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Fast forward and she was promoted and they wound up moving to Nashville, where Patterson was able to work remotely for the software company he had joined. Last summer, his family visited and they went to a Nashville Sounds Triple-A game, with the ballpark close to where Patterson lived. That's when he initially tried out one of those pitch-speed booths, hit 96 mph on his final throw and realized he had quite an arm — even with his background being as an infielder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Blew my own mind, honestly,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/npatterson_12/status/1157070415874818048\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coach saw him and immediately encouraged Patterson to play baseball, if not collegiately then in the pros. So a couple of weeks later Patterson began contemplating the idea of chasing a lost dream once more, as a pitcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But last December, Patterson's plan to resume baseball was stalled again when he got hit by a car while riding his electric longboard. He broke the wrist on his left, non-throwing hand and needed surgery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was a very, very sad day, like all this work over the last two months was for nothing,\" he recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson returned to Kansas City for two weeks at Christmas last year and his family urged him to push on. By January he was throwing off a mound again in Nashville with a cast on the other hand, and that's when about 20 colleges came calling along with a handful of major league organizations. Patterson hired an agent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also began working closely with Jarrod Parker, who played for the A's before a pair of Tommy John surgeries forced him out of the game. Parker opened Parker Sports Performance last September in Nashville, and Patterson was one of the first athletes to participate in a regular training program at the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Lucky enough to have him walk through the door first of all,\" said Parker. \"Rarely do people get that kind of chance. Usually it's kind of that pipe dream. He came in and put his nose to the ground. We threw so much at the kid when he was here to prep him for the situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's signed Patterson, who struck out the side in order during his first pro appearance Aug. 15. His second outing wasn't as smooth with Patterson giving up three runs on two hits in two innings. 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It happened after the Red Sox were forced to integrate by a government agency. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then-owner Tom Yawkey and his front office are now widely viewed as racist, and last year the Red Sox \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/04/26/605851052/boston-red-sox-want-to-strike-former-owners-name-off-street-sign\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">succeeded in changing the name of a street named after him\u003c/a> in order to distance the team from its checkered history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Brian Watt interviewed one of Green’s contemporaries, Nate Oliver, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers for five seasons, as well as the Giants, Cubs, and Yankees. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oliver and Green became friends after they retired as players, and often swapped stories of their major league days. 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"content": "\u003cp>Mario Alioto says he knew instantly on May 9, 1999, that the San Francisco Giants had a good idea on their hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alioto was the team’s vice president of sales and marketing, and the Giants were playing the Milwaukee Brewers at 3Com Park (better known as Candlestick Park, the team’s home since 1960). First pitch wasn’t until around 1 p.m., but fans had started showing up hours before the gates even opened.[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember we got there about 7 in the morning,” said Robert Villegas, who’s been a Giants fans for nearly four decades. “It was a fun day because there was the Willie Mays bobblehead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first 25,000 fans in the doors received a free Willie Mays bobblehead. While this might seem like a run-of-the-mill promotion today, back in 1999 it had never been done before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“May 9, 1999, is really the day that transformed bobbleheads,” said Phil Sklar, co-founder and CEO of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bobbleheadhall.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobbleheads first gained popularity in the 1960s when they became a staple at stadiums and corner stores around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d go to the souvenir stand, and there was a bobblehead, and if you bought one or your parents bought one, that was a big deal,” said Alioto, now the team’s executive vice president of business operations, recalling his days as a young Giants fan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dolls faded from popularity over the next three decades, but when it came time for the Giants to celebrate their 40th and final season at Candlestick Park, Alioto and Valerie McGuire, the team’s director of special events, thought it would be fun to give away a bobblehead as a way to hearken back to the stadium’s early days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But actually getting the bobbleheads made proved challenging. When the team reached out to one of its suppliers, they had \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2016/01/02/bobblehead-history-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no idea what a bobblehead even was\u003c/a>. The first prototype they sent was tall and skinny with a tiny head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11745834\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11745834\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"An ad in the San Francisco Examiner on May 2, 1999, highlights the upcoming Willie Mays bobblehead promotion as part of a weekend of 1960s-related events.\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-800x999.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-1020x1273.