What if Frank Never Came.

[weams]

https://mlbreports.com/2017/02/04/sully-baseball-daily-podcast-february-4-2017/

 

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One of the most intriguing “What Ifs” in baseball history is the question “What if the Reds did NOT trade Frank Robinson to Cincinnati?”

 

[Can_of_corn]

Pretty embarrassing typo you quoted there.

[Frobby]

A lot of people don't realize that the Orioles were very good before Frank arrived.   They won 95 games in 1961, 97 in 1964, 94 in 1965.    With guys like Blair, Palmer and McNally coming into their prime, I don't think it's far fetched to think the O's might have made the WS a couple of times in 1966-71 even without Frank.   But they wouldn't have been an all-time great team.   

[weams]

6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

A lot of people don't realize that the Orioles were very good before Frank arrived.   They won 95 games in 1961, 97 in 1964, 94 in 1965.    With guys like Blair, Palmer and McNally coming into their prime, I don't think it's far fetched to think the O's might have made the WS a couple of times in 1966-71 even without Frank.   But they wouldn't have been an all-time great team.   

"Frank taught us how to win," Etchebarren said. 

“We knew how to play,” says Brooks Robinson, “but starting with spring training, Frank taught us how to win.” 

“We had a good ball club, but Frank Robinson taught us how to win. " Frank Cashen

 

 

[Frobby]

Look, Frank is my favorite player ever, but some of that "taught us how to win" stuff is overblown.    Like I said, they won 97 and 94 games in '64-65.    They knew how to win.    They just were even better with Frank on the field.    

[Frobby]

It also helped that the Yankee dynasty finally collapsed.    

[oriolediehard]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Look, Frank is my favorite player ever, but some of that "taught us how to win" stuff is overblown.    Like I said, they won 97 and 94 games in '64-65.    They knew how to win.    They just were even better with Frank on the field.    

Frank and Brooks were my childhood best players.  They had a smart GM, Earl Weaver and the best pitching staff in baseball.  Boy do I miss those days.  I wish it could happen again, but I am dreaming. 

[ELMERO]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Pretty embarrassing typo you quoted there.

An even more embarrassing title to the thread!

[Number5]

What if Frank Never Came?

Alternate universe?

[Tx Oriole]

58 minutes ago, oriolediehard said:

Frank and Brooks were my childhood best players.  They had a smart GM, Earl Weaver and the best pitching staff in baseball.  Boy do I miss those days.  I wish it could happen again, but I am dreaming. 

I do too. But those days are long gone. 

[ELMERO]

47 minutes ago, Number5 said:

What if Frank Never Came?

Alternate universe?

If Frank never came, I suppose that would explain his "meanness", on and off the field.
 

[Moose Milligan]

Probably wouldn't have had kids.