Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson
Frank Robinsonis an American former Major League Baseballoutfielder and manager. He played for five teams from 1956 to 1976, and became the only player to win league MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues. He won the Triple Crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series, and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth31 August 1935
CityBeaumont, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I'm happy for him. He seems to be having fun again. Everyone likes him. What's not to like? A kid full of enthusiasm, a big smile on his face, a young guy going out there and playing like he's a kid in a sandbox.
I might be more reasonable with it. There will be a certain time when the things go off. At a certain time, you have to start preparing yourself for the ballgame and think about the people around you.
I was looking at Patterson and I had the feeling that he wasn't right, ... I didn't like his mannerisms on the mound. Since he didn't say anything, I thought he was OK and he would get himself straightened out.
Just relax. All I tell him is to go out there and do the best he can. He's doing all right. It'll be trial-and-error for a while, maybe all year. Who knows?
I think it's a lack of concentration and preparation. I don't mean before-the-game stuff, I mean in-game. I don't think we are doing that ... I don't think our minds are in the game. I haven't seen us make errors on difficult plays. We are making errors on routine plays.
I think it gives him a chance to relax a little bit, and not be under that pressure.
We have other people to look at this early in the spring.
You let that go by, all you're doing is creating more animosity on the other side. Hey, the guy gets hit after hitting a three-run homer, nothing happens. ... I think actually he let them get away with something there.
You just don't like to see sloppy play. We're not playing good, crisp, sharp baseball in any aspect of the game right now. Period. It's going to have to pick up. It's focus, anticipation and concentration. That's what it is. We don't seem to really be there right now.
You just don't like to see sloppy play. It's never too early to be concerned.
Will we catch people by surprise? I don't know. If they take us lightly, I think they'll be surprised.
Some guys, they get down on themselves and wonder 'Why? But other guys, it challenges them: 'Well, I'm not going to let someone come in and take my job. I'll show them that I'm a better player.' I think that's the way he should react and that's the way he will react, because really the job is there for him to lose.
My pick would be Willis, because this team is not always running on all gears, ... St. Louis was like a machine this year. You don't penalize Carpenter for that. But to me, it's Willis. If nothing else, we couldn't beat him.
That way it's not hanging out there coming in out of the blue and I'd have to sit down. I don't want to sit down now. But it may not be a bad time.