[Roofman4]

I grew up an avid die hard Orioles fan. I started collecting when I was 5 in 1976. I collected any Orioles cards I could get. Fast forward to my early 20's, I was offered a chance in a photo shoot for a Crown Gasoline ad on the back cover of the score card printed for the inaugural (Pre-season) game at Camden Yards vs the Mets in 1992. The theme was "Community Heroes." The photo shoot was with none other than Brooks Robinson. Zero hesitation to say the least. After the shoot I spent quite a few minutes talking baseball with him and he signed a baseball for me.

Yesterday, I finally completed my Brooks base run. The rookie card was the last piece of the puzzle. Arguably the greatest Oriole of all time and certainly the best 3rd Baseman ever. I wanted to share with the Net54 gang.

I am the (very young) firefighter on he right.