Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Good afternoon,

I recently picked this ad up because I had never seen it before and liked the facsimile autographs of the 1974 Orioles (not dated but it includes Ross Grimsley who only came to the O's in 1974 and still includes Earl Williams who last played in Baltimore in 1974). It has Mickey Mantle on the outside and is an offer for a personally inscribed bat. The O's signatures are on the inside. However, I don't know much about the piece. Does this look legitimate to everyone?

I like it...

[roarfrom34]

OTD in 1979, the Orioles trailed Detroit 5-3 going into the bottom of the 9th inning & Doug DeCinces hit a two out, two run walk off HR to give the Orioles a 6-5 victory..It was this day that the phrase "Orioles Magic" was born...

Here is a signed/inscribed AP Laserphoto from that event:

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

I never really considered myself a schedule collector until I was at a card show a few years ago. One dealer had huge boxes of misc schedules at 10-25c each. As I pulled out my list of schedules I already had, I mentioned that I'm not much of a sked collector, but pick some up when I find them cheap. He looked at my list of about 15 pages and said "I think you are a schedule collector". I didn't realize until I organized them that I have close to 1000 different Orioles and O's affiliate schedules. I know a few people that specialize in schedules that have three times that many, with some very rare ones. I've been told that Orioles schedules are quite popular and tend to sell for a lot more than most teams. I've seen some from the 1950's sell on eBay for hundreds of dollars.

Here are a few from my collection that don't fall into the pocket schedule category.

Alan,

YES; you ARE a schedule collector Those are some nice and unique one's at that.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

OTD in 1979, the Orioles trailed Detroit 5-3 going into the bottom of the 9th inning & Doug DeCinces hit a two out, two run walk off HR to give the Orioles a 6-5 victory..It was this day that the phrase "Orioles Magic" was born...

Here is a signed/inscribed AP Laserphoto from that event:

Bill,

Very nice! I'd like to find one of the stadium signs that say "Orioles Magic" on it. The example I've seen is relatively small, but very cool looking.

[Mark70Z]

Day 175 (June 23, 2020 – 175)

The 1977 Burger Chef Funmeal Discs are very common. The discs measure 2 3/8” across and can be punched out of a tray. Below is the front and back of the Brooks Robinson disc.

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I think this next piece is a cutout of a Burger Chef advertising poster.

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Lastly, we have a small Burger Chef advertising poster for the Baltimore Orioles.

Day 175 d Burger Chef Orioles ad panel.jpg

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 175 (June 23, 2020 – 175)

The 1977 Burger Chef Funmeal Discs are very common. The discs measure 2 3/8” across and can be punched out of a tray. Below is the front and back of the Brooks Robinson disc.

Lastly, we have a small Burger Chef advertising poster for the Baltimore Orioles.

Attachment 406328

Mark,

I have the complete unpunched Orioles tray, but have never seen the advertising poster. Very cool.

[BaltOrioles]

The 1962 Post Cereal cards were one of those sets that I believed I finished years ago. I was aware of a few variations in the set, but didn't realize the extent of them. I'm still working on verifying all the Orioles. It seems that most if not all of the cards have variations depending on the brand of cereal they were on.

Here are a couple examples. I was aware of the Jim Gentile (Home listed as either Baltimore or San Lorenzo). I didn't realize that Brooks Robinson had a cropping difference (either more or less of his fingers showing on the bat)

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1962 Post Cereal Orioles checklist -

27 Jim Gentile
28 Marv Breeding
29 Brooks Robinson
30 Ron Hansen
31 Jackie Brandt
32 Dick Williams
33 Gus Triandos
34 Milt Pappas
35 Hoyt Wilhelm
36 Chuck Estrada


Don't confuse these with the Post Canadian cards (fronts in English & French) and much harder to find smaller Jello cards. FYI, for some reason Brooks Robinson wasn't included in the 1962 Jello set, but the other Orioles were.

[Phil68]

That BurgerChef Ad is SWEEEEEEET!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by Phil68

That BurgerChef Ad is SWEEEEEEET!

Thanks Phil!

I was going through cleaning up some of my email and I ran across an email from you from 2006. We discussed this picture a while ago and now "we" know for sure I purchased it from you...

