Brooks Robinson
Brooks Robinson
Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr.is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles. He batted and threw right-handed, though he was a natural left-hander. Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" or "Mr. Hoover", he is considered one of the greatest defensive third basemen in major league history. He won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his career, tied with pitcher Jim Kaat for the second-most all-time for any player at any position...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 May 1937
CityLittle Rock, AR
If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.
He's going to flip over to the Veterans Committee next year, ... It's just too bad things couldn't have happened early when he was banned from the game, coming clean. It would be a whole different story.
We lost the most beloved Oriole of all time. Not only was Elrod loved here in the Baltimore area, but all over the country. Every ballpark that we would go into, he'd be the first one on the field signing autographs and saying hello.
I talked to my dad about doing commercials for Flawless. I worked up a couple treatments and presented him with an overall concept of what it would look like.
Well, ... it just brought tears to my eyes.
If your're not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
Willy was one of those guys who never liked to change gloves. He used to put tongue depressors in the thumb when the glove got a little soft, and he'd stuff sanitary socks in the fingers. I got that from him. When I got a glove, I wanted to use that glove forever.
Was it a fact? ... Or just a great new story about a celebrity that might help sell books?
I really have an affection for York, ... It was the first place where my father came to see me play pro ball.
He wrote that he met with Powhatan and was fed cornbread and venison at a big banquet, ... Was he forced to write the letter? Well, the Indians couldn't read English, so they wouldn't have known if he was asking for help.
I just love coming out here. I love to meet the people here.
It's much easier sitting down in the chair,
The Indians were a disciplined, energetic people, ... Their villages were quite well-constructed, considering they had tools made only of stone, bone and seashells. And they grew an abundance of corn, beans, squash, pumpkins and tobacco.