OT: RIP Brooks Robinson
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Greatest fielding 3b ever. The Human Vacuum
The Human Vacuum, best defensive 3rd baseman I ever saw.
RIP
RIP
Wow!
The anchor of the defense for the Orioles for so many years. With him and Belanger on that left side of the infield next to nothing could get through.
R.I.P. Brooksie.
The anchor of the defense for the Orioles for so many years. With him and Belanger on that left side of the infield next to nothing could get through.
R.I.P. Brooksie.
Brooks Robinson was an amazing 3rd baseman! perhaps the GOAT at that position.
Little Rock, Arkansas remembers its native son. RIP.
Little Rock, Arkansas remembers its native son. RIP.
Think Zap just missed him.
Besides no inter-league play then so if they did it would have only been in spring training.
I still have my 1966 Topps Wax Iron On of Brooks Robinson.
Brooks Robinson, Orioles third baseman with 16 Gold Gloves, has died. He was 86
Brooks Robinson, Orioles third baseman with 16 Gold Gloves, has died. He was 86
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It seems as if it was just yesterday that I was looking at his 1957 Topps rookie card in my parlor.
He adjusted very well to the Orioles' trade for Frank Robinson in late '65,realizing that he was no longer going to be "The Man" on the Orioles.
Brooks' death moves former Yankees' outfielder Ron Woods into the top 500 list of oldest living players.
He adjusted very well to the Orioles' trade for Frank Robinson in late '65,realizing that he was no longer going to be "The Man" on the Orioles.
Brooks' death moves former Yankees' outfielder Ron Woods into the top 500 list of oldest living players.
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Zappa's late season call up was Robinson's last season but different leagues.
Same here - played 3B up until high school (then the outfield). My mom's family is from Baltimore (as is my dad's family) and my mom's sister and husband got season tix to the Orioles games starting on day one in Baltimore in 1953 - right next to the Orioles dugout on the third base side. We always spent a week every summer with that part of the family and starting in 1969, when I was 7 and already an Orioles fanatic, we'd schedule that trip for an Orioles homestand and I'd get to go to 2-3 games.
It was heaven. We'd get there an hour before the game and I got to meet Brooks and many of the other Orioles over a period of 4-5 years, since by that time, my relatives had become friendly with many of the Orioles and my cousin became close friends with Don Baylor and actually was in his wedding party in the early 70s. Unfortunately, ticket prices kept increasing and around the mid-70s they gave their season tickets up, plus we stopped going there every year.
Understand your position, and both were great, but I go with Brooks on the basis of longevity.
Known as the "Human Vacuum Cleaner," Robinson won 16 consecutive Gold Gloves -- second only to pitcher Greg Maddux's (18) for most by a player at one position. Robinson also places third in career defensive WAR at 39.1 behind shortstops Ozzie Smith (44.2) and Mark Belanger (39.5), who was Robinson's teammate for 13 years with the Orioles.
A writer remarked that Brooks Robinson was his same calm self after every game, win or lose. That's probably the best way to play a sport in which your team is going to lose, at best, close to 40% of the tie.
Always thought Agee's two catches were better.
The first one he's playing Elrod Hendricks to pull (you can see him in the background before the pitch) and he went all the way to left center to catch it.
Every OF knows that when a ball is hit the opposite way it'll tail away from you which makes the catches even better.
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Caves is a bit different. Caves isn’t your standard or even upscale country club, it’s one of if not THE most exclusive club in the mid Atlantic. It’s one of those courses that almost no one, even golfers well known in the country club scene in Maryland gets to play
That is a past life, 20 years ago. Caves is a special place no doubt about it. I was fortunate to work at some amazing facilities. Only problem with Caves is I had to work with 3 guys that went thru the Penn State PGM program.
I remember being at a baseball card show as a kid many, many years ago and was talking to one of the vendors and he told me Brooks Robinson was one of the nicest people you'll ever want to meet. That always stuck with me - anyway RIP Brooks.
Billy Cox with the Dodgers; Clete Boyer, Yanks; & Greg Nettles, Yanks
were all great fielding 3rd baseman, but George Kell with Tigers & other clubs was the best overall 3rd baseman I ever saw.
Kell is a Hall of Famer. Was an MVP. Hit over .300 9 times in a 15 yr career. Won a batting title & was a .306 career hitter.
Kell averaged 26 strikeouts a year while playing in almost every game most years-- 287 K's in 6,702 at bats.
And Kell was a great fielding 3rd baseman. He retired in the late 50's.
Brooks was a career.267 hitter.
As for the Orioles, was offered a contract by them in '63. Chose to go back to school & fractured my ankle & tore ligaments & didn't play again for 2 years in semi pro ball & then played for several more years after that. Believe I know a little bit about the game, at least I hope so.
were all great fielding 3rd baseman, but George Kell with Tigers & other clubs was the best overall 3rd baseman I ever saw.
Kell is a Hall of Famer. Was an MVP. Hit over .300 9 times in a 15 yr career. Won a batting title & was a .306 career hitter.
Kell averaged 26 strikeouts a year while playing in almost every game most years-- 287 K's in 6,702 at bats.
And Kell was a great fielding 3rd baseman. He retired in the late 50's.
Brooks was a career.267 hitter.
As for the Orioles, was offered a contract by them in '63. Chose to go back to school & fractured my ankle & tore ligaments & didn't play again for 2 years in semi pro ball & then played for several more years after that. Believe I know a little bit about the game, at least I hope so.
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George Kell , a name from the past , though never though about his D
Clete and Greg I know were great defensive players , Nettles, if memory srves me correct, was also considered a HR threat
Boyer just remember the D part of his game and being Ken's, an all star 3rd baseman, for St Louis, brother
Billy Cox ended his career around the time I started following baseball , but knew the name not his game
Brooks Robinson was the best fielding 3rd baseman I've ever seen.
His bat was a different issue.
Kell retired in 1957, just before I started following baseball.
Kell played for five different teams in his 13-year career. That's unusual for a star (remember, there was no such thing as free agency then.) His glory years were with the Tigers from 1946 to 1952.
Robinson had a much longer career. His WAR is much higher, but I think longevity plays a role in that calculation.