Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[roarfrom34]

Here is a team signed Charlotte Orioles bat from 1980 (Southern League Champs; including Cal Jr. #12)...I did a little research and I think the bat itself probably belonged to a Jesus Alvarez who last played in Charlotte in '77 (misspelled) and probably was stashed away in an equipment room:

[roarfrom34]

Congrats to Buck Showalter for getting the Mets managerial job...I know I posted this awhile back, but here is a signed bat of his from his professional playing days (AA West Haven Yankees 1978-79)...

I purchased the bat years ago off this site & had Buck sign it at an Orioles Fan Fest (who was amazed that it still existed):

[ripfan008]

Good morning,

I recently picked up some more magazines from Japan that feature Cal. Three are from 3 consecutive years of Baseball Previews (1996-98), while the other three are from Major League Magazine.

Ripken Japanese magazines 1.jpg

Ripken Japanese magazines 2.jpg

I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Good morning,

I recently picked up some more magazines from Japan that feature Cal. Three are from 3 consecutive years of Baseball Previews (1996-98), while the other three are from Major League Magazine.

Mike,

Very nice. I've never seen any of those before.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Good morning,

I recently picked up some more magazines from Japan that feature Cal. Three are from 3 consecutive years of Baseball Previews (1996-98), while the other three are from Major League Magazine.

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I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Wow! Very COOL… I haven’t seen any of those publications before. Always love the foreign magazines. Congrats on the pickups and thanks for sharing.

Merry Christmas to all!!!

[BaltOrioles]

I just saw where former Orioles minor leaguer Kimera Bartee passed away at age 49. While Bartee never played for the Orioles, he did spend time with the Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies. His biggest contribution to the Orioles was that he was the player to be named later, that brought Scott Erickson to the O's from the Minnesota Twins.

My spring training seats are right by first base and Kimera was always very friendly with the fans, while coaching 1st base for the Tigers, when they visited Sarasota.

I don't have much of him in my collection, but did find he was included in the Orioles set inserted into the 1994 programs. An interesting set that not only included players from the major league roster, but most of their minor league players. Set included 108 cards (12 sheets of 9). Here's the sheet that included Bartee.


1994 Orioles program set

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[roarfrom34]

I recently picked up this Brooks Robinson UPI/Sport Magazine press photo of him from one of the 1961 All Star Games mainly because I thought it was neat and also because it was taken only four days after I was born:




Happy Holidays to all!

[Mark70Z]

Hope you guys have a wonderful New Years Day! I’ll definitely try to post more this year and thankful that Orioles items are being shared.