Robinson played most notably for the Cincinnati ... He is the last Negro League baseball player to have played in the major leagues. He held the home run record (with a total of 755) for over ...

But the baseball still found too much of home plate and stayed too high in the strike zone. The Indians' Frank Robinson, still a feared hitter at age 39, whipped his bat through the zone as he ...

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Frank Robinson taking a swing during a circa late 1960s Major League Baseball game at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images During his 21 seasons as an ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos ... Frank Robinson was taken to a hospital Thursday after experiencing dizziness and an irregular heartbeat at the ...

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 ...

Frank Robinson ... like Jackie Robinson. “I think 1947 was much more important,” he told The Plain Dealer. “It was a breaking period for Black people coming into baseball, and how many ...

“I think Frank may have heard about it and decided to play, because he wasn’t originally.” Robinson pinch-hit ... an analyst of for Guardians/Indians baseball. Kuiper has broadcast Giants ...

foulmouthed rookie manager Earl Weaver and Hall of Fame right fielder Frank Robinson. Their teaming up would lead to Robinson becoming baseball’s first Black manager, a milestone he achieved ...

Although it happened 50 years ago, minority managers are still walking through the door that Frank Robinson ... As for being baseball’s first Black manager, Baker said the Robinson never talked ...

Fifty years after Frank Robinson became the first Black manager in Major League Baseball, the league is struggling with a significant decline in Black players and leaders As Black History Month begins ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Few moments in baseball history have been wrapped in the kind of cultural significance that Frank Robinson’s opening day home run carried with it over the wall against the ...