Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[ripfan008]

Alan, your post reminded me that in the inaugural year of the Baysox (1993), the company my father worked for (Nabisco) sponsored a day at the stadium. I tried to get as many autographs as I could in a little notebook. Here's the first page of that notebook. WJZ13 was there filming and somewhere my parents still have a tape of 11-year old me on the news standing in line for Brian Dubois' autograph.

The only slightly disappointing note is that I just missed (I think I was 2 back) getting manager Don Buford's autograph and I still haven't been able to meet him.

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Alan, your post reminded me that in the inaugural year of the Baysox (1993), the company my father worked for (Nabisco) sponsored a day at the stadium. I tried to get as many autographs as I could in a little notebook. Here's the first page of that notebook. WJZ13 was there filming and somewhere my parents still have a tape of 11-year old me on the news standing in line for Brian Dubois' autograph.

The only slightly disappointing note is that I just missed (I think I was 2 back) getting manager Don Buford's autograph and I still haven't been able to meet him.

Mike,

That's a cool story. I hope you can find that tape. It's interesting to note that the stadium in Bowie wasn't ready in 1993, so the BaySox played their first season at Memorial Stadium.

1993 Bowie BaySox.jpg

Buford, Don 5.jpg

[roarfrom34]

Mark & Mike...Love those Candy Lids, unfortunately I don't own any although I've always wondered why Topps couldn't use the MLB logos on them.

Anyways, in the final season of Memorial Stadium, Coors made a nice commemorative can to celebrate the occasion.

Here is a production proof of the can (the reverse has each department's signed approval) as well as the can itself:

[ripfan008]

Hi Bill,

I've always read that once Topps had to start paying the Players Association and MLB Baseball separately, they went cheap and just focused on acquiring the players rights for test issues. It's one reason why in the 70's sets like Kellogg's, Burger King, and Hostess started to come out more frequently. Topps would ask that company to acquire the rights for the MLB logos and Topps would supply the player photos.

[BaltOrioles]

Yet another set of minor league photos I'm trying to complete. This time the photos are from the 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds. The Shorebirds have been an Orioles Class A affiliate since 1997. They were affiliated with the Expos in 1996 after relocating from Albany, GA. Ironically, the Albany Polecats had been an Orioles affiliate in 1993-1994.

These color photos are 4x6 and nice quality. I don't know if they were a stadium giveaway or not and exactly how many players were done.

Here are the four photos I have ...

Bobby Rodriguez, Chip Alley, Maleke Fowler and Maximo Heredia

1997 Delmarva Shorebirds (Rodriguez, Bobby).jpg 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds (Alley, Chip).jpg 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds (Fowler, Maleke).jpg 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds (Heredia, Maximo).jpg

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Yet another set of minor league photos I'm trying to complete. This time the photos are from the 1997 Delmarva Shorebirds. The Shorebirds have been an Orioles Class A affiliate since 1997. They were affiliated with the Expos in 1996 after relocating from Albany, GA. Ironically, the Albany Polecats had been an Orioles affiliate in 1993-1994.

These color photos are 4x6 and nice quality. I don't know if they were a stadium giveaway or not and exactly how many players were done.

Alan:

My son lives in Salisbury and is one of the Shorebirds Official Scorers. He hits area flea markets, etc. and I can have him be on the look out for some of these.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Mike,

That's a cool story. I hope you can find that tape. It's interesting to note that the stadium in Bowie wasn't ready in 1993, so the BaySox played their first season at Memorial Stadium.
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Alan,

I didn’t notice at first glance at the BaySox program, but do you notice anything interesting about the drawing of Brooks on the program?

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Alan, your post reminded me that in the inaugural year of the Baysox (1993), the company my father worked for (Nabisco) sponsored a day at the stadium. I tried to get as many autographs as I could in a little notebook. Here's the first page of that notebook. WJZ13 was there filming and somewhere my parents still have a tape of 11-year old me on the news standing in line for Brian Dubois' autograph.

The only slightly disappointing note is that I just missed (I think I was 2 back) getting manager Don Buford's autograph and I still haven't been able to meet him.

Mike,

Great memory. Thanks for sharing with us here.

Back some years ago, while in FL, the company I worked for stored Nabisco Foods products. We did this until I believe 2005 when they were sold to Kraft. Most of the product went to their mixing center.