Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Recently picked up this 2016 GU batting helmet of the recently retired Adam Jones that I was able to photomatch:

I don’t check the tread as much as I should, but love some of the GU pickups you’ve acquired. I really need to get at least one item Adam Jones related one day.

[BaltOrioles]

I just got a text from Bill Haelig that another ex-Oriole has died. Dwight Smith Sr passed away at age 58. He spent most of his career with the Cubs.

Dwight played 28 games and batted .311 for the Orioles in 1994.

Dwight's son, Dwight Smith Jr, also played for the Orioles in 2019-2020. I believe that along with the Ripkens and the Raines, they are the only father/son combos to wear the O's uniform at the major league level. There have been other former Orioles sons to play in the organization at the minor league level. Remind me if I'm forgetting someone.

RIP Dwight

Photos of Dwight Smith Sr and Jr

Smith, Dwight 1 - Copy.jpg Smith, Dwight Jr 1 - Copy.JPG

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Dwight's son, Dwight Smith Jr, also played for the Orioles in 2019-2020. I believe that along with the Ripkens and the Raines, they are the only father/son combos to wear the O's uniform at the major league level. There have been other former Orioles sons to play in the organization at the minor league level. Remind me if I'm forgetting someone.

RIP Dwight

Photos of Dwight Smith Sr and Jr

Attachment 526292 Attachment 526293

Two more father/son sets that come to mind are:

-Bob/Terry Kennedy
-John O'Donoghue/John O'Donoghue

Interestingly, when the younger O'Donoghue made the majors I wrote him a letter asking him to sign an index card and to add Jr. to his name & when he responded he included a note that he wasn't a Jr. (I think it had something to do with their middle names or something)....

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Two more father/son sets that come to mind are:

-Bob/Terry Kennedy
-John O'Donoghue/John O'Donoghue

Interestingly, when the younger O'Donoghue made the majors I wrote him a letter asking him to sign an index card and to add Jr. to his name & when he responded he included a note that he wasn't a Jr. (I think it had something to do with their middle names or something)....

Of course... How could I forget. That's what happens when you post something in 90+ degree weather. And I'm in Maine, not Florida.

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Two more father/son sets that come to mind are:

-Bob/Terry Kennedy
-John O'Donoghue/John O'Donoghue

Interestingly, when the younger O'Donoghue made the majors I wrote him a letter asking him to sign an index card and to add Jr. to his name & when he responded he included a note that he wasn't a Jr. (I think it had something to do with their middle names or something)....

OK, so I had to take a look exactly what he wrote me:

[roarfrom34]

I saw that Will Clark had his #22 retired by the SF Giants last evening. When Will got to the Orioles in 2000, he wore #12 then switched to #23 the next season (his final one)..Here is his locker nameplate from the '01 season:

[Chstrite]

Love the locker name plates. I have a Mullins. Saw a few obscure player locker name plates at the game used store at Camden Yards recently. Thanks for sharing!

[quitcrab]

Anyone interested in a 1973 color transparency from Topps of Brooks Robinson please PM me. Thanks Scott

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

I saw that Will Clark had his #22 retired by the SF Giants last evening. When Will got to the Orioles in 2000, he wore #12 then switched to #23 the next season (his final one)..Here is his locker nameplate from the '01 season:

Very cool! Thanks for sharing... Love the name plates; I have exactly ZERO name plates. You have a Brooks example don't you?

[Mark70Z]

I don't really collect much modern, but this is an exception...

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Very cool! Thanks for sharing... Love the name plates; I have exactly ZERO name plates. You have a Brooks example don't you?

Yes I do! This one came out of Milwaukee's County Stadium & what I like about them is that the lettering/numbering is hand painted:



Here is a press photo from 1973 showing examples of them in the background: