Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

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Day 128 – 8 May 2024
Today I am showing you a Souvenir Program / Scorecard from 1957. This scorecard has Brooks wearing #34 playing IF. He played about 50 games in 1957 wearing #34 and returned the following year wearing #5. This program includes Frank Robinson playing with the Reds. I enjoy the photo of Chuck Thompson and the Mr. Boh advertisement. The scorecard is very clean.

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Day 129 – 9 May 2024
Another random item is this 1963 Orioles vs. Senators line up cards. The Orioles card is hand written with the Manager Hitchcock last name. Brooks appears to be batting 3rd. The Senator’s card is the carbon copy with Hodges as the Manager. I am sure you could find the date if you did enough research. I have a few other Brooks era line up cards. Would love to find a more meaningful one of Brooks (1st at bat, WS, hit for cycle, etc.).

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Day 130 – 10 May 2024
I really enjoy the old Orioles Press Guides. This one has the Decker Bird on the front cover. This press guide is from 1963. It is very clean. I do not have the complete run but am chipping away at the older copies.

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Day 131 – 11 May 2024
I recently found this 1973 Sunpapers newspaper cardboard cover for a dispensing machine. I assume the player is Bobby Grich. It is not in the best shape but it is displayable. It has a little color with the top and bottom words and the player graphic is very nice. I have a bunch of the newspaper advertisements but none as old as this one.

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Recently picked up this signed, GU hat (1997) of Orioles catcher Lenny Webster. I'm sure most of you here know that Webster was the last Oriole to wear #42:

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Nice hat! Cool finding obscure Orioles items that are rich in history and fun to share. Thanks!

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Day 132 – 12 May 2024
I recently had a collector and seller call me to see if I was interested in a small collection of Brooks Robinson items. He is someone I hold in high regard and very connected in Baltimore. Anyway, I met him on Saturday 20 Apr 23 at the Westminster, MD card show to see what he had. With him, he had a couple binders from an old Baltimore Oriole equipment manager. His name was Mike Zolotorow. Mike not only had a relationship with the Orioles, but him and Brooks appeared to be friendly and he worked for Brooks at his Sporting Goods Store. The centerpiece of the collection is a Brooks Robinson Sporting Goods Co, Inc binder. Clint showed his the other day…Hope ok if I show this one. The binder has the Company name, address, signature, images of Brooks and details about Brooks. The binder mentions Brooks as a 11 time gold glove winner so the binder must be around 1971 or 1972. The binder was a little dirty so I cleaned it up and it looks brand new. Within the binder was a bunch of catalogs for sporting goods. One in particular was a Rawlings equipment catalog that included all the different gloves of the day to include Brooks’ gloves and other player gloves to include Heart of the Hide. I have a few more items to show.