought to our family.

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Great memories Mike, thanks for sharing!

Awesome thread Mark and so many interesting items. Brooks remains one of the great ambassadors for the game and still works for the Orioles as a special advisor. As an athlete, a role model, a fan favorite and an extraordinary human being, Brooks gets it. Growing up in New York during the '60's, one stop away from Willets Point/Shea Stadium on the #7 train, I took great pleasure in the Mets victory over the O's in the '69 World Series even though Brooks was one of my childhood heroes. I too played third and wore the No. 5 except my jersey read E5.

In the cabinet;

Orioles bobbleheads: '60's color base, green base and black player

Ticket Stubs: April 15, 1954 Orioles 1st game at Memorial Stadium, 1958 All Star Game, 1966 Game 4 WS, 1970 Game 5 WS (full ticket) and July 15, 1960 Brooks becomes the first Orioles player to hit for the cycle.

1957 Rookie Card Signed

#5 brass row marker from the demolition of Memorial Stadium

1954 Scorecard from first game at Memorial Stadium

1954 Yearbook

1970's Brooks Decanter

On the A-frame bat rack are game used bats from players in Cooperstown and in the Orioles HOF during their playing days with the O's;

Brooks Robinson
Frank Robinson
Luis Aparicio
Cal Ripken Jr.
Eddie Murray
Roberto Alomar
Harold Baines

The bats on the wall are all gamers from Orioles who are in the Orioles HOF. I'm missing two position players (Hendricks, Buford) and several pitchers. As you all are well aware, game used pitcher's bats are not easy to find.

The photo is from a signing in Ellicott City, Maryland where Brooks usually appears twice a year. When I showed Brooks the bat, without looking at the knob, he was able to recite the model #.

I love the Fleer Sticker Project. I saw all the pictures of the Orioles in their vests, but sure doesn’t hurt to see them in this thread.

Alan,

You have some great items. Thanks so much for posting your programs.

I try to find photos of Brooks in different number jerseys, but I haven’t been very successful. Never seen Brooks in #40 that I can recall.

Mike,

Thanks so much for sharing. Sounds like you had a great upbringing and parents. I understand; both of my parents have passed away. Also, my wife’s parents have passed as well.

Those are some awesome items!

Hal,

I was hoping you would check in with your nice Orioles collection and my favorite colored walls. Thanks for the picture of your bats and the Orioles items in your cabinet.

I lived in Elliott City when I was in MD. That’s where I became a life long Orioles fan.

(We need to talk about the Mets thing...;))

Any way you could post a closeup of the Brooksie bat?

Mark,

Love the photo with the autographs!

Thanks Mike... Hopefully I'll keep it interesting the entire year. I'm seeing it'll take a good bit of work to get this thing accomplished.

Day 12 (January 12, 2020 – 012)

Brooks’ Annual Working Pass for all the American League parks for the year 1995. I’m sure Brooks didn’t use it much, but a pretty unique item.

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Since we’re already discussing 1995, I’ll include a couple of Complimentary Admission tickets/cards to the Hall of Fame and Museum for Brooks and his wife. By the way 1995 was the induction year by the Veterans Committee of Richie Ashburn, Leon Day, William Hulbert and Vic Willis. If I’m not mistaken there was one other induction by the Baseball Writers, but his name currently slips my mind 😉

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Paul Blair
 

Posted for Clint (ksfarmboy). The is a 1974 Paul "Motormouth" Blair Orioles home jersey.

I loved how Blair would play so shallow and make it routine to run back to the wall to make a catch. He deserved the eight Gold Gloves for playing center field.

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Thought I'd include a 1965 photo of Blair.

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1956 Luman Harris Game Used Road Jersey
1970 Bobby Grich Team Issue Home Vest (Following post will supply info about the vests)
1968 Andy Etchebarren Game Used Home
1971 Dick Hall Game Used Road
1967 Dave May Game Used Home

Written by Phil Wood, I hope this sheds some light on the O's vest jerseys.

Classic jerseys Hal, thanks for sharing. I don’t have any Orioles flannels but plan on adding a home and road one day.

Brooks Robinson
 

Here is another one of my items highlighted in Bob Lemke's blog a few years back.

http://boblemke.blogspot.com/2015/02...stery-lid.html

I still don't know it's exact origin, but now believe it's probably from the 1980's and has something to do with the Queensgate Mall in York, PA. It is made of thick plastic, not the same material of the English Chicken lids from 1976 & 1983.

Anyone with any info would be much appreciated. I've never seen another.

