tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post4789528902196403617..comments2023-11-27T12:31:26.087-05:00Comments on The Great 1965 Topps Project: #120 Frank RobinsonKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01334533396646438555noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-20213292587991649672011-03-23T01:20:15.012-04:002011-03-23T01:20:15.012-04:00I was surprised a few months ago to learn that Rob...I was surprised a few months ago to learn that Robinson had been the Reds' starting 1st baseman for a few years in the early 1960s.<br /><br />Commish, Kevin,<br /><br />My original 1967 Luis Aparicio card had <b>THERESA</b> scrawled in ink on the back in big letters. If any of you have that card, it was mine once!Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-16682665649025065112011-03-09T08:54:19.150-05:002011-03-09T08:54:19.150-05:00Bob - It happens. I need to remember to scan a 196...Bob - It happens. I need to remember to scan a 1965 Walter Alston card that Max sent me...it's the most hilariously defaced card I've ever seen.<br /><br />Marc - Word has it that Bill DeWitt and Robinson never got along.<br /><br />Anon - An interesting note about the trade: on Baltimore's end, it was the handiwork of outgoing GM Lee MacPhail. He handed the deal off to new GM Harry Dalton and gave him the choice of signing off on it. I'd certainly say Dalton passed his first test.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334533396646438555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-69840754560872534572011-03-08T22:02:14.023-05:002011-03-08T22:02:14.023-05:00He was traded because the Reds owner at that time ...He was traded because the Reds owner at that time was a clueless individual who didn't want to pay Robinson what he was worth. Baltimore must have thought he was joking when he agreed to the trade. The worst trade in the modern era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-60433897220672929702011-03-08T10:22:17.694-05:002011-03-08T10:22:17.694-05:00I think Frank was traded to the Orioles because Ci...I think Frank was traded to the Orioles because Cincinnati is sort of a southern-type city and he was considered a bit too outspoke (i.e., "uppity") for that time and place. Just think, though, how good the later Big Red Machine would have been with Frank Robinson (albeit aging and somewhat in decline) in addition to Rose, Morgan, Perez, and Bench.Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-84053064509741481552011-03-03T22:42:58.538-05:002011-03-03T22:42:58.538-05:00LOL, no I actually didn't even notice that unt...LOL, no I actually didn't even notice that until after I made the comment. I would NEVER have written on a card. I 'flipped' them (a lost art for sure) but that was acceptable. Writing on them was a mortal sin. <br /><br /> I've come across several cards with ...umm... alterations in my '59 set.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-78205221009019530652011-03-03T16:21:12.482-05:002011-03-03T16:21:12.482-05:00Bob - I sincerely hope that you didn't write &...Bob - I sincerely hope that you didn't write "ORIOLES" on the back of YOUR card in blue ink. ;)Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01334533396646438555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766775162963853142.post-27654387954482105622011-03-02T09:24:13.363-05:002011-03-02T09:24:13.363-05:00What a great career. On the field, in the dugout, ...What a great career. On the field, in the dugout, as an executive. Frank stood up for what he believed was the right way to do things. I admire him as much as any athlete I've ever come across.<br /><br />I taped this card inside my locker the winter he came to the Orioles. I was ready for good things for the O's but I never dreamed they's be THAT good.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.com