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[Mark70Z]

Day 176 (June 24, 2020 – 176)

The Orioles travelled to play the Chicago White Sox on June 14, 1969. It was Teachers’ Day at Comiskey Park. The Orioles won by the slightest of margins 12-3.

I’m not really much of a ticket collector. I have a few from when I went to the games and a few from picking them up when I hit a dry spell and nothing much else is out there. I know we have some big ticket collectors and possibly one day I’ll work on acquiring more, but for now not so much. I picked this ticket up because it was pretty big compared to the O’s tickets, nice looking, was a full ticket and the price was right. As a bonus, Brooks hit a HR in this game.

Full ticket to the White Sox vs. Orioles game on June 14, 1969.

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I was trying to locate a picture of Brooks playing the White Sox, but couldn’t locate one so had to settle for a different color Sox…Red. The below photograph was taken by Frank O’Brien of the Boston Globe from a game on July 20, 1969 played at Fenway park in Boston.

Day 176 b Photo 1969 Frank O'Brien Boston Globe July 20.jpg

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 176 (June 24, 2020 – 176)

I’m not really much of a ticket collector. I have a few from when I went to the games and a few from picking them up when I hit a dry spell and nothing much else is out there. I know we have some big ticket collectors and possibly one day I’ll work on acquiring more, but for now not so much. I picked this ticket up because it was pretty big compared to the O’s tickets, nice looking, was a full ticket and the price was right. As a bonus, Brooks hit a HR in this game.

Much like Mark, I don't have a large number of tickets in my collection compared to some of you. Mostly World Series, playoffs, HOF games and a few from the Orioles Japan tours.

Here is a Sporting News print of Memorial Stadium from around 1982. It highlights various historical moments that occurred in the stadium. I say 1982, because it references events from 1980 and 1981, but has no mention of the Orioles World Championship in 1983. I believe it might have been reprinted around 1990, because I've seen some prints offered with printing in the lower left corner. This is one of the originals. I know I picked it up before 1990. The print is around 16x22.

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I included a ticket stub from the Orioles first game at Memorial Stadium on April 15, 1954 as part of the display.

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[roarfrom34]

"Disco" Dan Ford Game worn uniform top from 1983 along with a signed GU Adirondack bat:

[roarfrom34]

Mark & Alan.....Nice tickets...I enjoy collecting tickets (I collect Cal HR tickets & probably have about 150 of them so far) & I get my better ones slabbed. Just yesterday was the 39th (gulp) anniversary of the conclusion of the Rochester/Pawtucket 33 Inning game:



I think with paper tickets disappearing from the sporting event landscape (I had to pay an extra $22 to get paper tickets with my Orioles Season Ticket plan this year), collecting tickets will become more popular in the coming years.

[docpatlv]

[QUOTE=Mark70Z;1991150]Day 169 (June 17, 2020 – 169)

A 1960’s MLB American League Junior Major Leaguer youth t-shirt picturing several stars of the day. I’ve seen a similar shirt picturing some of the same stars, but in a different location also and some players have a different player image but haven’t been able to acquire one yet; shirt is likely from a different year than the one pictured.

Attachment 405296

This is a great item Mark! I have seen the exact same style with Clemente and others both on a T-shirt and also a sweatshirt, but have never been fortunate enough to land one.

[Mark70Z]

[QUOTE=docpatlv;1993510]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 169 (June 17, 2020 – 169)

A 1960’s MLB American League Junior Major Leaguer youth t-shirt picturing several stars of the day. I’ve seen a similar shirt picturing some of the same stars, but in a different location also and some players have a different player image but haven’t been able to acquire one yet; shirt is likely from a different year than the one pictured.

Attachment 405296

This is a great item Mark! I have seen the exact same style with Clemente and others both on a T-shirt and also a sweatshirt, but have never been fortunate enough to land one.

Thanks! I've seen another example of Brooks on a shirt with some of the same player, but haven't been able to locate one. I haven't seen a sweat shirt, but it's likely that they made those as well.

I've seen a picture of a Clemente example on a T-shirt, but that's it. I don't think I've seen one pictured in your thread.

[Mark70Z]

Day 177 (June 25, 2020 – 177)

On June 24th and 25th 1988 The Eastern Pennsylvania Sports Collectors Club had the 8th Seashore Baseball Card & Memorabilia Show held in Ocean City, NJ. This is a poster advertising the show and features Brooks along with Bob Lemon. Of course, these HOF autographs were free with your $3 admission to the show.

