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
He felt like every time he took the ball, he was going to go nine innings, no matter what. The good ones, they perform even though they're not 100 percent -- they find a way to get the job done.
We're playing very poorly here. We've deserved to lose. We're not performing the way I feel the team is capable of performing.
He didn't have enough. We needed a better performance out of him to have a chance to win the game.
We need to start performing the way this team is capable of and what we expect - and that's pitching, defense and hitting. Until we do that, we're going to get beat.
I was surprised and taken aback that he was using steroids, because I never thought about him being a person that might be a steroids user. I always admired him for the way he went about his work, the way he performed on the field and the way he conducted himself off the field.
You show me that you can do things and perform well on the field, then I have confidence in you. Joey had performed very well for me over the years. So this is why he gets a longer leash. You get a little bit more leeway than someone that hasn't performed for you or someone that you don't know.
an outstanding performance on his part. After the first inning, he was really in full control.
I think we had a little bit of help tonight,
I think it's very important to everybody to try to finish over .500,
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.
Jeff Nelson and I have never quite gotten along as long as he's been in the league, ... I just know there has been tension.
I said the other day that they are going to let us hang around here and let us win this thing,
I remember my first Opening Day very well. We lost 4-2 to the Cardinals on a two-run home run. I remember my first at-bat, a double, missed a home run by a couple of feet. I had an intentional walk and another hit and went 2-for-3, and I thought I was on my way to the Hall of Fame.
We don't seem to be able to handle pitchers we don't know. First-time guys, we seem to struggle with them. We're just not swinging the bats very well right now.