On the day that the late Frank Robinson became the first African-American to manage a major league game -- April 8, 1975, Opening Day of the first of the two seasons Robinson served as player-manager ...
Here is all you need to know about Frank Robinson's massive impact on the Orioles: They have won three World Series since moving to Baltimore in 1954, and two of those three came during Robinson's six ...
He was the first Oriole to have his number retired and today Frank Robinson was the first to have his statue unveiled in the picnic area in left center field at Camden Yards. Here are some of Robinson ...
Frank Robinson, a Baltimore Orioles legend and pioneer for Major League Baseball, twice won the World Series with Baltimore and broke the color barrier for African American managers. Robinson died ...
Robinson kissed his wife, Barbara, on the forehead and left his family at the hotel where they were staying before heading to Municipal Stadium. When he arrived, the 39-year-old two-time MVP went ...
Only Jackie Robinson would have been happier — and prouder — than Frank Robinson yesterday. With an incredibly dramatic home run in his first at-bat as major league baseball’s first black manager, ...
As Kuiper would approach the mound, he’d tell Perry, “This isn’t my idea.’ ”Gaylord would answer, “I know whose idea this is. Now get the hell out of here.‘” Kuiper admired Robinson for gambling on ...
Frank Robinson, the talented and tenacious Hall of Fame outfielder who broke barriers as baseball's first African-American manager and who led the Nationals through their first two seasons in ...
“The Dodgers tried to trade me that year to the A’s,” said Baker. “I refused to go. The Dodgers released me, but I was a five-and-10 guy (five years on the same team, 10 years in the big league, which ...
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