1988 8th Seashore Baseball Card & Memorabilia Show advertising poster

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[roarfrom34]

Mark....

While Brooks & Bob Lemon were signing free autographs in Ocean City, the Orioles played further north in Fenway Park.

Cal Ripken hit his 172nd career Home Run off Bruce Hurst that game, perhaps more importantly it also marked his 1000th consecutive game.

Here is the umpires lineup card:

[BaltOrioles]

The Bendix Radio Division in Baltimore was part of the Bendix Corporation. A large part of their business was the manufacturing of commercial electronics for airplanes and automobiles.

The Bendix Beam was a bi-monthly magazine for employees about the happenings within the company. In Oct 1966, the magazine devoted about half of it's content to the newly crowned World Series Champions, the Baltimore Orioles. Brooks Robinson was on the cover, but the magazine had articles about most of the team. The articles were organized by position, including stories highlighting contributions by the pitching staff, infielders, outfielders and even the bench players.

Ironically, there is a note in the magazine that the October issue would be the last magazine printed and it was being switched to a newspaper type publication.

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[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Mark....

While Brooks & Bob Lemon were signing free autographs in Ocean City, the Orioles played further north in Fenway Park.

Cal Ripken hit his 172nd career Home Run off Bruce Hurst that game, perhaps more importantly it also marked his 1000th consecutive game.

Here is the umpires lineup card:

Bill,

I was at that game.

I'll have to check if I still have the ticket stub.

[jp1216]

The thought of me contributing anything to a thread like this........
The one and only Orioles ticket I have is from 5/25/88..... Why? It's the weekend series in Boston when the famous Billy FF picture was taken. What are the odds...?

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

The Bendix Radio Division in Baltimore was part of the Bendix Corporation. A large part of their business was the manufacturing of commercial electronics for airplanes and automobiles.

The Bendix Beam was a bi-monthly magazine for employees about the happenings within the company. In Oct 1966, the magazine devoted about half of it's content to the newly crowned World Series Champions, the Baltimore Orioles. Brooks Robinson was on the cover, but the magazine had articles about most of the team. The articles were organized by position, including stories highlighting contributions by the pitching staff, infielders, outfielders and even the bench players.

Ironically, there is a note in the magazine that the October issue would be the last magazine printed and it was being switched to a newspaper type publication.

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Alan,

I LOVE that magazine cover! I guess when you’ve never seen the publication with Brooks on the cover before everything will look great. Please keep me in mind if you ever part with this example. This thread is going to be great for research purposes (at least for me it is).

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by jp1216

The thought of me contributing anything to a thread like this........
The one and only Orioles ticket I have is from 5/25/88..... Why? It's the weekend series in Boston when the famous Billy FF picture was taken. What are the odds...?

Framed ticket with the card would make for a great display!

[Mark70Z]

Day 178 (June 26, 2020 – 178)

When I was young, I didn’t really like the look of the Topps 1968 set, but now think it’s a great looking set. Topps went with the burlap meshed look and you’ve probably noticed the first series had a wider-messed burlap than on the remaining series of cards; unsure as to why the change.

1968 Topps #20

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1968 Topps #20 blank backed

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[BaltOrioles]

I've posted a few of these before. I'm not sure what they are actually called, but I refer to them as publicity sheets. They were used by newspapers and magazines, if they needed a photo of a player to insert in their publication. Many of these photos were cut up into individual photos, have missing photos cut from the sheet or have marks/notations on them from the newspapers/magazines. I really enjoy these sheets. A team set each year consists of 3-5 sheets. Morton Tadder also produced some of these each year, but these are not the Tadder versions.

Here are some of the complete sheets I have featuring Cal Ripken Jr. Cal had an amazing career and is featured on countless items. It's always amazed me on the number of items that spelled his name incorrectly. In 1991 and 1992, Cal's name was misspelled Ripkin, even though Billy's name was correct.

1985

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1986

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1987

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1989

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1990

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1991 Spelled Ripkin

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1992 Spelled Ripkin

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1993

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1994

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1995

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[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

I've posted a few of these before. I'm not sure what they are actually called, but I refer to them as publicity sheets.

