Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[quitcrab]

Thanks Mark for the Rockwell info.., I am to lazy to look it up... what did the painting sell for at Heritage? I think Brooks got it for a steal at 200000.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

Thanks Mark for the Rockwell info.., I am to lazy to look it up... what did the painting sell for at Heritage? I think Brooks got it for a steal at 200000.

The "Gee, Thanks Brooks" within the Heritage auction was offered via Private Treaty. Think a Private Treaty the seller/dealer decides to put a fixed price on their property or item and a price range. Now who bought it or was it bought I don’t know.

[Mark70Z]

You guys...Those foreign magazines are really cool! I wish back in the day they would have featured more players from the US than they did. There are a few, but are scarce for sure.

[Mark70Z]

Day 127 (May 6, 2020 – 127)

Most of the photos of the 1959 Mounties team shot, with Brooks’ head shot pictured, are copies of the original. I know I have one in my collection that’s a copy; I purchased it cheaply just to have one since at the time I didn’t have an original example. Below is an original (hopefully I scanned the original) 1959 Vancouver Mounties PCL team photo.

Day 127 a 1959 Vancouver Mounties 1.jpg

Here’s another picture of Brooks in his minor league uniform receiving an award while he was with the 1959 Mounties.

Day 127 b Photo Mounties.jpg

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

Thanks Mark for the Rockwell info.., I am to lazy to look it up... what did the painting sell for at Heritage? I think Brooks got it for a steal at 200000.

I read the reason that Brooks "got it for a steal" was that once it was known that he was bidding on it, other potential bidders backed off out of respect so that Brooks could win it.

Brooks loaned the painting to the Sports Legends Museum next to Camden Yards and I know that every time I went in, I made a point to go look at it.

[roarfrom34]

2001 Topps Combo Cal Ripken Jr./Lou Gehrig card displayed along with it's original artwork:

[ripfan008]

Thank you for the compliments on the Japanese magazines with Cal.

I found a few more foreign magazines as I was organizing my collection.

One more from Japan:

Japanese Magazine_Sports Numbers- Ripken.jpg

One from France:

French Magazine- Ripken.jpg

And one from Germany with an article on Cal (I love the name 'Der Marathon-Mann'!):

German Magazine front cover- Ripken.jpg

German Magazine inside- Ripken.jpg

[ksfarmboy]

Nice candy lids Mark. I’d like someone to customize the hat logo onto those.

[BaltOrioles]

The cars are packed and we leave Sarasota tomorrow morning for the trek back to Maine (1,600 miles). This will be my last post for a few days as we work our way up the east coast. Plenty of stuff to dig out and share when I get home.

Today, I'm talking Hall of Fame Games in Cooperstown, NY.

Wikipedia says

"Each year from 1940 to 2008, Doubleday Field hosted the Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league squads. Originally, the game and induction ceremony for new Hall of Fame members were held on the same day, a Monday. Starting in 1979, the induction ceremony was moved to Sunday, with the game played on Monday. Starting in 2003, the game was scheduled in May or June, to better accommodate the participating teams' travel schedules.

As MLB's last remaining in-season exhibition game, its results did not count in the official standings, and substitute players were generally used to avoid injury to starters. The curiosity factor of two teams from different leagues playing each other in this game outside of a World Series or spring training situation was eventually removed in 1997 with the launch of interleague play, further reducing the game's cachet.

On January 29, 2008, Major League Baseball announced that the final Hall of Fame Game would be played on June 16, 2008, between the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres, citing "the inherent challenges" of scheduling teams in the modern day as the reason for ending the annual contest. However, the contest was canceled on account of rain, making the 2007 matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays the last Hall of Fame Game that was played."

The Orioles were invited to play in the game 6 times, but the 1990 game was rained out. Here are programs and tickets from the games. I was at the Hall of Fame in 1983, 1990 and 2007.

