yes he was a great player, fine man on and off the field.
I recall for many years in the ‘60s and ‘70s, many called the trade of Frank Robinson by the Reds to the Orioles, for Milt Pappas, to be one of the most one sided trades in baseball history.
Aw, crud.
*PING* just because of the last name... ;-)
He lived in a day when men were men, and women loved them.
He will be missed.
So many great things you heard about the great Frank Robinson, on and off the field.
May God bless his eternal soul.
A true superstar. RIP
From the days of my youth. Great, great player. May he rest in peace.
He was given the thankless task of managing a Montreal Expos team that had fallen into MLB receivership.
Also I believe he might have been the last player-manager in the major leagues. An impressive resume! RIP.
looking at his stats...incredible !
by a unanimous vote, 56 Rookie of the Year and a case could be made he probably had stats to be MVP that year.
If memory serves he was the first and still only player to be an MVP in both leagues
RIP
I loved watching him play. I have seen him interviewed many times and he always seemed really nice, very classy.
RIP..
Came to the Orioles in 1966 and promptly won the Triple Crown and led the Os to their first World Series win, and three other appearances and another win in 1970. Saw him play many times at the old Memorial Stadium. A great ballplayer.
I’ll never forget that 1982 season of the SF Giants where they had a good August to get to .500 and then a stellar Sept. and were only a game behind the Braves and Dodgers. Greg Minton was their closer and he pitched 123 innings. Get that...he pitched 123 innings as a reliever and mostly the closer in 78 appearances. He was putting in a lot of time as a closer by today’s standards but they really needed him in there.
Robinson was a pretty good manager for that almost cinderella season I remember.
I think I saw Minton pitching to Garvey of the Dodgers by far more than any other pitch to hitter combo on TV that years.
My memory is that the fans liked Robinson a lot.
One of the last boys of summer from my youth of 1961. He has joined the heavenly Crosley Field lineup with Gus, Klu, Vada and Wally.
I was 12 years old and sitting in the bleachers in Memorial Stadium when Frank blasted one over our heads and out into the parking lot. 1966, the year of the Bird! RIP Frank.
RIP, Mr. Robinson, sad to see you go. Damn, all of the stars of my youth are dying off.
If it’s possible for a Hall of Famer with 586 home runs to be underrated, he was.
As a Dodgers fan in that era one of the most feared hitters in the league was Frank Robinson. The man hung over the plate like a 50 year old slow pitch hitter in your local rec league. He would not be moved and regularly led the league in being hit by pitch. His matchups with sidearmer Don Drysdale were not to be missed. He was a man among boys.