The coronavirus pandemic couldn’t bring Orioles great and Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson out to celebrate his 83rd birthday Monday. So the organization brought the party to him.
In a 55-second clip posted to the Orioles’ Twitter account, Robinson – an 18-time All-Star, American League Most Valuable Player and two-time World Series champion – was feted via a virtual birthday celebration by former teammates Boog Powell, Jim Palmer and Eddie Murray and successor Cal Ripken Jr.
The video, which was posted Monday at 11:20 p.m. and has already nearly 42,000 views and more than 700 likes, promised that “the best stories were told tonight.