Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

As I have been something of a burden to one of the main contributors here (Hi, Alan!) I thought I might try and contribute a little about the main subject here.

Jeff,

Good to have you contributing to the thread. You aren't bothering me. I'm happy we could work out a deal that helped us both out and I've made a new friend.

I thought I would post this for you today. I know you are a big Paul Blair guy. This is an example of the Orioles block letter jersey used from 1963-1965. Unfortunately, the year tag on this jersey has been torn off. I can see where it was, but without it, I can't be positive of the year or who wore it. It was probably either Joe Gaines or Paul Blair. The jersey is size 38 and Blair was smaller than Gaines, so I'm leaning towards Blair. Either way, I'm happy to have an example in my collection.

19641965 JerseyHome White #6 (Joe GainesPaul Blair) A.jpg 19641965 JerseyHome White #6 (Joe GainesPaul Blair) B.jpg

Gaines, Joe 1.jpg Blair, Paul (Don Wingfield).jpg

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

I thought I would post this for you today. I know you are a big Paul Blair guy. This is an example of the Orioles block letter jersey used from 1963-1965. Unfortunately, the year tag on this jersey has been torn off. I can see where it was, but without it, I can't be positive of the year or who wore it. It was probably either Joe Gaines or Paul Blair. The jersey is size 38 and Blair was smaller than Gaines, so I'm leaning towards Blair. Either way, I'm happy to have an example in my collection.

Alan,

I've always like the BLOCK letter jerseys and this is one nice one...

[OriolesHOF]

Just picked up a '56 Orioles Game Used home jersey worn by Jim Dyck. Love the flannel and the laughing bird patch.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by OriolesHOF

Just picked up a '56 Orioles Game Used home jersey worn by Jim Dyck. Love the flannel and the laughing bird patch.

Hal,

Very nice! Now you have the HOME and AWAY jersey with the laughing bird patch. Those make for great displays.

[Mark70Z]

Day 143 (May 22, 2020 – 143)

I like going through The Sporting News back in the day and reading some of the articles. One of my favorite things to find in them was the large ads and hopefully there’s one with Brooks or some of the other Oriole player pictured. While I wont usually feature an ad in the thread this is a large ad for the 1973 Rawlings Gold Glove winners. Of the nine American League winners you have four Orioles that won the award; there’s Bobby Grich, Mark Belanger, Paul Blair and Brooks Robinson.

1973 TSN Rawlings ad

Day 143 Ad 1973 TSN Rawlings GG Award.jpg

Here’s an Orioles parking pass for 1973 just for the fun of it.

Day 143 1973 Special Parking.jpg