I posted this on facebook, but I saw this thread, so I'll post here too.
I can't believe it. I was commissioned to create these Brooks Robinson pieces to be signed. One was received at his home, and the other was to be sent on his way to him the very day he passed away (yesterday).
My very first memory of Brooks was when I was nine in 1989 - I was at a friend's house who had some 1971 Topps cards. I fawned over them for being so old (18 years at the time ... that'd be like getting googly eyed over 2008 Topps nowadays!)
One of them was a 1971 Topps Brooks Robinson. It was all bent to heck, but I just thought it, along with the equally as battered Bob Gibson cards were so cool. I was fortunate enough to have found another '71 Topps Brooks Robinson in a collection I picked up recently. So many memories attached to it.
