R.I.P. Brooks Robinson

[Orioles1954]

Word leaking from Baltimore is that the legendary Brooks Robinson has passed away. The greatest third baseman of all-time. An even better human!

[Lucas00]

Rip To the Human Vacuum.
I know his following here is immense, a sad day for sure.

[clydepepper]

Arguably, the greatest fielding third baseman ever.


I believe this is the first HOFer we've lost (please correct me if I'm wrong) since that terrible year+ we lost 9 or 10 (beginning with Kaline, ending with Aaron).



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[robw1959]

[QUOTE=clydepepper;2376095]Arguably, the greatest fielding third baseman ever.


16 gold gloves says it isn't arguable. And with the modern, manicured infields player perform on these days, we will never get to see fielding like that ever again.

Brooks will be missed as a player and as a human being. A buddy of mine told me that he ran into Steve Garvey at a Hastings Book store about seven years ago and asked him, "Aren't you Steve Garvey?" Steve deadpanned, "Yes," without even lifting his eyes from the magazine he was perusing. Now I have nothing against Steve Garvey whatsoever. But if that had been Brooks in the store, he would have probably pulled out a 3 X 5 personal glossy photo and autographed it for my buddy on the spot, and likely would have engaged him in some conversation as well. To Brooks, all fans were friends.

[robw1959]

Oh my gosh! My favorite baseball guy ever.

[bmattioli]

Always a respected player. RIP..

[Andy Sandler]

A great player and a class act!

[icollectDCsports]

Sad to hear it. Great player and guy. RIP, Brooks.

[JollyElm]

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Met him at one of the first card shows I ever attended on Long Island in the 80's, and man was he nice to everyone (even though the Orioles were the enemies of BOTH Mets and Yankees fans alike) with that southern drawl emanating joy and a polite and gracious nature. A memory (along with him signing my cards left-handed) that's forever happily burned into my mind.


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Rest in peace, Number 5.

[Chris-Counts]

When I was a kid in the early 1970s, just about everybody I knew wore a Brooks Robinson model Rawlings glove — especially after his performance in the 1970 World Series. On baseball fields everywhere, whenever an infielder made a a great play, it was compared to one Brooks would have made (at least until Ozzie Smith showed up). I recall meeting him as a teenager — with a big grin, he asked ME if I wanted HIS autograph. I hated watching him shut down my beloved Reds with his diving plays, but I respected him as a player and a person. It's going be tougher than ever today to hit a ball down the third base line in Heaven.

[michael3322]

“I still respect him to this day as much as I ever have,” Bench said. “I called him the other day, just to check on him, just, ‘How you doing? How you feeling?'”

Bench said when they see each other they always flash an open hand, signifying the No. 5 — their uniform numbers in their playing days. Bench said one of his favorite photos throughout his storied life occurred while three guys were chatting at a table during a gathering in Cooperstown, N.Y.: Bench, Robinson and fellow Hall of Famer George Brett.

“When you get to sit around with Brooks, he is even classier. Him and Connie have been really close friends to me. And we love to hold up our No. 5 when we see each other,” Bench said. “In fact, I have a great picture of Brett, myself and Brooks at the Hall of Fame, before we went out to an induction, and we are sitting at the table and we are all holding up 5.”

From: ‘I still respect him’: More stories of Brooks Robinson and the 1970 World Series. The Athletic.

[MikeGarcia]

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[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Chris Counts

When I was a kid in the early 1970s, just about everybody I knew wore a Brooks Robinson model Rawlings glove — especially after his performance in the 1970 World Series. On baseball fields everywhere, whenever an infielder made a a great play, it was compared to one Brooks would have made (at least until Ozzie Smith showed up). I recall meeting him as a teenager — with a big grin, he asked ME if I wanted HIS autograph. I hated watching him shut down my beloved Reds with his diving plays, but I respected him as a player and a person. It's going be a tougher than ever today to hit a ball down the third base line in Heaven.

Awesome post. I feel the exact same.

RIP Brooksie.

[GeoPoto]

Earl Weaver once said: "Brooks was the only player I ever managed that didn't blame me at the end."

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[BioCRN]

Crew's back together again...

[p1ayba11]

He was the guy I wanted to be as a kid playing 3rd base…

[kcohen]

As we age, more and more of our boyhood heroes pass on. Such is life. I had the great pleasure of meeting and having a nice conversation with Mr. Robinson a couple of times. Sometimes such encounters reveal a true gentleman of such decency that, upon hearing of his passing, it’s almost like losing a friend.

And, oh yea, he was a pretty good ball player too.

[e6phillips]

He brought a lot of joy to the game.

This is one of my favorite Miller Lite ads:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOz9JIPjAMk

And one of my favorite Topps ads:

[stkuhl]

1983 Brooks was scheduled to attend an autograph session at Engel Stadium, home of the Chattanooga Lookouts. Didn't make it for whatever reason. Fast forward a few years. I was at an autograph session in Baltimore and mentioned to Brooks that he let down a lot of us in Chattanooga in 1983. He was very, very apologetic. I told him things come up and I understand. Best autograph signer I ever dealt with. RIP Brooks