Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[JollyElm]

Remember these '1972 In Action cards that never were' creations, where you provided me with one of the photos?

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Remember these '1972 In Action cards that never were' creations, where you provided me with one of the photos?

Of course I remember and they were "all" great looking and are well worth viewing "again". I think my favorite is the third picture the one that Brooks threw Lee May out in the first game of the 1970 World Series. Think the shots from the '70 Series all look so cool with the baseball bunting in the background. Wish Brooks had an in-action card in '72, but I'm sure yours still would have looked better than a Topps version.

Now, do "you" remember the Brooks variations you helped me with?!? Think it's so awesome how you put the pictures on top of one another and went back and forth so you could view the variances.!

[JollyElm]

I take my variations very seriously.




This one is much more subtle, but it is cropped a tad bit differently (most notably where the brim touches/doesn't touch the border)...

[jb67]

Look forward to following this thread. No doubt going to be a classic.

As a die-hard Reds fan this card always hurts just a little when I look at it. One of countless robberies committed during his playing days.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by jb67

Look forward to following this thread. No doubt going to be a classic.

As a die-hard Reds fan this card always hurts just a little when I look at it. One of countless robberies committed during his playing days.

David,

I hope the thread will be interesting or at least entertaining.

I'm looking forward to seeing some Bench items (sorry about the B. Robinson commits robbery) as well as other Reds players, since they're are forever linked together due to the '70 Series. As I stated above Bench is my favorite non-Oriole player.

[jb67]

Here is my earliest Bench card I have. I never thought I would end up find this one but I was able to land this a while back. Below is a little background info. on this rarity. Hopefully we can get some other Bench collectors posting as well. Always fun to share info. on our childhood heroes.

PSA Write-Up
1967 Cincinnati Reds Team Issue Postcard. This is the first card listed in the Bench Master Set. It offers a black-and-white shot of a young Bench with a facsimile autograph in blue and the team name in red below it. Hollinden believes these were sold at the stadium and at the local Reds gift shop. His PSA EX-MT 6 is the only graded example.

"I can't imagine there are a lot of these because Bench didn't get called up until the middle of the summer [August]," said Hollinden. "I'm not sure when they produced them, but I have to think that it wasn't until he came up.

[Mark70Z]

Day 2 (January 2, 2020 - 002)

I collect almost everything related to Brooks, but “try” (my best) to limit myself to playing day items. Also, I don’t collect things that are visually unappealing; there are a number of items in this category (do NOT mention his ’58 Topps card). There are exceptions, but most of the items I post will be from the playing day time frame (mid 50’s till late 70’s). I’ll try to post odd/unusual items, photos, and not seen every day type pieces to keep things hopefully interesting (unless I run out of stuff…).

Only have a couple pieces of artwork and this is a small painting of Brooks by Tom Clark. Clark is more known for being an American poet and biographer, but was an avid baseball fan and he did paint a tad as well.

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This painting is pictured in Tom Clark’s book “Baseball” from 1976. The painting of Brooks pictured in the book is B&W, but as you can see it’s in vivid color in real life… If you don’t have a copy of the book it has some nice pictures of the paintings Clark conducted (including Brock, Clemente AND possibly some other ’71 Pirates players…).

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by jb67

Here is my earliest Bench card I have. I never thought I would end up find this one but I was able to land this a while back. Below is a little background info. on this rarity. Hopefully we can get some other Bench collectors posting as well. Always fun to share info. on our childhood heroes.

PSA Write-Up
1967 Cincinnati Reds Team Issue Postcard. This is the first card listed in the Bench Master Set. It offers a black-and-white shot of a young Bench with a facsimile autograph in blue and the team name in red below it. Hollinden believes these were sold at the stadium and at the local Reds gift shop. His PSA EX-MT 6 is the only graded example.

"I can't imagine there are a lot of these because Bench didn't get called up until the middle of the summer [August]," said Hollinden. "I'm not sure when they produced them, but I have to think that it wasn't until he came up.

David,

WOW! That is an awesome Bench piece. I may have mentioned it in the past, but I really like how the Reds team issues are set up. Thanks so much for posting the picture of Bench. “Almost” gets a person to be a Reds collector.

[rkrolewicz]

Possibly the most unique card ever published. A picture is Wirth a thousand words.

[rkrolewicz]

[QUOTE=rkrolewicz;1963701]Possibly the most unique card ever published. A picture is Wirth a thousand words.[/QUOT.

[Mark70Z]

Day 81 (March 21, 2020 – 081)

The Orioles were making quite a run for the pennant in 1964. The O’s were in a in a tight three-way battle with the Yankees and the White Sox for the American League pennant. The Orioles did fall short in ’64, but it was a really good year for the Birds.

Pennant Fever album

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I take my variations very seriously.

I take my Brooks variations very seriously as well...(now that you told me they existed)

Where's the OTHER checklist variation? Forgot about that one?

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

I take my Brooks variations very seriously as well...(now that you told me they existed)

Where's the OTHER checklist variation? Forgot about that one?

Was adding it as you typed...