Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

ripfan008 · #1 06-17-2020, 08:37 AM

That Brooks ad wasn't the one I was referring to but I went through the 1983 and '84 Yearbooks and all of the programs from those years again. I found an ad in the 1984 Program with Cal on the front cover that answered my question but it wasn't the original one I had seen (which was an entire back cover ad). Apparently, the cards you received for testing driving a Dodge were 1984 Topps Orioles cards. It's a shame, I was really hoping that there was some obscure Dodge Orioles issue out there to hunt down.

1984 O's Program with Cal.jpg

1984 O's Program ad.jpg

ripfan008 · #2 06-17-2020, 08:55 AM

And speaking of ads, there was one in a 1996 Inside Pitch Magazine with Eddie on the cover (that magazine is in my storage unit and I don't have a picture of it right now) for a show called "Orioles of the 1950's" coming in October 1996 to Baltimore County Community College. Autograph guests of the show included 15+ members of the 1950's Orioles, including Brooks, Don Larsen, and Gene Woodling. It was $45 for a VIP ticket to meet all of the 1950's Orioles.

I grew up 5 minutes from BCCC and never heard about that show until I was re-reading that magazine a few years ago. So many of the 1950's Orioles are now gone and with the passing of Mike McCormick and others, we are losing the 1960's Orioles as well. It also goes to show you how hard pre-internet advertising was. They clearly didn't advertise over TV or radio O's games because I watched every game that year, as it was the first playoff-bound O's team I remember.

roarfrom34 · #3 06-17-2020, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ripfan008

And speaking of ads, there was one in a 1996 Inside Pitch Magazine with Eddie on the cover (that magazine is in my storage unit and I don't have a picture of it right now) for a show called "Orioles of the 1950's" coming in October 1996 to Baltimore County Community College. Autograph guests of the show included 15+ members of the 1950's Orioles, including Brooks, Don Larsen, and Gene Woodling. It was $45 for a VIP ticket to meet all of the 1950's Orioles.

I grew up 5 minutes from BCCC and never heard about that show until I was re-reading that magazine a few years ago. So many of the 1950's Orioles are now gone and with the passing of Mike McCormick and others, we are losing the 1960's Orioles as well. It also goes to show you how hard pre-internet advertising was. They clearly didn't advertise over TV or radio O's games because I watched every game that year, as it was the first playoff-bound O's team I remember.

Mike:

I was fortunate to be at that show one of the days (I think the Friday) and it was a pretty good one....I remember it being right in the middle of their playoff run so there was a lot of excitement.

The promoter was one that usually held shows in the Pittsburgh area (and I think they still do) and they advertised pretty heavily in the hobby publications of the day (and Inside Pitch).

You don't often see card/autographs shows advertised on MLB broadcasts....I think the people they are targeting were the ones that read SCD, Tuff Stuff, Orioles Gazette, etc.

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