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Originally Posted by Orioles1954
Brooks Robinson is the beginning and end as the greatest third baseman of all-time. It amazes me that when speaking of a POSITION that only offense is brought up. Of course, Brooks has defense won by a mile. Very clutch postseason performer and a leader on some of the greatest teams in modern baseball history. Manny Machado of the Orioles is going to be very, very special at that position.
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I'm a huge Brooks guy, just from those WS highlights alone... And know he was a clutch hitter as well.
Still think Schmidt is probably it, but don't necessarily agree with later post about Brooks/Schmidt gap in offense vs gap in defense... Brooks is to 3rd base what Ozzie was to SS, if not more. He was an all time defensive player.. And when you're that on the corner, you're robbing doubles and triples on those lines, not just hits.
02-16-2014, 05:37 PM
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