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.
1956 Spring Training (ScottsdaleScorecard).jpg
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.
1956 Spring Training (Baltimore).jpg