Brooks Robinson Tribute ~ Jim Palmer interviews John Sommers

In October 2009, I was privileged to be part of a very special tribute to Brooks Robinson, the great and much loved, Hall of Fame, third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles (1955 - 1977).

I first met Brooks in 1977 when I was introduced to him by my good friend, the late Mark Belanger (shortstop for the Orioles 1965 - 1981). It has long been a dream of mine to tell the story of what happened the day I first met Brooks. With the help of Jim Palmer (pitcher for the Orioles from 1965 - 1984) 32 years later, my dream finally came true!

The Orioles have been playing "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" during the 7th inning stretch since 1976. In this clip I also tell the story of how that happened.

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Sports

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• Brooks Robinson
• John Sommers
• Baltimore Orioles
• Thank God I'm a Country Boy
• John Denver
• jim
• Plamer

[BaltimoreDank]

awesome=)

[BullpenBoss]

Great story about the classiest Oriole of all time. And great to remember Mark The Blade Belanger who was one of baseball's best shortstops ever. I always wondered why the O's played the song, altho looking back, they did have alot of country performers in Memorial Stadium...I remember Sonny James and Roy clark...maybe Charley Pride too.

[folkiejim]

...a wonderful song by a wonderful friend, who tells me this day, was one of the his most memorable so far...