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
The offense is just not clicking right now.
A rivalry has to be cultivated. This, in time, could be.
The thing about the pitching staff right now is it's taxed. It's overtaxed. It's tired.
It was a magical-type season, the first half. Things went right for us, ... And the second half has been kind of like a nightmare.
He's a very unique individual. Not everybody can do what he does. It comes from his background, his work ethic. He loves the work load. He wants to throw as many innings as possible. He loves doing it.
That's tough to say because it just doesn't seem real. For them to accomplish that, you have to give them a lot of credit.
It's very encouraging. You certainly can't argue with the results. We were in the ball game.
He is doing the things that he did in Spring Training and during batting practice. Now he's taking it into the game. Has he gotten it completely down? No, but he has gotten it down to the point where he could be a tough out.
It gets tougher every year. I feel like I have the individual's future in the palm of my hand, and I just don't feel comfortable with that kind of power.
I'd like to see them play sharper, more alert, and for the defense to play good, clean baseball.
If I had my druthers, I'd get a multiyear contract, for the next three years, and then that would be enough managing,
little banged up, so he gets the night off.
Of course it matters, ... I'm going to put a kid at a position he hasn't played when I have other people, other options? I wouldn't do it to him, number one.
He prepared you to go out and play baseball and have an opportunity to win ballgames, ... We were well organized. He knew the rules of the game. He executed the game fundamentally -- offensively and defensively. He could show you both ways. In the infield-fly rule, he would teach you how to do it defensively and offensively.