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
I didn't think he was going after hitters, ... He was walking himself into trouble and he was one base hit from blowing the game open.
I didn't even have time to say, 'Uh oh,'
I didn't see the ball come out. I didn't see the replay. I don't want to see it.
Hopefully, he'll get three at-bats in a shorter period of time hitting at the top of the lineup.
Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame anyone else. I was too tough . . . I lack patience. I probably got on guys a little too hard, with the wrong tone of voice.
I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone.
Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.
I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say.
No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.
The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.
You have to have a short memory as a closer.
I don't see anyone playing in the major leagues today (1982) who combines both the talent and the intensity that I had. I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.
I have heard of managers who encourage players not to slide hard for fear they will get hurt and be lost from the lineup for a time. That is why you occasionally see a player go into second base on a double-play ball and not even bother to slide. I wonder, could Ty Cobb sit though plays like that and hold his lunch?
At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying.