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
The way we played and have been playing is what prompted the meeting. I don't like the overall results. We're not doing the things we're capable of doing.
Actually, I wouldn't mind another week down here. Not to play games, but just to work on fundamentals. We didn't win many games, but, maybe just in the last week, we started looking a little better. Before that, we looked terrible.
Coming to spring training and filling three spots in your starting rotation is not good. I don't care how you look at it.
They see the finish line, but they don't want this season to slip away and finish under .500. They have pride, and they want to finish as well as they can. There's a lot of nicks and ailments here, but they are still going out there and giving me the effort.
They see the finish line and they don't want the season to slip away. They want to finish above .500. They have pride.
I think you have to ... take an MRI on every pitcher that you acquire in a trade or free agency - the elbows, knees and shoulders. That's the only way you're going to be able to look at the elbow and shoulder and knees, and get a pretty good idea of what's in there.
I think we had a little bit of help tonight,
I thought overall it was a very good year. We had a good first half and a terrible second half. In spring training, if you asked people what would you be happy with, I think they would have said they would be happy with a .500 record.
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.
I was looking at Patterson and I had the feeling that he wasn't right, ... I didn't like his mannerisms on the mound. Since he didn't say anything, I thought he was OK and he would get himself straightened out.
Just relax. All I tell him is to go out there and do the best he can. He's doing all right. It'll be trial-and-error for a while, maybe all year. Who knows?
I think it's a lack of concentration and preparation. I don't mean before-the-game stuff, I mean in-game. I don't think we are doing that ... I don't think our minds are in the game. I haven't seen us make errors on difficult plays. We are making errors on routine plays.