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-961x1200.jpg 961w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-1920x2397.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An ad in the San Francisco Examiner on May 2, 1999, highlights the upcoming Willie Mays bobblehead promotion as part of a weekend of 1960s-related events. \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When we first saw that, we laughed,” Alioto said. “We said that’s not the idea. It’s got to be almost like \u003ca href=\"https://bobs.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob’s Big Boy\u003c/a>. It’s got to be chunky and a heavy doll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took a few rounds of back-and-forth before the team finally saw a design they were happy with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the actual production process might have been difficult, it wasn’t hard to choose which player would be the first bobblehead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was no doubt if we were going to do the first one, it would be Willie Mays,” Alioto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately after the Giants’ inaugural giveaway, other teams jumped on the bobblehead bandwagon. Within a few years, clubs in every major professional sport in the United States were giving them away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Sklar, the limited number of bobbleheads handed out before a game and the popularity of the online auction site eBay helped turn bobbleheads into instant collectibles. In 2015, a New York Yankees bobblehead from the early 1960s sold for \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidseideman/2015/06/03/record-price-for-bobbing-head-doll-60k-leaves-collectors-shaking-their-heads/#78c2ac2ea6a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nearly $60,000\u003c/a> at auction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobblehead technology has advanced significantly over the last 20 years. Much like video games, the likeness between the actual players and their bobbleheads has improved dramatically. (Alioto said that to this day, Mays insists the 1999 bobblehead looks nothing like him.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants have done bobbleheads of Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra with sound chips, a Barry Bonds bobblehead with a home run counter, and another Mays bobblehead celebrating his famous \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/mlb/video/2016/03/02-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over-the-shoulder catch\u003c/a> that included a ball on a string about to drop into his glove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always wanted to do one with Juan Marichal if we could do the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdLjTT1ldKU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high leg kick,\u003c/a> or with Rod Beck where he would swing his right arm, so instead of the head bobbling maybe the arm bobbles,” Alioto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11745841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11745841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the many bobbleheads the Giants have produced since 1999 include musical legends Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Carlos Santana.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the many bobbleheads the Giants have produced since 1999 include musical legends Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Carlos Santana. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not just the sports world that has caught bobblehead fever over the last 20 years. Alioto remembers going on a family vacation to the Vatican and seeing someone selling pope bobbleheads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought, ‘Boy, now I know this idea really worked,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the phenomenon shows no sign of slowing down. Sklar said there have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.bobbleheadhall.com/previous/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 7,000\u003c/a> bobblehead giveaways in the United States since 1999, and he sees kids as young as 4 and 5 years old toting collections with upward of 100 dolls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s anywhere near fading off,” Sklar said. “I liken bobbleheads more to Barbie as opposed to Beanie Babies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the Giants gave away a replica of the 1999 Mays bobblehead in celebration of its 20th anniversary, one of \u003ca href=\"https://sfgiants.mlblogs.com/sfgiants-2019-promos-and-special-events-revealed-1054b029b0c0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">six bobblehead giveaways\u003c/a> the team has planned for this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all looking for the next bobblehead, and we haven’t found it yet,” Alioto said. “So while they’re still working, we’re still producing bobbleheads.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobbleheads first gained popularity in the 1960s when they became a staple at stadiums and corner stores around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d go to the souvenir stand, and there was a bobblehead, and if you bought one or your parents bought one, that was a big deal,” said Alioto, now the team’s executive vice president of business operations, recalling his days as a young Giants fan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dolls faded from popularity over the next three decades, but when it came time for the Giants to celebrate their 40th and final season at Candlestick Park, Alioto and Valerie McGuire, the team’s director of special events, thought it would be fun to give away a bobblehead as a way to hearken back to the stadium’s early days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But actually getting the bobbleheads made proved challenging. When the team reached out to one of its suppliers, they had \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2016/01/02/bobblehead-history-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no idea what a bobblehead even was\u003c/a>. The first prototype they sent was tall and skinny with a tiny head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11745834\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11745834\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"An ad in the San Francisco Examiner on May 2, 1999, highlights the upcoming Willie Mays bobblehead promotion as part of a weekend of 1960s-related events.