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 was surprised that we had that type of success against him because he's been tough. He didn't seem to have the answer today.
I was surprised and taken aback that he was using steroids, because I never thought about him being a person that might be a steroids user. I always admired him for the way he went about his work, the way he performed on the field and the way he conducted himself off the field.
Second pitch. Line drive off the center-field fence. Missed hitting a home run by a couple of feet. Double.
Mechanically, he looked OK out there on the mound. All in all it was a good outing.
My game plan is to sit down and talk with him when he gets here, and we'll make a decision which way to go.
Of course it matters, ... I'm going to put a kid at a position he hasn't played when I have other people, other options? I wouldn't do it to him, number one.
My decision was that he was in complete control of that ballgame, ... He's a battler. I wasn't going to take him out and interrupt things on that field.
No one was like him. No one is going to be like him after this.
No, I'm not concerned. If you're concerned, then you're worried about something, and I'm not worried about anything.
Let's see what has kept this guy where he's been, ... Is he a usable part for next year?
I felt like I had to take a shot early,
I can't do desperation things, because those guys will lose confidence in me. You have to be very careful this early in the season -- what you do and how you do it.
I can't explain how badly we needed this.
I can't remember a game called because of lights. It just wouldn't have been right to have those guys sitting around for 40 minutes, 50 minutes, an hour.