FOLLOW UP: He was ok, but I finally found out why he was so fond of him and the Orioles. I don't remember what specific game he went to as a kid but he always thought Brooks was great. I seemed that my SIL's mother found a copy of Brooks Robinsons book
"Third Base is My Home" and got up the courage to go up to Mr. Robinson and ask him if he would please autograph his book. He told me that Brooks told him that he was the first one to ask for him to autograph that book. He then spent some time asking where he lived and did he play Baseball and many other topics.
This is a lesson that so many famous people should learn that just treating children or even grown ups properly will make you a life long legion to someone and it carried through for at least 50 years. Now that
is a legacy.