2021.05.20 THROW BACK THURSDAY - BROOKS!!!!
Brooks Robinson on his 84th Birthday!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROOKS!!!
Hit this link and listen to Brooks give credit to the Little Rock Coaches for his success:
The Orioles couldn't have been more prescient. Who knows what kind of second baseman Robinson would have been?
But he became arguably the best third baseman of all time -- certainly the best defensively -- compiling 16 Gold Glove
Awards, 15 All-Star selections, two World Series titles and an American League Most Valuable Player Award, while spending his 23 seasons in Baltimore.
Nicknamed the "Human Vacuum Cleaner," Robinson won 16 Gold Glove Awards -- the most of any position player and tied for second most overall behind righty Greg Maddux (18). Robinson's honors came consecutively from 1960-75, providing the bedrock for his Lifetime Achievement Award.
Robinson, who signed with Rawlings early in his career, is one of 10 members of the company's Gold Glove Hall of Fame, along with Johnny Bench, Roberto Clemente, Ken Griffey Jr., Jim Kaat, Maddux, Willie Mays, Mike Schmidt, Ozzie Smith and 2016 inductee Al Kaline.
Robinson ended up playing 2,870 of his 2,896 career games at third. He eventually found himself at second base -- for a measly 35 1/3 innings. But he survived to build a legacy that lives on.
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Brooks, if you're coming to your CLASS OF 1955 REUNION the weekend following our Class of 1956 65th Reunion on September 24 and 25, 2021, PLEASE stop by the old Crowne Plaza Hotel so we can say "Hello" (New hotel name by that time: Delta Hotel by Marriott)
Annette Hoover and Jan Nix are still in a contest to see who received the most letters from you when you first left for the farm league!!! LOL
Class News
Our sympathy to the family of NORMA TRUEBLOOD Campbell who passed away on
May 20, 2021.
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