“The Dodgers tried to trade me that year to the A’s,” said Baker. “I refused to go. The Dodgers released me, but I was a five-and-10 guy (five years on the same team, 10 years in the big league, which ...

April 8, 2025, is significant for the Cleveland Guardians organization not only because it is their latest season's home opener, against the Chicago White Sox, but also because it is the anniversary ...

Frank Robinson, the talented and tenacious Hall of Fame outfielder who broke barriers as baseball's first African-American manager and who led the Nationals through their first two seasons in ...

As Kuiper would approach the mound, he’d tell Perry, “This isn’t my idea.’ ”Gaylord would answer, “I know whose idea this is. Now get the hell out of here.‘” Kuiper admired Robinson for gambling on ...

Frank Robinson, the Hall of Fame outfielder who hit 586 home runs and became a racial pioneer as the first black manager in the major leagues, nearly three decades after Jackie Robinson broke modern ...

The Washington Nationals released the following statements on the passing of former manager Frank Robinson: "The Lerner family and the entire Washington Nationals organization extend our deepest ...

On the day that the late Frank Robinson became the first African-American to manage a major league game -- April 8, 1975, Opening Day of the first of the two seasons Robinson served as player-manager ...

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the first black manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win the MVP award in both leagues, has died. He was 83.

Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame. His legacy, however, was cemented the day he simply stood in the dugout at old Cleveland Stadium as ...