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 want to get him in the lineup, I want to give us the best chance we can to win, ... Watching him have a couple of good at-bats, watching him field ground balls and things, I think he'll be all right there. I've been told he can play shortstop, so it's not really foreign to him. All I'm asking him to do is make the routine plays.
I wanted to take a look at him at shortstop. It could work, but I don't know the next time he'll be out there.
It's important for him mentally, ... and I think it's good for us to see where he is when the season ends.
It's inconsistency. One game we look like we are ready to go get it started and the next day we come out and we fall right back into a rut. It's inconsistency. We are not producing a consistent offense.
It looked like he just ran out of gas. He had nothing.
It kind takes a little air out of you. That certainly would have been a big moment there for us.
It kind of takes a little of the air out of you, ... But you don't get in and say, 'Oh that's the end of the ballgame.' But that certainly would've been a big moment there for us.
It kind of sets the tone. ... Take nothing for granted run hard, play hard.
It was another good offensive day for us again -- all around.
It was a magical-type season, the first half. Things went right for us, ... And the second half has been kind of like a nightmare.
A pitcher can be the leader among the pitchers and be there for anyone who wants to approach him. But he is not that one guy who will go to a hitter and get in his face. Sometimes you need a leader and arms of that leader on the pitching staff, bullpen and the reserves. A position player can cross the line and doesn't mind going over to talk to the pitchers. But pitchers are kind of hesitant to go over to the offensive side of it.
That's a lot of years to live in this game. To be in the game this long, you have to be very fortunate. A lot of people has been involved in this game and very few have spent that much time in the game. I feel very lucky, and I appreciate the opportunities that I've had and still have. I don't take anything for granted.
A rivalry has to be cultivated. This, in time, could be.
It was good to see him have a good offensive day and a good defensive day. That has to really make him feel good and get him up on his toes a little bit.