Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Alan:

Since I started this project well before the internet, it was somewhat challenging to get a hold of some of these players...

Just an example was that I couldn't get Dan Graham to respond (who knows if I had his correct address), anyways (long story) I was able to locate his mother of all people and she told me to send my card to her and that she'd see that he sign it (and he did!).

Since I had duplicates of these cards, I would always offer to send them one back if they wanted (which I think helped with responses too).

Bill,

I appreciate all the effort you go through to get your items autographed. Maybe it's growing up in Maine and not having much access to players, but I never got passionate about getting a lot of my stuff autographed. I prefer to get items signed in person, so spring training is where I get most of my autographs. I also get many of them personalized to me. It seems to help get a little better autograph in these days of scribbles.

[stevelucille]

Those Topps 3D cards are so cool. I think they are head and shoulders above the Kelloggs cards. The first 2 years of Kelloggs are interesting then they seemed to lose something.

Question I've wondered about. Do the Topps 3D cards have the same problem with bending and cracking over time? I don't recall ever seeing one that has the same issues as many Kelloggs.
At one time I had uncut sheets of the 1970 Kelloggs and 1972(?) Old Gold HOF 3D sets. I was young at the time and didn't appreciate what I had. But man those things rolled themselves up like a burrito!

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by stevelucille

Question I've wondered about. Do the Topps 3D cards have the same problem with bending and cracking over time? I don't recall ever seeing one that has the same issues as many Kelloggs.
At one time I had uncut sheets of the 1970 Kelloggs and 1972(?) Old Gold HOF 3D sets. I was young at the time and didn't appreciate what I had. But man those things rolled themselves up like a burrito!

Steve,

I've only handled one 1968 Topps 3D and it's been awhile since I've had it out of it's case, but I think they're slightly thicker than the Kelloggs cards. I've stored my 1968 card in a screw down case for many years with no issues yet. I've also been lucky with my Kelloggs cards. I store them in Ultra Pro sheets and they have stayed flat and haven't cracked. I just collect Orioles cards, so the cards in pages around the Kelloggs cards are regular cardboard. I not sure if that has helped keeping them uncracked and flat. I have heard people from humid areas of the country complain about their Kelloggs cards curling. I assume getting them stored before they start to curl goes a long way to preserving them.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by stevelucille

Those Topps 3D cards are so cool. I think they are head and shoulders above the Kelloggs cards. The first 2 years of Kelloggs are interesting then they seemed to lose something.

Question I've wondered about. Do the Topps 3D cards have the same problem with bending and cracking over time? I don't recall ever seeing one that has the same issues as many Kelloggs.
At one time I had uncut sheets of the 1970 Kelloggs and 1972(?) Old Gold HOF 3D sets. I was young at the time and didn't appreciate what I had. But man those things rolled themselves up like a burrito!

I may be incorrect, but I thought they were both made by XOGRAPH.

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

I may be incorrect, but I thought they were both made by XOGRAPH.

They were both done by XOGRAPH. I just pulled my 1968 Topps 3D Boog Powell out of the case and you can disregard my earlier statement. They feel the same thickness to me.

[Mark70Z]

Posted for Clint (ksfarmboy)

Early 80's game used Orioles helmet with ear flap for a left handed batter (player unknown).

Orioles helmet.jpg

[Mark70Z]

Day 114 (April 23, 2020 – 114)

The Sunday News Family Weekly is a newspaper insert and pictures a young Brooks in a very cool, color, batting stance photo. The Family weekly is dated April 23, 1972 with the article entitled, “Family Weekly’s All Stars”.

Family Weekly Sunday News April 23, 1972

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[roarfrom34]

Clint...I love those style batting helmets! can you at least see an outline of a number on the bill?

Mark...Love that Family Weekly publication but it's crazy that they used a photo of Brooks that appears to be like nine years old!

Here is a neat LeRoy Neiman 1984 framed poster of Mike Boddicker (signed by Mike):