Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

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And speaking of ads, there was one in a 1996 Inside Pitch Magazine with Eddie on the cover (that magazine is in my storage unit and I don't have a picture of it right now) for a show called "Orioles of the 1950's" coming in October 1996 to Baltimore County Community College. Autograph guests of the show included 15+ members of the 1950's Orioles, including Brooks, Don Larsen, and Gene Woodling. It was $45 for a VIP ticket to meet all of the 1950's Orioles.

I grew up 5 minutes from BCCC and never heard about that show until I was re-reading that magazine a few years ago. So many of the 1950's Orioles are now gone and with the passing of Mike McCormick and others, we are losing the 1960's Orioles as well. It also goes to show you how hard pre-internet advertising was. They clearly didn't advertise over TV or radio O's games because I watched every game that year, as it was the first playoff-bound O's team I remember.