Here are some of the complete sheets I have featuring Cal Ripken Jr. Cal had an amazing career and is featured on countless items. It's always amazed me on the number of items that spelled his name incorrectly. In 1991 and 1992, Cal's name was misspelled Ripkin, even though Billy's name was correct.

Alan...

There are a few publicity sheets with Cal Jr. & Billy here I have never seen before (thanks for sharing).

As far as the misspelling of "Ripkin" is concerned, that has always frustrated me as well although I think you'll find it interesting that both Cal Sr. and Cal Jr. have had their names misspelled going way back to their respective High School Yearbooks (and probably before that):

[Mark70Z]

Day 179 (June 27, 2020 – 179)

Posting kind of a fun little item today. It’s a couple business cards with Brooks pictured on the front, Mr. All Star, and a Brooks and Eddie rendering on the back for All Star Chevrolet Dodge along with the employee name, title and phone number. The dealership, I believe, was in Denton, Maryland, but I could be mistaken; I know the All Star dealerships in MD had several locations back then. I know both Brooks and Eddie did some advertising for these dealerships and I’ve seen some other items associated with this dealership and have a few of the advertising materials myself.

All Star Chevrolet Dodge business cards

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This is an 8X10 picture used on the business cards.

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A hat snapback hat with a rendering of Brooks and Eddie for All-Star Chevrolet.

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One more item for today; something that has been shown a few times before, an ad for All Star Dodge on the back cover of the 1983 Orioles Yearbook.

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[BaltOrioles]

I've always liked the look of the calendars put out by the Baltimore Sun, especially those that used drawings for the front instead of photos.

Here are a few examples from 1976-1982.


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[ripfan008]

Good morning,

Alan, I love that Bendix Beam magazine. My next door neighbor when I was growing up worked for Bendix and would give me items from the Bendix Orioles group outings (I posted one of the group sign up posters with Cal and Eddie in January).

Below is an Equitable Trust Bank Orioles Savings Coupon from 1976. I wonder how many of them were actually redeemed and how many are still floating around out there?

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[roarfrom34]

Mark...I'm not sure if I mentioned it before but I can remember going to All Star Dodge on a Saturday afternoon during the season in like 1986, where they had both Brooks & Eddie signing (free) autographs.

Not to exclude Bill from the "Ripkin" club, here is a Worth bat he used in Spring Training 1987 with that misspelling:

[jjp3rd]

This thread is great! Love seeing all the great Orioles stuff!!!


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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by jjp3rd

This thread is great! Love seeing all the great Orioles stuff!!!

Glad you're enjoying the thread. These guys have some AWESOME collections!

[Mark70Z]

Day 180 (June 28, 2020 – 180)

Orioles fans from 1968 all the way to 1975 likely recognize Linda Warehime the blond-haired girl with the broom. For a period of seven years Linda would sweep the bases, mound and the infielders’ shoes at Memorial Stadium during the fifth-inning break. Her most important job was to taunt the visiting team’s third base coach.

1969 Linda Warehime photo by Tadder

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Early 70’s Linda Warehime sweeping home photo by Jay Spencer

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And with Brooks...

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[BaltOrioles]

One of my favorite sets from the 1950's is the 1955 Topps Doubleheader set. Each card pictures two different players. The cards are perforated in the middle. One player is pictured while folded and another player when the card is unfolded. Both players share the bottom part of the card. I love the colors and design of the set. One really cool fact is, if you place the unfolded cards side by side, they form several continuous stadium backgrounds. I don't have the complete set, but here's a photo I found to illustrate the stadium backgrounds.

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The set contains seven Orioles. Five players are shown while folded and two while unfolded. My only complaint is that I wish all the Orioles were pictured while unfolded.

Folded - Chuck Diering, Billy O'Dell, Hal Smith, Harry Brecheen and Gus Triandos

Unfolded - Fred Marsh and Bob Kennedy

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One of the most desired and valuable cards in the set is Hal Smith. That's because he's paired with Red Sox legend Ted Williams

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[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 180 (June 28, 2020 – 180)

Orioles fans from 1968 all the way to 1975 likely recognize Linda Warehime the blond-haired girl with the broom. For a period of seven years Linda would sweep the bases, mound and the infielders’ shoes at Memorial Stadium during the fifth-inning break. Her most important job was to taunt the visiting team’s third base coach.

