Happy Birthday FRANK ROBINSON

[OFFNY]

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[Frobby]

I can't find my thread from last year, so I will just reprint it here in full (and be sure to check out the link, I don't know how to post photos):

Superman Turns 75

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Imagine that you are a 9 year old boy and a diehard baseball fan.

Your team has been pretty good for a while, but they lack that one great player they need to put them over the top. So they go get a 30-year old outfielder, one of the best hitters in the game, but have to trade one of their best pitchers and two other players to get him. You have high hopes for what the new player might do, but you really don't know.

After much anticipation, the season finally begins. On Opening Day, the new player hits a home run and your team wins. The next day, he hits another home run. The next game, another. Before you know it, April is over and your team is 11 -1. The new guy is hitting .463/.585/.976.

May rolls around and, on May 8th, the new guy hits a ball that, amazingly, flies completely out of the stadium, a feat never before accomplished and never again replicated. Your team sweeps a doubleheader as the new guy homers in both games.

On June 21, your team is playing the hated Yankees. They are winning 7-5 with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, but the Yanks have two runners on base. The batter hits what looks like a home run, but the new guy leaps at the wall, catches it, and literally disappears over the fence. From the other side, he holds the ball aloft, the ump calls the out, and the win is preserved.

When the regular season ends, your team has coasted to the AL pennant, spending the final 113 games of the season in first place. The new guy? All he's done is win the Triple Crown, hitting 10 more homers than his closest competitor and setting a team record. Oh, and scoring 23 more runs than anyone else in the league and knocking in 12 more than anyone else as well.

The World Series opens, and in his first at bat, the new guy hits a 2-run homer to lead his team to victory. After two more wins, your team leads the Series 3-0. With an opportunity to clinch the World Series, the new guy hits a home run for the only run of the game, and your team wins 1-0 to bring home its first ever World Series title.

If you were 9 years old when this happened, wouldn't you think this guy was Superman?

Frank Robinson turns 75 today. But in my mind's eye, he's still a 30-year old Superman, and I'm still a 9-year old kid.

Happy Birthday, Frank.

Another year has gone by, and Frank is 76 now, but time will not dim the glory of his deeds.

[LookitsPuck]

I can't give you enough rep, Frobby!

Happy Birthday, Frank Robinson!

[OFFNY]

I can't find my thread from last year, so I will just reprint it here in full (and be sure to check out the link, I don't know how to post photos):

Another year has gone by, and Frank is 76 now, but time will not dim the glory of his deeds.

Now, how did I know that you would be the first poster on board with this ??? :scratchchinhmm:

[OFFNY]

I can't find my thread from last year, so I will just reprint it here in full (and be sure to check out the link, I don't know how to post photos):

I don't know if this is it, but I dug this up from February, Frank. http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/107406-Frank-Robinson-talks-to-the-Orioles

[Frobby]

Thanks, OFFNY. My thread last year just said what I quoted in post #2 (I saved a copy of what I wrote to send to my brother that day). The photo link came from elsewhere in the thread.

[weams]

Happy Birthday Major Domo

[sangar]

I was going to say Happy Birthday to someone. I forgot who, after seeing Weams' avatar. Again.

[Frobby]

I was going to say Happy Birthday to someone. I forgot who, after seeing Weams' avatar. Again.

Weams' avatars are the gift that keeps on giving.

[O's are Legends]

You remember the show Home Run Derby? I don’t, but I have heard about it and here is Frank Robinson vs. Bob Cerv.

Start at the 13 minute mark, “it’s going to take him 3 to catch up, here is Frank Robinson and high drive to deep left!”

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Bonus, Frank Robinson vs. Dick Stuart – awesome home run video at 10:02 mark.

Enjoy and go O's!

[RHall31]

I can't find my thread from last year, so I will just reprint it here in full (and be sure to check out the link, I don't know how to post photos):

Another year has gone by, and Frank is 76 now, but time will not dim the glory of his deeds.

Wow. Great story thanks for reposting. I was six at the time and had not yet started following the O's and Frank.

Happy Birthday to my favorite Oriole, Frank Robinson!!!

[weams]

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Lifetime

OPS

[Sports Guy]

To me, he is still one of the most underrated players in baseball history. Perhaps not as underrated as Musial but close.

[Frobby]

Frank turns 80 years old today. See post #2 for my thoughts from when he turned 75. I'll never say it any better than that. Happy birthday, Frank.

[TouchemAll]

Happy Birthday Frank!