Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[ripfan008]

Good morning,

Mark- I've never seen that 8 x 10 Brenner Brooks photo before. Very nice.

I recently purchased several magazines featuring Cal Ripken from a gentleman selling his collection. Included were some oddball ones, including Fit Pregnancy Magazine and a 1999 Miami Heat Magazine.

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However, also included was an issue of Wax Pack Magazine that had an article where Bill listed his Top 10 Rarest Cal Items.

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Bill, do you still have that Stroh's photoball? I've certainly never seen one before.

[BaltOrioles]

Until around 1999, the Orioles produced glossy 8x10 photos of most of their players. The vast majority of those photos were head shots. I've previously posted examples, including a few yesterday.

Occasionally the Orioles used full length photos, instead of head shots. These type of photos show up much less often than the traditional head shots.

Here are a few examples from the 1960-1963 era, including Brooks Robinson

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Until around 1999, the Orioles produced glossy 8x10 photos of most of their players. The vast majority of those photos were head shots. I've previously posted examples, including a few yesterday.

Occasionally the Orioles used full length photos, instead of head shots. These type of photos show up much less often than the traditional head shots.

Here are a few examples from the 1960-1963 era, including Brooks Robinson

Alan,

Very NICE! Of course I like the Brooksie example the best...

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Good morning,

Mark- I've never seen that 8 x 10 Brenner Brooks photo before. Very nice.

I recently purchased several magazines featuring Cal Ripken from a gentleman selling his collection. Included were some oddball ones, including Fit Pregnancy Magazine and a 1999 Miami Heat Magazine.

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However, also included was an issue of Wax Pack Magazine that had an article where Bill listed his Top 10 Rarest Cal Items.

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Bill, do you still have that Stroh's photoball? I've certainly never seen one before.

We have “another” celebrity in our mix (the other is Alan of course).

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Good morning,

However, also included was an issue of Wax Pack Magazine that had an article where Bill listed his Top 10 Rarest Cal Items.

Bill, do you still have that Stroh's photoball? I've certainly never seen one before.

Hi Mike:

How ironic that a month or so ago I was going through some tabloid newspaper size pieces in my collection and I ran across that very paper!..Hard to believe that it came out over a quarter-century ago & most of the items on that list are still very desirable to this day (I've still only seen one yellow Thom Mc An disc).

Anyways, regarding the Stroh's Photo Ball, over the years I've come to the realization that it most likely was a stadium giveaway item in Rochester the day that the Orioles came to play an exhibition game (which used to be an annual thing)..The only reason I say that is that both balls I have came from Rochester area collections and both have autographs on them...One I have is signed by all three in sharpie and this one just by Altobelli:



These baseballs are very similar to ones produced as "Major League Picture Baseballs" from 1983 which were sold in hobby stores/card shows & picture Eddie, CRJ, Bumbry & Singleton:

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

However, also included was an issue of Wax Pack Magazine that had an article where Bill listed his Top 10 Rarest Cal Items.

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Bill,

Nice story.

Just curious if your top ten list has changed since the article was printed. I'm excited that I have 5 items off the list.

[BaltOrioles]

For anyone interested, here's the ugly Ajax Dog Food card of Cal Ripken Jr, mentioned in Bill's article. Depending on who you talk to, it's either worthless or highly sought after.

1983 Ajax Dog Food

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