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
advantage bat guy guys nature reward somebody struggling swinging
If somebody is hot, you reward him if the other guy is struggling a little bit. That's the nature of the game. As a manager, you have to take advantage of the guys when they are swinging the bat well.
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A pitcher can be the leader among the pitchers and be there for anyone who wants to approach him. But he is not that one guy who will go to a hitter and get in his face. Sometimes you need a leader and arms of that leader on the pitching staff, bullpen and the reserves. A position player can cross the line and doesn't mind going over to talk to the pitchers. But pitchers are kind of hesitant to go over to the offensive side of it.
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It might not last until we get to San Diego. But it certainly should show these guys what they're capable of doing if each individual would go up there and do what he's capable of doing, and think about it being a team effort.
fortunate guy scores seems team
It seems like every team has a guy that is fortunate that the team scores for (him), and there's that hard-luck guy they don't score for.
anybody attention bases believe deserve guy loaded respect walking
I don't believe in walking anybody in the first inning with the bases loaded or whatever. I don't think they've made that guy yet. But he does deserve attention and respect in situations.
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They're giving us a chance. You know the old saying, don't let a guy hang around. If you have a chance to knock him out, knock him out. They've had a chance to knock us out.
beating close guys haunt ourselves preaching silly taking
I've been preaching to the guys out there, if you . . . keep making these silly mistakes, it comes back to haunt you in close ballgames, ballgames you should win, ... You're taking away opportunities from yourselves. We're beating ourselves more often than we're getting beat.
guy luck runs scores seems staff team year
It seems like every staff has a guy that a team scores runs for, and then there's this hard-luck guy that they don't score runs for. This may be his year to get the run support.
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It's already out there now. It's just like it happened last year, one guy starts to complain about it, the next guy picks it up a few games later when they hit a ball pretty decent. Then it starts to spread. To say management doesn't care about winning, that's way off base.
finish four guys short sooner start three
Sooner or later, Zimmerman's going to start three or four ballgames in a row, and Short may start two or three, Watson one or two, ... But basically, you're going to see the same guys that have been here finish out the season.
careful confidence early guys lose season
I can't do desperation things, because those guys will lose confidence in me. You have to be very careful this early in the season -- what you do and how you do it.
accept ask game guys mentally
These guys have to think about their futures and injuries. That's the game today. With this move, you'd want them to mentally accept it and want to do it. That's why I want them to ask me.
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A lot of guys said he was off the wall, he's crazy. I found him to be a guy with a lot of energy. He played the game hard. He just wanted to go out and play. Sometimes his emotion got in the way. He would lose control and tear things. I talked to him and reasoned with him. I listened to him. We developed a fondness for each other. I admire him for the way he goes about his work.
guys lose replace
If they were still here, they wouldn't have done the job. But to lose the guys to replace them, that hurts.