Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[BaltOrioles]

In 1960 and 1961, Leesburg Florida was the home of the Orioles Class D affiliate in the Florida State League. Neither team was very successful on the field, but did produce a couple future major leaguers.

The 1960 Leesburg Orioles finished with a record of 53-80 in front of an average crowd of 249 fans. Sam Bowens is the only player from that team to play in Baltimore.

1960 Program

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If you think attendance in 1960 was poor, the 1961 Orioles averaged 156 fans, finishing with a record of 56-80. The Orioles went through three managers that year, including Billy DeMars and future Orioles coaches, Ray Scarborough and player/manager, Cal Ripken Sr. Future Oriole and no hit pitcher Tom Phoebus pitched to a 1-12 record.

1961 Program

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With such poor attendance figures, I feel very lucky to have found programs from both years.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

In 1960 and 1961, Leesburg Florida was the home of the Orioles Class D affiliate in the Florida State League. Neither team was very successful on the field, but did produce a couple future major leaguers.

The 1960 Leesburg Orioles finished with a record of 53-80 in front of an average crowd of 249 fans. Sam Bowens is the only player from that team to play in Baltimore.

1960 Program If you think attendance in 1960 was poor, the 1961 Orioles averaged 156 fans, finishing with a record of 56-80. The Orioles went through three managers that year, including Billy DeMars and future Orioles coaches, Ray Scarborough and player/manager, Cal Ripken Sr. Future Oriole and no hit pitcher Tom Phoebus pitched to a 1-12 record.

1961 Program With such poor attendance figures, I feel very lucky to have found programs from both years.

That stadium doesn’t look like too great of a field. When I was in HS we had nicer fields to play on than in Leesburg.

You’re correct; would think it would be almost nothing as far as memorabilia goes. Great looking programs!

[Mark70Z]

Day 77 (March 17, 2020 – 077)

This piece is still in the factory seal, so I haven’t watched it. It’s an ESPN The Legends of Baseball VHS tape from 1996 narrated by Roy Firestone. There’s another VHS tape with a slightly different setup on the front, but I figure one’s enough.

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I think it’s such a cool color action shot from an away game of Brooks used on the VHS tape, but it’s small compared to Aaron. So, thought I’d show a card/s that used the same image.

1991 Legends Anaheim – Silver and Gold

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I should have scanned these cards better; sorry about that…

[roarfrom34]

Donruss trading card that I had signed by both Cal Ripken Jr. & Raymond Berry

[BaltOrioles]

As we work our way through the Orioles minor league affiliates, today's post discusses the 1961 Tri City Atoms/Braves. Tri-City played in the Northwest League as a Class B affiliate and represented the cities of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland Washington. They finished a dismal 49-90 in front of an average of 544 fans.

Gordon Sundin and Steve Dalkowski both appeared for the team. Sundin appeared in one game for the Orioles in 1956, while Dalkowski could never find the strike zone enough to live up to the hype his fastball created.

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Gordon Sundin

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Steve Dalkowski

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

As we work our way through the Orioles minor league affiliates, today's post discusses the 1961 Tri City Atoms/Braves. Tri-City played in the Northwest League as a Class B affiliate and represented the cities of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland Washington. They finished a dismal 49-90 in front of an average of 544 fans.

Gordon Sundin and Steve Dalkowski both appeared for the team. Sundin appeared in one game for the Orioles in 1956, while Dalkowski could never find the strike zone enough to live up to the hype his fastball created.

Gordon Sundin

Steve Dalkowski

I guess with that type of record I understand the attendance. That is a nice looking program though. Thanks for getting me up to speed on the Orioles affiliates. As you can see I'm a novice (BUT learning ).

[Mark70Z]

Day 78 (March 18, 2020 – 078)

Today we have a few publications, which were high quality in my view, from 1993. The first was a newsstand edition from July/August of 1993 with nice artwork of Brooks on the cover.

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Next was a 1993 July/August Hobby Edition with again with nice cover artwork of Brooks.

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Thought this was a little odd, but this is a Goal Line Art mail out for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Art Series. The mailed sheet is a price guide for the HOF Art Series. Why they would use a reprinted baseball shot for a football art series is beyond me, BUT it had Brooks on it, so I kept the thing…

Goal Line Art Series

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Donruss trading card that I had signed by both Cal Ripken Jr. & Raymond Berry

Bill,

Very nice card. When I was young my dad would talk about Raymond Berry often and was his favorite receiver. He always said that Johnny U wouldn't have been the same without Berry. He became a favorite of mine due to my dad's influence. When we lived in MD a lot of the Colts current players used to work for the same company in the off season that my father did and some were employed after their retirement. He met and traveled with a number of Colt players during this time. He brought me autographs home quite often. I'm unsure what I did with all of the signed pieces I was given, but in several moves and years later I have no idea what happened to them.