Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Mark70Z]

Day 52 (February 21, 2020 – 052)

I like the 1967 large Dexter Press Coca-Cola premiums. The cards measure 5 ½”x7” and are definitely glossy. Brooks has an All Star version as well with extended biographies on the back, but these pictured are just the regular issued cards. I never really understood why these premiums are not more popular (possibly the size?).

1967 Dexter Press Premium

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1967 Dexter Press Premium – signed

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[ksfarmboy]

I love those Dexter Press cards. Some great photos, wished they would have done them for the 1970 team.

[BaltOrioles]

I've posted a few Morton Tadder team issued B&W 8x10 photos in some earlier posts. In addition to the individual 8x10 photos, the Orioles also produced 8x10 team sheets. There were usually 4-5 per year. I have most of them from 1966-1997. I haven't seen any after 1997. These were usually distributed to newspapers, etc to use if they needed a photo for their publications. Sometimes you find them cut up into individual photos, but they weren't printed as such. The team sheets also help me to identify the year of the individual player photos, since the individual 8x10 player photos usually paralleled the team sheets.


Here are examples from 1974

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There are some individual player photos of fringe players that weren't on the team sheets. Here's an example of the 1974 Mike Reinbach.

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[cardsagain74]

All those '70s staches with the gap in the middle. No wonder there were a lot of babies made around the time I was born.....the women must have melted

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

I've posted a few Morton Tadder team issued B&W 8x10 photos in some earlier posts. In addition to the individual 8x10 photos, the Orioles also produced 8x10 team sheets. There were usually 4-5 per year. I have most of them from 1966-1997. I haven't seen any after 1997. These were usually distributed to newspapers, etc to use if they needed a photo for their publications. Sometimes you find them cut up into individual photos, but they weren't printed as such. The team sheets also help me to identify the year of the individual player photos, since the individual 8x10 player photos usually paralleled the team sheets.

Here are examples from 1974

Alan,

These are something else I didn't know even was out there or have even see before. Since you said you have most of them from 1966 through 1997 can you post them all eventually? Please...

[Mark70Z]

A fellow at work told me yesterday that he purchased an autographed Orioles card for me, but wouldn't tell me who it was. I asked if I had ever heard of the Orioles player and he said that I would know him.

Well, I was pleasantly surprised when he handed me a 2000 UD Legends Jim Palmer on-card autograph. I really like the setup on this card and the nice signature applied to the card. Very nice of him.

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[Mark70Z]

Day 53 (February 22, 2020 – 053)

Program for the 10th Annual Father and Son Sports Banquet on February 22, 1967. The banquet, held in Mattydale, NY, featured Brooks as their main speaker. Brooks signed the banquet program, “Best of Luck Brooks Robinson” on the cover; likely signed the day of the event.

1967 10th Annual Father and Son Sports Banquet program.


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[BaltOrioles]

As many of you know by now, I love stuff featuring players from the Orioles minor league affiliates almost as much as items from the Orioles. Here's a set of minor league cards that are fun and not very hard to find. Printed in 1974 or 1975 by Ed Broder, the set is titled "Popcorn cards" and features players from the Pacific Coast League from 1957/58. The cards are smaller than regular size, about 2"x 3". I assume the set is a play off the Seattle Popcorn sets from the 50's & 60's.

There are 18 cards from the Vancouver Mounties. While there is no Brooks Robinson, there are a bunch of players that spend time in Baltimore.

Here's the checklist - Fred Besana #21, Jim Archer #22, Charlie White #23, John Jorgenson #24, Jim Marshall #25, Charley Beamon #26, Sandy Consuegra #83, Joe Frazier #84, Tito Francona #85, Chuck Diering #124, Lenny Green #125, Ed Erautt #126, Toby Atwell #176, Art Houtteman #177, Carl Powis #178, Dick Marlowe #219, Kal Segrist #220, Charlie Metro #221


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The back of the cards are fairly plain

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[Fleerfan]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 52 (February 21, 2020 – 052)

I like the 1967 large Dexter Press Coca-Cola premiums. The cards measure 5 ½”x7” and are definitely glossy. Brooks has an All Star version as well with extended biographies on the back, but these pictured are just the regular issued cards. I never really understood why these premiums are not more popular (possibly the size?).

1967 Dexter Press Premium

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1967 Dexter Press Premium – signed

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I also really enjoy this set. I did a blog post about how these cards were tied into the Coke baseball bottle caps promotion (with a couple of pictures of Brooks Robinson caps):

http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/201...1967-coke.html

The photographer's grandson reached out to me after seeing the post and shared some great documentation regarding the photo shoots for this set, including the lists of players to be photographed. You can see the full story here:

http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/sea...Dexter%20Press

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by Fleerfan

I also really enjoy this set. I did a blog post about how these cards were tied into the Coke baseball bottle caps promotion (with a couple of pictures of Brooks Robinson caps):

The photographer's grandson reached out to me after seeing the post and shared some great documentation regarding the photo shoots for this set, including the lists of players to be photographed. You can see the full story here:

AWESOME read! Thanks for sharing this information related to the Dexter Press cards and how they tied in with the Coke bottle cap promotion.

So cool that so much detailed information was saved to be shared with us collectors. Makes collecting much more enjoyable to get the back story on these items and in this instance mainly from the photographer and the individuals dealing with the promotions prospective.

Keep up the GREAT work!