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Orioles jerseys
 

Love the jerseys, especially the history behind the vests from 1969.

I have a few jerseys back in Maine, that I'll try and post pics when I get home.

We also need to talk about the Nats thing!

As requested Mark, here are some pics of B. Robby's war club. This was my first GU bat and even though Brooks beat the heck out of it it's still my favorite.

Originally Posted by OriolesHOF
1956 Luman Harris Game Used Road Jersey
1970 Bobby Grich Team Issue Home Vest (Following post will supply info about the vests)
1968 Andy Etchebarren Game Used Home
1971 Dick Hall Game Used Road
1967 Dave May Game Used Home

Hal,

Classic jerseys. Now the closeups on the bats...:D

Thanks for more information on the vests. Very interesting read.

Alan,

I’d guess the same as you that it relates to Queensgate Mall. What do you think it was used or going to be used for? Lid to popcorn or biggy drink or possibly something else.

It’s nice to have items we know little to nothing about. The search should be both interesting and fun.

Hal,

The Nats are a different animal. I can root for the Nationals in the NL and doesn’t feel wrong. The Mets = Wrong :D

Thanks so much for posting the Brooks bat; love it.

Brooks Robinson
 

Mark,

I don't think it is a popcorn or drink lid. It's thick hard plastic, about 1/8" thick and 8" in diameter. Most popcorn lids have a waxy feel and there's no slot for a straw if it's a drink lid. I think it was part of some kind of display, but can't guess how it was used. I would really like to know for sure.

I just dug up a stack of these 1965 player pages that were pulled from a book, to post on ebay. Robinson was included. Nothing rare or all that special, but they are kind of cool.

Here is something maybe a little more odd. I got this in a lot of advertisements taken from what was described as Toy industry magazines. This one is called "Playthings". A quick ebay search only found 1 issue. Probably not something you could just buy off the news stand. Perhaps you had to be an industry insider to have access to the magazine?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/PLAYTHINGS-...gAAOSwMUpckZez

Avalon Hill did the Superstar Baseball game, which I used to play.

Makes me wonder if any of those 100 signed photos are out there and can they be linked back to the contest in any way?

Curt,

I think I have that particular B&W 8x10 picture packed away somewhere. Is this one that’s cut from a magazine large or is it a small cutout?

Hope your Garvey collection is going well.

Oh, and don’t you have a Brooks Robinson signed run that you can post?

Three pages from a 1951 exhibition game played in Baltimore by the International League Orioles against the Brooklyn Dodgers as they traveled north to start their season.

Snider, Robinson, Campy, and Hodges all in the starting lineup.


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https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bkEshSpnP...0/IMG_0006.jpg

I do have something Brooks related to Avalon Hill. I’ll post when I can find it, but I really can’t seem to remember what it is exactly. I know it’s not this ad.

I wonder what picture it is of Brooks that they were providing.

Any and all of the Baltimore baseball teams of the past have always been intriguing to me like the Black Sox, Elite Giants, Terrapins and Intl Orioles. I considered collecting those teams as well, but really can’t expand any more nor can I afford it. Of course all other Baltimore sports teams of both the past and present have been considered as well.

That’s a nice exhibition program with some big names.

The Avalon Hill ad is slightly larger than 8x10 size.
I do have an incomplete Robby auto run, but not sure I kept the photo after I took it last time. The cards are tucked back away with the rest now though.
I'll see if I still have it saved to the computer.

Alan,

I’d really like to see the Queensland piece in hand. Is it the same thickness all around or is there a lip? Maybe something to advertise the Brooks Robinson Sporting Goods store. I know they used a somewhat similar setup on the patch they produced.

Brooks Robinson
 

No lip, same thickness all around. It's thick enough, that you couldn't bend it without it actually breaking and/or snapping in half. I'll have to bring it to Florida with me next time.

Awesome thread!
 

Glad to see so many Brooks fans out there. Grew up in Baltimore and Brooks was my hero as a kid. I mostly have cards, will get some pics together at some point.

Thanks for starting this one.

Day 13 (January 13, 2020 – 013

I started a side project, which I think was at the end of 2017, of a Brooks Robinson autograph run of his regular issue or base cards during his playing days (’57 thru ’78). I’ve never really been an autograph seeker or collector (I do have quite a few of Brooks autos), but was inspired by a couple other collectors, particularly Mike (Baseballcrazy62) and Stephen (Marchillo) when they posted their autograph runs. I wanted to do a Brooks Robinson run a bit different which was to get the cards signed in pen. I knew that would be more difficult, but I like the look of a nice pen autograph on a card. I figured once I have that completed I may go for a sharpie run; who knows. Well, I’m not quite done with the pen autographed run yet so I’ll post one of the latest signed cards I picked up.

