Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[roarfrom34]

Mark....

While Brooks & Bob Lemon were signing free autographs in Ocean City, the Orioles played further north in Fenway Park.

Cal Ripken hit his 172nd career Home Run off Bruce Hurst that game, perhaps more importantly it also marked his 1000th consecutive game.

Here is the umpires lineup card:

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Mark....

While Brooks & Bob Lemon were signing free autographs in Ocean City, the Orioles played further north in Fenway Park.

Cal Ripken hit his 172nd career Home Run off Bruce Hurst that game, perhaps more importantly it also marked his 1000th consecutive game.

Here is the umpires lineup card:

Bill,

I was at that game.

I'll have to check if I still have the ticket stub.

[jp1216]

The thought of me contributing anything to a thread like this........
The one and only Orioles ticket I have is from 5/25/88..... Why? It's the weekend series in Boston when the famous Billy FF picture was taken. What are the odds...?

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by jp1216

The thought of me contributing anything to a thread like this........
The one and only Orioles ticket I have is from 5/25/88..... Why? It's the weekend series in Boston when the famous Billy FF picture was taken. What are the odds...?

Framed ticket with the card would make for a great display!

[Mark70Z]

Day 178 (June 26, 2020 – 178)

When I was young, I didn’t really like the look of the Topps 1968 set, but now think it’s a great looking set. Topps went with the burlap meshed look and you’ve probably noticed the first series had a wider-messed burlap than on the remaining series of cards; unsure as to why the change.

1968 Topps #20

Day 178 a 1968 Topps #20.jpg
Day 178 b 1968 Topps #20 back.jpg

1968 Topps #20 blank backed

Day 178 c 1968 Topps #20 blank back.jpg
Day 178 d 1968 Topps #20 blank back (2).jpg

[BaltOrioles]

I've posted a few of these before. I'm not sure what they are actually called, but I refer to them as publicity sheets. They were used by newspapers and magazines, if they needed a photo of a player to insert in their publication. Many of these photos were cut up into individual photos, have missing photos cut from the sheet or have marks/notations on them from the newspapers/magazines. I really enjoy these sheets. A team set each year consists of 3-5 sheets. Morton Tadder also produced some of these each year, but these are not the Tadder versions.

Here are some of the complete sheets I have featuring Cal Ripken Jr. Cal had an amazing career and is featured on countless items. It's always amazed me on the number of items that spelled his name incorrectly. In 1991 and 1992, Cal's name was misspelled Ripkin, even though Billy's name was correct.

1985

1985 Team 1.jpg

1986

1986 Team 2.jpg

1987

1987 Team 2.JPG

1989

1989 Team 3.jpg

1990

1990 Team 3.jpg

1991 Spelled Ripkin

1991 Team 3.jpg

1992 Spelled Ripkin

1992 Team 3.jpg

1993

1993 Team 2.jpg

1994

1994 Team 3.JPG

1995

1995 Team 3.jpg

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

I've posted a few of these before. I'm not sure what they are actually called, but I refer to them as publicity sheets.

Here are some of the complete sheets I have featuring Cal Ripken Jr. Cal had an amazing career and is featured on countless items. It's always amazed me on the number of items that spelled his name incorrectly. In 1991 and 1992, Cal's name was misspelled Ripkin, even though Billy's name was correct.

Alan...

There are a few publicity sheets with Cal Jr. & Billy here I have never seen before (thanks for sharing).

As far as the misspelling of "Ripkin" is concerned, that has always frustrated me as well although I think you'll find it interesting that both Cal Sr. and Cal Jr. have had their names misspelled going way back to their respective High School Yearbooks (and probably before that):