Brooks Robinson honored at Camden Yards, throws out first pitch

[@thehaughtcorner]

A great player. A great man. It was a privilege to see him play.

[@davidday8417]

I totally agree 1000%

[@TheSlowoldman]

Godspeed Brooksie, you were and always will be my baseball hero..... they say never meet your heroes you'll be disappointed, well I met mine and as good a third baseman as he was he was a better human being.

[@Firefyta2]

I was teared up seeing Mr. Brooks treated so well by our younger Orioles and the Other team as well. I am proud of Mr. Brooks and all of my orioles from 54 forward.

[@acdude5266]

I saw my first full World Series on television as a vey young boy. I recall the play in which the great broadcaster Curt Gowdy referred to Mr. Robinson as the "Human Vaccuum Cleaner" His defense and offense won the Series for the Orioles. The Reds were a great team that year, the beginning of the Big Red Machine. All of the games were day games, the commercials were tasteful, and the broadcasting was not histrionic. Playing for the Orioles for 23 years and representing the organization in his later years, he is truly Mr. Oriole. ❤️ His attention to the fans and players in the video was inspiring. He truly cared for others. The sadness of our loss has a ray of sunshine in the outpouring of love and recognition nationally. He played in the Golden Age of baseball, maybe the Golden Age of sports, in general. I miss those days of simplicity, modesty, and 10 or 25 cent baseball cards, before the corporate takeover and encroachment on sports cloaked in business speak, and unnecessarily precise or irrelevant "analytics" paved paradise and put up a wealthy skybox. Mr. Robinson was a wonderful representative of those days.

[@joes2661]

I was so lucky to have grown up watching this man play the game!

[@davidday8417]

I totally agree 1000%

[@johncole273]

Thank you Brooks

[@MikeSmith-lw1ik]

When I think of some of the greatest third basemen of all time, Brooks Robinson has been, and always will be, at the top of that list! What a class act!

[@chefcook6076]

YOU JUST WATCH AND NOW > YOU SEE HIM PLAY AND YOU CAN SEE THE GROWN UP PLAYER AND YET YOU CAN SEE THE BOY IN THOSE CLIPS AS HE DID AS A LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYER . AMAZING > HE'S IN THAT LEGEND GROUP. I WAS STRESSED ABOUT HIM PLAYING THE YANKEES late 60'S 70'S /80'S > WELL NOT 76,77,78, THATS BASEBALL YOU GROW TO REALIZE WHATS BASEBALL AND WHO'S BASEBALL !

[@ToddRichmond]

one of my idols growing up, god speed Mr. Robinson. Quite an all-star lineup up above...

[@bruceberman761]

I met him 51 years ago in spring training. What a lovely guy. I wonder how many people know he did everything with his left hand except play baseball.

[@jamesyoung1356]

That hug Dusty gave made my emotional ass tear up 😢

[@avavincent9481]

I didn't cry this hard when Cal was doing this at the yard 😭😭😭🙏

[@jameslighterGTR]

Time to win the whole thing with a #5 on the sleeve.

[@rathergather2406]

To bad he didn't make it to see the 0s in the playoffs he said he watched every game this team has such history and it been wonderful to be a fan all these years.

[@geedubb-q1u]

No argument if he was the best 3rd baseman ever, He Was the Best 3rd baseman ever. The Human Vacuum Cleaner.

[@sammencia7945]

Yeah, it rolled to home plate. But it took half a century to get his legendary arm to that point. He could throw out batters at first, 10 feet beyond the foul line 1/3 way to dugout.

[@HS32153]

Sweet moment he shared with Dusty there…O’s legend!!

[@Diecastclassicist]

Miss you, Brooksie. :(

[@kendallboling1208]

Love

[@acousticshadow4032]

Half a crowd for Brooks Day at Camden??? C'mon, Baltimore... This man was Baseball.

[@stevelewis6341]

Sad

[@ljervin6431]

Where were you?

[@rathergather2406]

I'm sorry he's gone it hurt a lot more than I was expecting I first knew who he was when I was 5 no kidding

[@Cigarsnguitars]

Up until Mike Schmidt came along Brooksie was the best 3rd baseman I’d ever seen. I swear this man could get any ball hit between the 2nd and 3rd bags.

[@KLanz123]

I don’t understand the point of the loud, slick music and the annoying PA announcer. Did she really call him “Mr. Brooks”?

[@rwsales]

Agree. BTW, it's a matter of respect to put the Mister or Miss in front of a first name only greeting/title. It may be a southern thing

[@lizzyfan1986]

​@rwsales it is sort of puerile

[@thegamingkitchen8429]

The last one.

[@MarkCogar-o8b]

Brooks himself can say he is the goat of baseballalot of gold around the human vacc um cleaner

[@deansapp4635]

Melanie Newman s a horrible play by play caller and public announcer

[@drdavidtee]

the woman did a bad job and this is boring watching someone ride around

[@willshad]

That throw was pretty pathetic.

[@thewkovacs316]

lets see how far you can throw when you hit your 80s

[@trwent]

Better than Mariah Carey's.