Mexican Magazine - Hit (Brooks Robinson)

[mrmopar]

[mrmopar]

Looks like this may have been a special edition by "Hit". $10 in 1978!!

[judgejules1]

Also, here's a scan of a Beisbol magazine from 1955.
Not sure who that is on the cover.

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[Mark70Z]

Thanks you guys for giving me the information that you have!

[hcv123]

I have searched out foreign magazines with Clemente on the cover for significant Clemente content for year. Finding these magazines with any player on the cover is a bit of a challenge - looking for specific players - good luck! The Clemente's I have I picked up long ago. I have never seen a checklist for the hit magazines. These magazines are the coolest (and rarest)! Good luck finding your Brooks!

-Howard

Ps. I have a Japanese magazine with Brooks, Powell and Frank Robinson (if my memory serves me).

[Mark70Z]

Howard,

Is it possible to get a listing of the titles of the foreign magazines in which you have found w/Clemente pictured on the cover and/or back cover? I can read some of the magazine titles that you pictured, and I understand it's a different player, but it would at least give me more avenues to see if Brooks was on one of these magazine titles as well. Like I said in a previous post, once in a while a Brooks magazine comes along that I never even knew existed and the foreign magazines are definitely a difficult find. Makes for a fun hunt if I know they are out there, but I sure don't know all that's out there for Brooksie.

Also, I have a '71 Japanese magazine picturing Frank, Brooks and Boog, but I don' think it's in the greatest condition. Is your's nice? If so, I'd love to see it...

Thanks for the input; I appreciate it!

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Howard,

Is it possible to get a listing of the titles of the foreign magazines in which you have found w/Clemente pictured on the cover and/or back cover? I can read some of the magazine titles that you pictured, and I understand it's a different player, but it would at least give me more avenues to see if Brooks was on one of these magazine titles as well. Like I said in a previous post, once in a while a Brooks magazine comes along that I never even knew existed and the foreign magazines are definitely a difficult find. Makes for a fun hunt if I know they are out there, but I sure don't know all that's out there for Brooksie.

Also, I have a '71 Japanese magazine picturing Frank, Brooks and Boog, but I don' think it's in the greatest condition. Is your's nice? If so, I'd love to see it...

Thanks for the input; I appreciate it!

Life is a bit hectic right now. I will try to take a look and develop a list when I have some time - another related area of collecting for me has been foreign newspapers with cover photo or content - I have an AWESOME paper with photo on cover from 1954 when Clemente was in Montreal as well as some from Puerto Rico - mostly around his death, but a couple from his playing days.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

Looks like this may have been a special edition by "Hit". $10 in 1978!!

I'm pretty sure that would have been 10 pesos and not 10 dollars. Back then it would have been about 8 pesos to the dollar, so it would have been about a buck and a quarter.

[mrmopar]

I didn't realize that denoting peso amounts used the same or similar ($) sign as well. Makes sense.

Originally Posted by AustinMike

I'm pretty sure that would have been 10 pesos and not 10 dollars. Back then it would have been about 8 pesos to the dollar, so it would have been about a buck and a quarter.

[AustinMike]

Yeah, the Mexican peso uses the same symbol ($).

However, I think my memory was off somewhat. I'm about 4 hours away from the border and used to go down there once in a while in the '70s and early '80s with friends. I would always buy 6-packs of XXX Cerveza (Tres Equis) (which they don't make anymore) to bring back for 15 pesos which I remember as being $1.25 American. So back then it would have been 12 pesos to the dollar making the magazine price less than one American dollar.

[Mark70Z]

That Garvey insert is way cool! You "need" to go ahead and post that in the unusual Garvey items collector thread. By the way, how did you know that this was inserted in the mag? Love to find an insert like that of Brooksie!

[mrmopar]

it must have been shown or mentioned in the listing, otherwise I would probably not own it now.

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

That Garvey insert is way cool! You "need" to go ahead and post that in the unusual Garvey items collector thread. By the way, how did you know that this was inserted in the mag? Love to find an insert like that of Brooksie!