Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[roarfrom34]

Alan...Back in Post #2475 you asked if I could post the baseballs that were painted by the same artist that painted my Ripken bat.

It appears as if I had traded the Murray away, but here is the Brooks & Cal Jr.:

[BaltOrioles]

Bill,

Those painted baseballs are awesome.

Mark,

The Brooks Robinson PM10 pins are extremely tough to find and costly when they show up. Even the "common" PM10 pins of the Orioles are hard to find.

I have the Jim Gentile and Gus Trianson pins. I believe there are a few other PM10 Orioles out there. Jerry Walker comes to mind. Anyone know of others for sure?


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[Mark70Z]

Day 359 (December 24, 2020 – 359)

A couple of photos of Connie Robinson featured with Brooks included in a couple.

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Day 359 b Photo Oriole Wives.jpg
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Day 359 d Photo 1963 Dick Darcey.jpg

[JollyElm]

I gotta ask, why is Andy Etchebarren catching lefty??? Huh??

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I gotta ask, why is Andy Etchebarren catching lefty??? Huh??

When the Orioles would have their Players vs. Wives games all the guys would play with their opposite hand.

[roarfrom34]

About 10 years ago I won this from one of the Topps Vault auctions and it's a document that Topps had a very young Cal Jr. sign three times for when they used his autograph on cards (the very first one being the '82 Topps Traded):



Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

[BaltOrioles]

I remember Bob Bonner with the Orioles in the early 1980's. I remember him leaving baseball to pursue his ministry activities (I AM Ministries International)

Some of you may have already seen this article posted on another thread, but I thought I would share. Very interesting story at the end of the article that I had never heard before.

https://internationalafricanmissions.org/about.html


Here's a few Bob Bonner items.


1982 Topps Bob Bonner Rookie Card

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1982 Orioles Mort Tadder 8x10 photo

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Orioles team issued & Mel Bailey postcards

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[roarfrom34]

I've had the pleasure of meeting Bobby on a couple occasions and he couldn't have been a nicer guy. He did write an autobiography a few years ago and I'd recommended it to anyone (Oriole fan or not).

Earlier in the year I did post an Orioles game used jersey of his but here is a perfect opportunity to post one from Rochester:

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

About 10 years ago I won this from one of the Topps Vault auctions and it's a document that Topps had a very young Cal Jr. sign three times for when they used his autograph on cards (the very first one being the '82 Topps Traded):



Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

Very COOL!

[Mark70Z]

Day 360 (December 25, 2020 – 360)

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

I’ve had the opportunity, on several occasions, to visit Baltimore’s Tadder Associates, Inc. The company did Commercial Photography, but in my case Tadder Associates meant more than commercial photos. Morton (Mort) Tadder, along with his company, did a lot of the photography for the Baltimore Orioles back in the day (around 44 years’ worth). Growing up most of the team photos, programs, player portraits, yearbooks, etc. had the name TADDER on the bottom. As a kid, growing up in the Baltimore area Tadder, to me, was like one of my favorite Oriole team members.

Morton, at first, really didn’t want to sell me, just an individual and not a company, any photographs, but his assistant Lillian Crowley allowed me the opportunity to purchase a limited few. I was very happy to have a few cool Oriole pictures he had taken. Over the years both Morton and Lillian sent me some pictures for my collection until Morton retired a number of years ago. By the way Lillian and her husband own Lombard Hardware and Tool Rental in Baltimore; go see them and purchase something (they are great people!).
Why a post about Tadder Associates on Christmas? When Morton retired he gave me a gift; he sent me a Brooks Robinson picture that he had taken during a ’70 World Series game at Riverfront Stadium. The picture hung in his office, which is about 15”x40” and now resides in my house in a prominent place. So sad to hear the news this year about Mort; he'll be missed.

Day 360 a Brooks Leaping Large Tadder.jpg

This picture of Brooks leaping was featured on the cover of the 1971 Sports Quarterly Baseball magazine.

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Quote: “I loved acknowledging the subtle arrogance of Hall of Famer Rod Carew’s drag bunt. The sleight-of-hand of Brooks Robinson magically reducing a double into 5-3 putouts. The towering arc of a Ted Williams a monster shot deposited in the bleachers high. The classic confrontation of the best hitter against the best pitcher, and the immaculately executed bullet of a double play.” – Sportscaster Dick Enberg

End the day with a picture of my daughter from a couple years ago sporting a new white panel Orioles hat. She’s wearing her Christmas CFA (Central Florida Athletics) Panthers cheer shirt to celebrate Christmas, or in her team’s words “Clawsmas”.

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