Brooks Robinson Diving for a Catch photograph

Date1970 October 15

DescriptionA black-and-white full-length action photograph of Brooks Robinson diving for a catch. Robinson, shown in profile, wears a Baltimore Orioles home uniform. Captured mid-dive, Robinson is suspended in the air. Diving to his right, both his bottom, bent right leg and his top, straight left leg are above the ground. Reaching for the ball, Robinson extends both straight arms in front of his body, face height. In the photograph, the ball can be seen just to the left of Robinson's gloved left hand. Taken in-game, an occupied stadium is visible in the background. A caption pasted on the reverse (not shown), typed in purple ink, reads, "BALTIMORE: PLUNK! Baltimore's Brooks Robinson robs Cincinnati's Johnny Bench of a hit with a driving stab to his right in the ninth inning of fifth World Series game here Oct. 15th. The Orioles won baseball's world championship for the second time in five year by bombing the Red's crippled pitching staff for 15 hits in a 9-3 victory. 10/15/70."

Object numberBL-1970-04715-001

Subject Robinson, Brooks, 1937-2023

Subject Bench, Johnny, 1947-

Subject Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)

Subject Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Baseball Hall of Famers photographic materials

Dimensions8.5 x 4.5 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/

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