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Frank Robinson Biography

Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder 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 (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement (he is currently 10th). Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

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No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card.

Cleveland, Come, Know, Player, Thinking, Winning

Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top.

Basketball, Field, Practice, Shortcut, Trying, Work

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

Boss, Leverage, Sports, Used

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.

Baseball, Black, Guy, Manager, Voice

I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing.

Nothing, Said, Say, Sports

At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying.

French, Heck, Know, Knows, Saying, Sports

If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.

Benches, Good, Guy, Guys, Place, Sports

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

Bad, Call, Outing, Short

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.

Energy, Guy, Like, Sports, Together, Winning

I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone.

Glad, Gone, People, Player

There's absolutely no way you can go barreling into second and dump a guy on a double play, like you should do, when you've been fraternizing with him before a game.

Game, Games, Guy, Like, Play

The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have that instant's hesitation about coming across the bag at second or about standing in there awaiting a throw to make a tag. There are only twenty-seven outs in a ballgame, and it was my job to save one for my team every time I possibly could.

Bag, Ballgame, Jobs, Running, Slid, Team

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.

Barry, Inning, Nobody, Sports, Team, Ties

Probably the most dramatic change in pitching I've observed in my years in baseball has been the disappearance of the knockdown or brushback pitch. This is why record numbers of home runs are flying out of ballparks, why earned run averages are soaring, and why there are so few twenty game winners in the majors.

Baseball, Disappearance, Home, Observed, Running

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.

Black, Come, Indians, Manager, Nice, Sports

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

Determined, Down, Favors, Pitchers, Sports

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.

Baseball, Counts, Horseshoes, Sports

I don't see why you reporters keep confusing Brooks (Robinson) and me. Can't you see that we wear different numbers.

Brooks, Confusing, Different, Numbers, Reporters, Robinson

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

Dull, Want, Writing

You have to have a short memory as a closer.

Closer, Memories, Memory, Short, Short Memory