Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Chstrite]

Alan, agree on the schedules. Never saw the matchbooks…I have the beer can. Thanks for sharing.

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Day 80 – 21 March 2024
I am showing you the remaining Orioles Schedules from Brooks’ Post Playing Days. The pictures show 1979 – 2023. I find the after the late 1980s the schedules are less creative. I can remember as a kid taking a handful to school and selling them for 10 cents or giving them away. You use to be able to get these from at Memorial Stadium and Camden Yards but recently the Orioles stopped handing them out. I will have to find my 2024 copy soon.

[Chstrite]

Day 81 – 22 March 2024
The Orioles use to do a great job with marketing their Season Tickets. Today, I am showing you 1954 Ticket Plan. The plan includes a schedule and the type of packages. There appears to be 5 Reserved Seat Plans ranging from 54 games to 15 games. Prices for those range from $108 to $30. Another plan includes 77 games either in the old Mezzanine / Field, other choice box seats or reserved seats. Those prices are a bit higher ranging from $185 - $125. I do not see a web site so it looks like you had to mail your request in with a check. I am also including a picture of a marketing document for Memorial Stadium. The document is probably from 1953 and it describes the work underway at Memorial Stadium. It describes the seating capacity for baseball at 51,750 (other events at 62,600) and could be enlarged to a capacity of 92,000. The stadium would have 200 foot candles for lighting over the entire playing surface, parking for 4,000 cars and an electric scoreboard. I really enjoy these old documents showing the start of our beloved Orioles.

[Chstrite]

Photos added for 1954 Ticket Plan and Memorial Stadium Advertisement

[ripfan008]

Good morning,

Charlie- love the 1954 ticket plan brochure.

Here is an Orioles schedule I recently picked up, similar to the Clement Prucha schedule Alan showed earlier. It's a 1956 George Mahoney for Senate card with the 1956 Orioles home game schedule on the back (as well as the horse racing season schedule).

George Mahoney would end up losing the 1956 Senate race in the general election.

1956 George Mahoney Schedule_Front.jpg

1956 George Mahoney Schedule_Back.jpg

[Chstrite]

Mike, thanks for sharing the schedule. I enjoy seeing all the different possibilities for Oriole schedules. 1956 was not a good year for him or the Orioles (6th place at 69-85; ahead of two other teams though). Very nice schedule.

[Chstrite]

Dat 82 – 23 March 2024
I thought to share my Gold Glove ball collection. You will see the 18 different Orioles who received a gold glover while playing with the O’s. Some received more than one (a prize for whoever guesses who has the most) but here is a ball for each with the Gold Glove edition ball with one exception, which is Mark Belanger. The Blade passed away I believe before the Rawlings Gold Glove Ball was made. This was a fun project. The hardest player to find was Bobby Grich. Brooks was the first Gold Glove Oriole and Urias was the latest. I hope this year we can add at least two more with Gunnar and Adley. I think Mounty might have a break out year as well.