1978 Topps #4 signed Record-Breaker.

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You would think that the ’78 Topps card would be one of the easiest signed cards to pick up, but it has been very difficult to find a nice example. It may be that people were going with sharpie instead of pen, but most of the pen examples the signatures are light on the card. The example I have isn’t the greatest autograph, but it’s the darkest on the card that I’ve seen to date.

Ellie Hendricks
 

Posted for Clint (ksfarmboy). This jersey is a game used 1974 Elrod Hendricks home jersey.

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Thanks for the information. Hopefully someone else will know how this was used.

Yes; please bring the Queensgate the next time around...

Brooks Robinson
 

I know I enjoy viewing cards...

Good morning, I was born in 1981 and Cal Ripken was my hero as I was growing up. When I finally had the opportunity to meet him at a Chantilly show, my grandmother wanted to come along as well. There's a photo of myself, Cal, and my grandmother with my grandmother in the middle. Cal called her a "rose between two thorns". She blushed, did a little hand wave, and said, "Oh, Cal!". So, thanks Mr. Ripken for making my grandmother so happy that day.

These are some of my Ripken proof items:

1982 Fleer Test Card
http://net54baseball.com/attachment....1&d=1578916439

1990 Donruss Aqueous Test
http://net54baseball.com/attachment....1&d=1578916439


1990 Donruss Blue/White
http://net54baseball.com/attachment....1&d=1578916439


1992 Topps Round Trippers
http://net54baseball.com/attachment....1&d=1578916439

1992 Donruss Jumbo Diamond King
http://net54baseball.com/attachment....1&d=1578916439

The Sounds of Brooks
 

A couple tape recordings of Brooks. I saw a few of the vinyl LP records in the background of the display cases a couple days ago.

Here we have "The Night The Lights Went Out" Brooks talks about all the good memories from Memorial Stadium.

Brooks Robinson-The Infielder,16 golden Gloves -Brooks speaks about fielding.I have never seen another copy of this.

The one in the brown box is pretty cool. It is a reel to reel recording of Frank and Brooks from a Sports Illustrated reporter Keith Morris.

Not sure where it came from but Iam sure I am not suppose to have it. Morris also interview two Track and Field stars.
On a side not Jim Ryun was the first High School Track Athlete to break a 4 minute mile!
The interview to place June 30 1966.

I have never listened to the Reel to Reel and i have a reel to Reel player set up in my basement.
One day I will give it a spin.

1992 Round Trippers
 

Mike,

You have some very nice cards. The two 1990 Donruss test cards are on my wish list.

Have you seen the front of the 1992 Ripken Round Tripper and do you know how many Orioles were printed?

I have the Ben McDonald, but haven't seen any others. I think they are neat.

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Thank you for the compliment Alan.

I have not seen the front of the Ripken. Mine is one of the back-only proofs.

I also have the Gregg Olson disc (front and back on that proof).

Olson, McDonald, and Cal are the only three Orioles I have seen before.

I run the website www.MarkGrace.com. My whole collection is scanned there. You can see a lot of oddball stuff there. I also have a Don Zimmer collection, if you want to see oddball stuff of a Brooks contemporary. You can see that collection at http://www.baseballcardstars.com/zim...lectibles.html

Ripken
 

Mike,

Those are quite the cards you have there. Some of those I have never seen before. Thanks for sharing the Ripken items...

Those are very cool. I have the two common one's, but I've never even seen the other two others you've pictured (the Cue Recordings and Brooks Robinson Talking Infielding). I have a fairly narrow focus, just collecting Brooks, and seeing something I've never seen before is a rarity. Thanks so much for the post.

Mark - I'm not very proactive regarding the pre-war Baltimore cards but I will attempt to pick them up when I see them.

Brad,

Man, I wish i was half as organized as you (I'd even take a fourth). I guess if I had a website with everything listed I wouldn't need to post something everyday since people can just go to the website and peruse. I viewed a little of both areas today and the sites are well done. I'll be checking out your odd-ball items in particular.

Hal,

Thanks so much for picturing the pre-war items. It's something I always consider, but never do bite the bullet. If I did get into it I have no idea what items I'd collect, but the Old Judge are just neat items and I see you can't go wrong with Cracker Jack.

Can you elaborate on what all you collect? Looks like the focus is mainly bats; is that correct? If so, do you collect other bats from other teams?