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
Take time to thank everyone who has helped you along the way.
I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.
Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.
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.
Was it a fact? ... Or just a great new story about a celebrity that might help sell books?
If your're not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
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.
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 just love coming out here. I love to meet the people here.
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 really have an affection for York, ... It was the first place where my father came to see me play pro ball.
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.