Brooks Robinson Favorite Card Poll

[ksfarmboy]

With the Brooks Robinson thread going Mark and I thought it would be neat to find out what everyone thinks is their favorite regular issue card of Brooks. I’m going to do this poll in 4 parts. The first poll will consist of years 1957-1963. The next group will be from 1964-1970 . The third will consist of 1971-1978. The final poll we will take the top three vote getters and pit them against each other for the final champion card. I’ll do a poll for each quarter of the year with the winning card decided on the New Year.

So let’s get to it.

[Bigdaddy]

Not Topps best efforts here. The 1958 card is a dead-ringer for Gomer Pyle.

I guess the youthful Brooks with a full career ahead of him in his 1957 portrait gets my vote. There are (much) better options in the later groups

[JollyElm]

Instead of going through all of that rigamarole, why don't you just ask people to explain what their favorite Brooksie card is? For me, the 1976 Topps is a cooly bizarre looking thing. He's smiling nicely, but it gives the illusion that (because the shadow is blocking his eyes) he is kinda lost in the sun...when he's probably reacting to or chatting with someone during warm-ups. Certainly not the usual type of shot you'd see on cards. Love it!

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Instead of going through all of that rigamarole, why don't you just ask people to explain what their favorite Brooksie card is? For me, the 1976 Topps is a cooly bizarre looking thing. He's smiling nicely, but it gives the illusion that (because the shadow is blocking his eyes) he is kinda lost in the sun...when he's probably reacting to or chatting with someone during warm-ups. Certainly not the usual type of shot you'd see on cards. Love it!

Just pick one out of the group Darren When the '76 Topps poll comes up YOU pick that one

You're gonna be an O's fan sooner or later...

[jgannon]

Hey everybody! I'll go with the 1969 Topps, if I had to pick a favorite!

[ksfarmboy]

I went through this “rigamarole” because I like to discuss baseball, cards and memorabilia. This gives everyone a chance to eventually talk about their favorite card plus two more chances to discuss other cards they may like and even some they dislike. Brooks is my favorite player so the more the better with me. It’s not all about the poll that’s just a conversation starter.

My pick from this group is the 1960 Topps. It’s not my favorite card of his but I like the design, colors and the double picture. The 1959 would be a close 2nd followed by the 1957.

[Jcfowler6]

Always thought he looked like a young George Bush on the 1957.


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[commishbob]

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I guess we're sticking to register issue cards. Otherwise I might pick this one

[ksfarmboy]

Darren you still get a vote so pick the lesser of the evils😁.

Bob and anyone else that wants to vote for the fleer cards or post cereal cards just say it’s you favorite and I can tabulate them in later. They are in my mind standard issue but I didn’t and should have included in my poll. We will probably do an all star one as well. I like the 61 all star too.

[commishbob]

Clint, you can do a separate one for the All-Star and 'oddball'/alt issues like Post, Fleer, inserts like the '64 Stand up.

[ksfarmboy]

Bob we can do that. I can shorten the times frame on the next couple polls and do the all star and odd ball cards. Would like some input on what issues you guys would like to see. All stars for sure, supers, stand up, Giants, transograms.

[mrmopar]

In the future, you might save everyone some time and post images of the cards too. I'm sure not everyone has every Topps card memorized. I can generally imagine many of the star cards, but sometimes forget what one looked like.

The 60s generally didn't have anything memorable for me with regard to photos. Most of the time it comes down to the set design and hope it was not one of those hatless giant head shots! I am a fan of those tiny, who's card is it action photos that became so common in the 1971 set and continued for most of the decade.

I will choose 1961 for the simple clean design and a nice batting pose.

[Mark70Z]

1957 Topps #328

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1958 Topps #307

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1959 Topps #439

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1962 Topps #45

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1963 Topps #345

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[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

1957 Topps #328

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1958 Topps #307

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1959 Topps #439

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1962 Topps #45

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1963 Topps #345

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Thanks for the pics as I think the only one I have is the 61. Weirdly I am not a fan of 57 Topps but really like that one. I would definitely vote the 58 as the worst looking one.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Thanks for the pics as I think the only one I have is the 61. Weirdly I am not a fan of 57 Topps but really like that one. I would definitely vote the 58 as the worst looking one.

Ben,

You definitely wouldn't be in minority with the '58. I like the setup on the '58 just not the pose of Brooks that Topps chose.

[Phil68]

Honestly, my favorite Brooks card. I also like his '62 & '71