1961 Game vs Los Angeles Dodgers (LA 6 O's 2)

1961 Hall of Fame Game.jpg


1967 Game vs Cincinnati Reds (O's 3 Reds 0)

1967 Hall of Fame Game.jpg

1967 Hall of Fame Game #1.jpg 1967 Hall of Fame Game #2.jpg


1983 Game vs St. Louis Cardinals (Cards 4 O's 1)

1983 Hall of Fame Game 1.jpg 1983 Hall of Fame Game.jpg


1990 Game vs Montreal Expos (Canceled - Rain)

1990 Hall of Fame Game.jpg


1998 Game vs Toronto Blue Jays (O's 7 Blue Jays 1)

1998 Hall of Fame Game A.jpg 1998 Hall of Fame Game.jpg


2007 Game vs Toronto Blue Jays (O's 13 Blue Jays 7)

2007 Hall of Fame Game A.jpg 2007 Hall of Fame Game.jpg

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

The cars are packed and we leave Sarasota tomorrow morning for the trek back to Maine (1,600 miles). This will be my last post for a few days as we work our way up the east coast. Plenty of stuff to dig out and share when I get home.

Today, I'm talking Hall of Fame Games in Cooperstown, NY.

Wikipedia says

"Each year from 1940 to 2008, Doubleday Field hosted the Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league squads. Originally, the game and induction ceremony for new Hall of Fame members were held on the same day, a Monday. Starting in 1979, the induction ceremony was moved to Sunday, with the game played on Monday. Starting in 2003, the game was scheduled in May or June, to better accommodate the participating teams' travel schedules.

As MLB's last remaining in-season exhibition game, its results did not count in the official standings, and substitute players were generally used to avoid injury to starters. The curiosity factor of two teams from different leagues playing each other in this game outside of a World Series or spring training situation was eventually removed in 1997 with the launch of interleague play, further reducing the game's cachet.

On January 29, 2008, Major League Baseball announced that the final Hall of Fame Game would be played on June 16, 2008, between the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres, citing "the inherent challenges" of scheduling teams in the modern day as the reason for ending the annual contest. However, the contest was canceled on account of rain, making the 2007 matchup between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays the last Hall of Fame Game that was played."

The Orioles were invited to play in the game 6 times, but the 1990 game was rained out. Here are programs and tickets from the games. I was at the Hall of Fame in 1983, 1990 and 2007.

1983 Game vs St. Louis Cardinals (Cards 4 O's 1)

Alan,

All those are very nice! I, of course, especially like the 1983 example and tickets.

I bet when you get home you're going to be doing some digging for more great items!!!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

2001 topps combo cal ripken jr./lou gehrig card displayed along with it's original artwork:

love it!!

[Mark70Z]

Day 128 (May 7, 2020 – 128)

The 1964 Wheaties Stamps were a 50-stamp release and measure approximately 2 1/2” x 2 3/4”. The set was designed to lead up to the 1964 All Star Game at Shea. They used a picture of Brooks in a batting pose with the cool looking Oriole bird on his sleeve.

1964 Wheaties Stamp

Day 128 a 1964 Wheaties Stamp.jpg

Does anyone happen to have the Wheaties Major League All-Star Baseball Player Stamp Album? I know I don’t…

Keeping with the same year, in 1964 Topps Stand-Ups were another great set consisting of 77 cards. They are blank-backed and unnumbered cards. They were meant to be punched out which allows them to stand on the green base, but the majority (possibly all) of collectors desire them unpunched.

Mike (Baseballcrazy62) is doing a 1964 Topps Stand-Up autograph chase. At last count he was at thirty-seven cards in the set signed. I don’t have an autographed Brooks example, but he does; quite nice.

1964 Topps Stand-Up

Day 128 b 1964 Topps Standup.jpg

[quitcrab]

Mark
The Brooks Stand Up is sweet... send that in for grading if the back is clean!
The 64 Wheaties are a nice set with nice color photography. Easy to put together and fairly inexpensive compared to other sets of the 60s.

[roarfrom34]

Unique Japanese magazine that not only re-capped the '83 MLB season but the World Series as well....Also has a neat four page spread on the '71 Orioles visit.