Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Mark70Z]

Day 268 (September 24, 2020 – 268)

I think all of these sheets have been shown, but I had them scanned so may as well revisit. I remember fondly the Upper Deck commemorative sheets in early 90’s. Oh, and of course they were called limited editions which were limited in the tens of thousands… I’ll be honest I’m unsure how many of these sheets have Brooks contained, but here are the five I have scanned below:

1991 Upper Deck A Tribute to All-Star Heroes – July 8, 1991

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1992 Upper Deck Heroes of Baseball

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1992 Upper Deck “Heroes of Baseball All-Star Game” – July 13, 1992

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1993 Upper Deck Heroes of Baseball – July 12, 1993

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1994 Upper Deck Tribute to the 1964 Season – June 4, 1994 (can't get this one to come up correctly; sorry about that.

Day 268 e 1994 UD Tribute to the 1964 Season June 4 a.jpg

There may be more, but I think the five are good enough for today...

[BaltOrioles]

Yesterday, I posted some team issued postcards of some non-uniformed Orioles personnel. Today, I'll add a few team issued 8x10 photos to the mix.

Included are the core group of general managers that guided the Orioles through years of success from the 60's to their last World Series win in 1983.

Owners Jerold Hoffberger

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General Managers & Asst General Managers Harry Dalton, Frank Cashen, Hank Peters, Roland Hemond and Frank Robinson

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Announcers Chuck Thompson and Jon Miller

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This last guy may not be known by many of you. Len Johnston had a long minor league career before joining the Orioles organization. For over 30 years, Johnston served as a coach for the Bluefield Orioles. After the Orioles cut ties with Bluefield, Johnston as a regular at the spring training minor league camp, even serving as the camp's coordinator until a couple years ago.

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[ripfan008]

Some more stuff for Bill to add to his collection:

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...s-of-auctions/

[Mark70Z]

Day 269 (September 25, 2020 – 269)

I only have one progressive proof of the popular and attractive high number 1967 Topps #600 Brooks Robinson card. This is probably my favorite progressive proof that I have in my collection; I love the look.

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[ksfarmboy]

Damn Mark!, I’m seriously jealous!

[ripfan008]

Good morning,

I know the 1966 Orioles Media Guide was previously pictured on this thread but I was recently able to pick up a leather-bound copy of the media guides of all eight 1966 AL teams. Harry Brecheen, the O's pitching coach in 1966, is the name on the front of the cover, so this may have been something presented to him.

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[BaltOrioles]

I've previously posted examples of Orioles team issued postcards and 8x10 photos. Here's some examples of their lesser known cousins, the team issued 4x5 photos.

I'm unsure how these photos were used, since I don't recall the Orioles selling these directly to the public. I have photos as early as 1954 and as late as the early 1990's, but most of the ones are from the 1970's. Most of them have names printed at the bottom, but not all. A few photos are action shots. Since I have mostly concentrated on the 8x10 head shots, I don't have a good handle on how many players were printed. I have noticed that they don't show up that often and when they do, they tend to be the same poses I already have.

Team issued 4x5 photos

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