Mark,

Very cool photos. What Orioles fan, my age, doesn't remember Linda Warehime. At one point, there was a push to have her inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame.

[roarfrom34]

I realized with June coming to an end, I hadn't posted my Bi Centennial bat of the month yet.

Here is a Lee May bat from 1976, along with an inscription of him being the A.L. RBI Champ that season. When he signed it for me at a Baltimore area show in '11, I asked him to add his RBI total of 109 and he said that he had 113 RBI's that year and wrote that (who argues with Lee May?)....Fortunately a friend of mine was able to remove that incorrect figure (though a remnant still remains):

[Mark70Z]

Day 181 (June 29, 2020 – 181)

A newspaper type weekly reader called Senior, Vol. 9/Issue 3/June 29 – July 3, 1970 shows a couple of drawings of Brooks by Kersell. The article within the paper is called, “Cleaning Up Around Third”.
1970 Senior Weekly Reader - Summer Edition

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I might as well picture another newspaper type magazine that was put out by The Sun dated June 29, 1958. This is the Sunday Magazine and has Brooks, looking rather young and tough, on the cover (Man, I love the Bird on the sleeve). The article is called, “At Home with Brooks Robinson”. It has a couple of pictures inside that are early shots of Brooks. The magazine is in relatively poor condition, mostly my fault (don’t ask...), so hopefully one day I’ll find another in a bit better shape.

The Sun Sunday Magazine June 29, 1958

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[cardsagain74]

I know base cards are boring, but when it's his two big ones together...

[roarfrom34]

Mark....First time I've ever seen those publications!

The late Todd Cruz game used bat with autograph/inscription:

[BaltOrioles]

According to the Orioles 2020 Media Guide, 20 managers, 101 coaches and 1100 players have appeared in an Orioles regular season game since 1954. In my quest to find photos of all of those players, in an Orioles uniform, even the most obscure of those names can be found, either through team issued photos by the Orioles or a variety of photographers from the era. However, even the Orioles don't have photos of some of these guys. I have mentioned that one player, John Buzhardt, has eluded me all these years.

While not the hardest for me to find, certainly in the top five is journeyman pitcher Sam Jones. Sam had a nice 12 year major league career with several teams. He has the distinction of being one of the few 20-20 pitchers. We won 21 games for the SF Giants in 1959, but also lost 20 games with the 1955 Chicago Cubs.

In 1964, Sam pitched the final month of the season with the Orioles, appearing in 7 games with no record. It would be Sam's last stint in the major leagues.

While the Orioles couldn't provide a photo, I was happy to find a newspaper wirephoto from when Sam joined the Orioles. Wirephotos aren't my first choice for a player, but sometimes you take what you can find.

Sam Jones pictured with Chuck Estrada (left) and Manager Hank Bauer (middle)

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

I know base cards are boring, but when it's his two big ones together...

I enjoy pretty much everything Brooks Robinson, even his base cards. Of course, you're correct these are likely at the top of the list. Those cards are very nice!

[Mark70Z]

Day 182 (June 30, 2020 – 182)

On the last day of the month we need some snapshot photos for month end, quarter end and half year end. Let’s do a couple related to hitting. First, let’s do a relatively early batting cage B&W photo.

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Next a color game snapshot. Man, looks like Brooksie got ahold of one…

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[quitcrab]

Mark
Great job on running this thread and posting everyday! I start my day with checking what you posted for the day. Can’t wait to see what the second half of the year brings. Come September when I am back to work and have a scanner, I will post a couple gems from my collection .
Again, thanks for an amazing thread .
Scott

[BaltOrioles]

I echo Scott's comment. I enjoy each morning seeing what has been posted. It's made a very unusual start to 2020 much easier. I've seen plenty of items for the first time and even picked up some nice additions to my collection through new friends I've found on the site. Looking forward to the next 6 months.

Louis Requena was a legendary sports photographer. He passed away in 2013 after a 50 year career. Being based in New York, he is mostly associated with NY teams like the Yankees and Mets. He did take some very nice photos of players from other teams.

I have one photo of Brooks Robinson that has the Requena stamp on the back. It is 4x5 and from the early 60's. The autograph is quite light, but the photo quality is nice.

