Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.
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It's a relief for everybody, it really is. We get the distractions away from here and we can focus on baseball now.Frank Robinson
Brooks never impressed me because you were accustomed to him making the plays. This kid reminds me a lot of Brooks on those plays. Brooks owned those things. Brooks was very good on those slow rollers coming in.
Frank Robinson
He felt like every time he took the ball, he was going to go nine innings, no matter what. The good ones, they perform even though they're not 100 percent -- they find a way to get the job done.
Frank Robinson
I know time is running out as far as I'm concerned.
Frank Robinson
Robinson, though, sent him back out to pitch the fourth. It's one of those things, ... You look for two innings out of him. He gives you two, he's capable of going three. He gets three, so let's see what he can do. See if you can get one more out of him.
Frank Robinson
A rivalry has to be cultivated. This, in time, could be.
Frank Robinson
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