I once read the story of a wet-behind-the-ears sportswriter who found Brooks Robinson in the Orioles dugout or something before a game, and asked him to go find his brother Frank so he could photograph them together...
LOL!
And you point out another Reds - Orioles connection. Frank Robinson was acquired by the Os in a trade from CIncy, for Milt Pappas and I don’t know who else. A rare trade in that F Robbie was an MVP winner in Cincy.... He promptly won the AL MVP and Triple Crown in 1966.
There was a story about a young reporter who saw the Orioles John Lowenstein making one-handed catches in the outfield, so he asked Lo who was the first MLB player to routinely catch fly balls one-handed. Lo said that would be Pete Gray. So this reporter does a unresearched story on Pete Gray the originator of the one handed catch without knowing Pete was a one-armed player for the St Louis Browns back during WWII. Priceless.