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I don't know how many Orioles photos Louis Requena took, but here's a Ron Hansen that has the look of being taken by him. It's not stamped on the back, but was taken in Yankee Stadium.

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[Mark70Z]

Thanks for the nice comments. At times it has been a bit of a struggle, but so far we’ve made it through half a year. I sure appreciate you guys posting your collections and make this thread so much more interesting with your collections. Now, let’s see if I can reach my personal goal and make it to year end...

[Mark70Z]

Day 183 (July 1, 2020 – 183)

Not too far into collecting Brooks I ran across a Brooks Robinson watch, no band just the wrist watch. I thought it was such a neat item I had to get a band for it so I could wear the thing. It’s been quite a number of years now, but a Tom Seaver collector had the same type of watch with Seaver pictured, but he had the original packaging for the watch which included a picture of Seaver included in the package. I’ve seen a few of these pictured now, in auctions, over the years to include Banks, Aaron, and Mays. I know I’ve seen an ad for them in a magazine as well.

A little detail about the watches. The Major League Super Star watches were manufactured by the American Time Co. in Detroit Michigan. The watches were licensed by the MLB Players Association and have a Copyright of 1968. They had a cheap black band originally and instead of using crystal to cover the face of the watch it’s made of plastic, but they do have Swiss made movement (they don’t keep accurate time at all; just an FYI). The photo cards in the original packaging are about 5” x 9” and the box just a tad larger than the photo; maybe 6” x 9”. If anyone has one, I’d love to see them pictured; such a nice item for a player or team collector. Here’s one other thing; I’ve seen them with a green face and a blue face. Were they made with both colors and/or is one faded? Hopefully you guys can get it solved.

I did find a checklist of the watches. Thought I’d include even though some of them I’ve never seen: Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, Carl Yastrzemski, Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, Harmon Killebrew, Henry Aaron, Joe Torre, Tom Seaver and Willie Mays.

Over the years I picked up a couple of the Brooks watches and FINALLY last year picked up a watch with the original packaging. I’ll just show the watch and thin photo that came along for the ride…

1968 Major League SuperStar Watch

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A photo of Ernie Banks holding Brooks’ Super Star watch packaging and
Brooks holding Ernie's Super Star watch package.

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[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 183 (July 1, 2020 – 183)



Over the years I picked up a couple of the Brooks watches and FINALLY last year picked up a watch with the original packaging. I’ll just show the watch and thin photo that came along for the ride…

1968 Major League SuperStar Watch

Mark,

Those watches are so cool. I've never seen or heard of them before. Do you have any idea what they go for in auctions? I'll definitely have to "watch" for them in the future...

[BaltOrioles]

Recently, Bill asked me if I also collected the Wichita Eagle-Beacon bubblegum-less cards. The answer is yes, but until a week ago, I hadn't found any that I was willing to bite on. This came in the mail yesterday. I couldn't resist the $15 tag on this example.

From 1983-1985, the newspaper inserted these cards in their sports sections, in groups of three. Subjects included a variety of sports beyond baseball. This panel is from April 29, 1985.

1985 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Cal Ripken Jr

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Additional Orioles included Rick Dempsey, Jim Palmer and Cal Ripken Jr in 1983. I don't believe there were any Orioles in 1984 and Cal Ripken was the only Oriole in 1985.

[ripfan008]

Mark,

Those watches and premium are great! They've been on my want list for a long time.

Here's another Orioles-related time piece from 1968. This one is an Orioles clock manufactured by Westclox, copyrighted 1968, still in the original packaging.

According to the side of the packing, several American and National League teams had Westclox Alarm Team Mate clocks created. A tag on the top contains an offer (for $1.00) for a hat with your favorite team's logo on it.

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[ripfan008]

I showed my parents the part of the thread about Linda Warehime because they graduated Overlea High School with her in 1974. They said the amount of stuff the Orioles gave her to keep (particularly if a player left the team) was amazing. At one point she had a full Luis Aparicio uniform. I hope she held on to some of it!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Mark,

Those watches are so cool. I've never seen or heard of them before. Do you have any idea what they go for in auctions? I'll definitely have to "watch" for them in the future...

Alan,

From my experience the watch wasn't that expensive to purchase; it's just finding one was the issue. I'm sure I can help you locate one in the future, but it may not have the fancy plastic band...