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
You see that little look in their eye that's been missing for a while. It looks like the confidence level is back.
You show me that you can do things and perform well on the field, then I have confidence in you. Joey had performed very well for me over the years. So this is why he gets a longer leash. You get a little bit more leeway than someone that hasn't performed for you or someone that you don't know.
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 haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.
I'm not a doctor, ... I can't tell you how long it takes to recover from what he had. But it's kind of a little sorry to accept that somebody would say on Friday or Saturday -- four days in advance -- that, 'I can't pitch on Tuesday, but I can pitch on Friday.'
I know time is running out as far as I'm concerned.
I know this kid. He has never asked for more than one day off when he has thrown a lot. For him to say that he is hurting, he has got to be hurting.
I'm looking forward to when it counts to see how this team reacts. I think we'll handle it very well.
The big difference here is when you come out here on the field, you see people in the stands and they're usually rooting for you and they're gonna root for you,
This is kind of what I would say is an amazing streak, but the club doesn't amaze me because they showed early on that they have the desire, the heart and we hung in there in close ball games, but this has been kind of an unbelievable roll that we're on right now and who knows when it's going to end.
This is kind of strange -- an individual who's been as successful as he has and as consistent as he has in the American League has struggled this much and this long over the course of this season. I've never seen anything like it before in my days.
Not really. It wasn't that easy. I went about 0-for-23 sometime after that.
It's not a task beyond his reach. He is capable of doing that.
I'm not going to jump on the wagon now and say, yes indeed, here we are. Certainly, it has been a nice mixture of good pitching and the offense has come to life.