Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[ripfan008]

Hi, I have a couple of questions for the fellow O's collectors on here:

1.) I am no expert on the 1962 Salada coins but there seems to be at least a few viewing this thread. A few years ago, I purchased the basic complete set. The seller threw in a couple of additional coins. One is a Brooks Robinson with a white rim. All other Brooks coins I've seen are the standard orange rim. Googling has yielded no other info, so I've always assumed the coin was altered. Does anyone know exactly what this is?

2.) In one of my Orioles-related magazines from 1983 or 1984, there is an ad for All Star Toyota stating that if you come in to test drive a car, you'll receive Orioles baseball cards. Has anyone heard of that promotion before? Were they handing out specially made cards or just 1983 Topps/Fleer/Donruss cards? I searched for the magazine last night to take a photo but couldn't find it. I'll definitely looks again but hope someone has information on it.

Thanks for the help!

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Hi, I have a couple of questions for the fellow O's collectors on here:

1.) I am no expert on the 1962 Salada coins but there seems to be at least a few viewing this thread. A few years ago, I purchased the basic complete set. The seller threw in a couple of additional coins. One is a Brooks Robinson with a white rim. All other Brooks coins I've seen are the standard orange rim. Googling has yielded no other info, so I've always assumed the coin was altered. Does anyone know exactly what this is?


Thanks for the help!

All of the Orioles from the Salada and Shirriff coin sets were originally issued in orange. It is fairly easy to swap out the paper inserts with another color if the plastic on the original coin is damaged. It is also easy to swap Salada and Shirriff coins. There is a post earlier that says which coins were issued with each type back.

Hope this helps.

Alan

[roarfrom34]

Here is a variation on that 1977 Audio Instructional tape shown earlier...This is available if anyone would be interested (DM me):

[ripfan008]

[QUOTE=BaltOrioles;1946989]All of the Orioles from the Salada and Shirriff coin sets were originally issued in orange. It is fairly easy to swap out the paper inserts with another color if the plastic on the original coin is damaged. It is also easy to swap Salada and Shirriff coins. There is a post earlier that says which coins were issued with each type back.


Thank you Alan. I went back, found, and saved your original post on the subject. I appreciate the information,

Mike

[BaltOrioles]

Here's an addition to post #265, which highlighted the five Orioles that have hit for the cycle in O's history. Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr, Aubrey Huff, Felix Pie and Jonathan Villar.

You can add Austin Hays to that list. It took Hays only 6 innings last night to complete the feat, in the Orioles rain shortened win over the Nationals.

Congrats Austin. One of the really nice guys at spring training.

Hays, Austin 1.JPG

[roarfrom34]

Alan:

You are a correct in saying that Hays is a nice guy...

Here is my complete ticket from Cal's cycle game back in '84 (second Oriole to do so):



I believe someone on this thread has a stub from Brooks' cycle game if memory serves me right.

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Alan:

You are a correct in saying that Hays is a nice guy...

Here is my complete ticket from Cal's cycle game back in '84 (second Oriole to do so):



I believe someone on this thread has a stub from Brooks' cycle game if memory serves me right.

Nice ticket. In this day and age of paperless tickets, gems like that are going to be harder and harder to find.

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Nice ticket. In this day and age of paperless tickets, gems like that are going to be harder and harder to find.

Alan: you're right about that! It's probably been three years since I've used a paper ticket to get into Camden Yards...

34 years ago today was the game (at Fenway) when Cal played in his 1000th consecutive game (I believe Alan was there)......Here is their original lineup card that Saturday afternoon; signed by manager Frank Robinson (Cal homered as well in a losing cause)....I taped the game off the radio on a cassette tape that I need to locate one of these days