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
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.
Three-and-oh. Throw the ball down the middle of the plate. You think he was swinging there?
We'll see what Church can bring to us. He is not swinging the bat very well down there but you never know from down there to up here. We feel like these two moves might help us get going.
You have to give him credit for some of it. But some of the responsibility falls on our shoulders. We're not swinging the bats very well.
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.
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 are the only team to start the season with 21 losses, so we are not going to be off the hook,
We had a lot of chances, we just didn't cash in. We couldn't get the hits we needed and we gave away too many runs. We're not making them earn them.
You are going to make a bad play,