\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-800x999.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-1020x1273.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-961x1200.jpg 961w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut-1920x2397.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37012_The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Sun__May_2__1999_-qut.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An ad in the San Francisco Examiner on May 2, 1999, highlights the upcoming Willie Mays bobblehead promotion as part of a weekend of 1960s-related events. \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When we first saw that, we laughed,” Alioto said. “We said that’s not the idea. It’s got to be almost like \u003ca href=\"https://bobs.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob’s Big Boy\u003c/a>. It’s got to be chunky and a heavy doll.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took a few rounds of back-and-forth before the team finally saw a design they were happy with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the actual production process might have been difficult, it wasn’t hard to choose which player would be the first bobblehead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was no doubt if we were going to do the first one, it would be Willie Mays,” Alioto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately after the Giants’ inaugural giveaway, other teams jumped on the bobblehead bandwagon. Within a few years, clubs in every major professional sport in the United States were giving them away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Sklar, the limited number of bobbleheads handed out before a game and the popularity of the online auction site eBay helped turn bobbleheads into instant collectibles. In 2015, a New York Yankees bobblehead from the early 1960s sold for \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidseideman/2015/06/03/record-price-for-bobbing-head-doll-60k-leaves-collectors-shaking-their-heads/#78c2ac2ea6a2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nearly $60,000\u003c/a> at auction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobblehead technology has advanced significantly over the last 20 years. Much like video games, the likeness between the actual players and their bobbleheads has improved dramatically. (Alioto said that to this day, Mays insists the 1999 bobblehead looks nothing like him.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants have done bobbleheads of Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra with sound chips, a Barry Bonds bobblehead with a home run counter, and another Mays bobblehead celebrating his famous \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/mlb/video/2016/03/02-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over-the-shoulder catch\u003c/a> that included a ball on a string about to drop into his glove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always wanted to do one with Juan Marichal if we could do the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdLjTT1ldKU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high leg kick,\u003c/a> or with Rod Beck where he would swing his right arm, so instead of the head bobbling maybe the arm bobbles,” Alioto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11745841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11745841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the many bobbleheads the Giants have produced since 1999 include musical legends Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Carlos Santana.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/RS37014_IMG_0523-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the many bobbleheads the Giants have produced since 1999 include musical legends Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Carlos Santana. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not just the sports world that has caught bobblehead fever over the last 20 years. Alioto remembers going on a family vacation to the Vatican and seeing someone selling pope bobbleheads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought, ‘Boy, now I know this idea really worked,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the phenomenon shows no sign of slowing down. 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He also has \u003ca href=\"http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20821673/bill-russell-takes-knee-presidential-medal-freedom-twitter-photo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his own\u003c/a> Presidential Medal of Freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on the baseball team, Robinson shared the diamond with Curt Flood, one of the best center fielders of all time and the reason that professional athletes today can become free agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1970, Flood — a three-time all-star and seven-time Gold Glove winner — challenged what was known as baseball’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/how-curt-flood-changed-baseball-and-killed-his-career-in-the-process/241783/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reserve clause\u003c/a>, which prevented a player from signing with another team even after their contract expired. 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"content": "\u003cp>Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, who made history as a player, manager and league executive, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/frank-robinson-dies/c-303656538\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died Thursday\u003c/a> at 83 at his home in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson, one of the game’s most feared sluggers and \u003ca href=\"https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/robinson-frank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a fierce competitor\u003c/a>, starred in both of baseball’s major leagues. He later became baseball’s first African-American manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/1093627238732288000\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frank Robinson’s resume in our game is without parallel, a trailblazer in every sense, whose impact spanned generations,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mourns-the-passing-of-hall-of-famer-frank-robinson/c-303660976\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a>. “He was one of the greatest players in the history of our game, but that was just the beginning of a multifaceted baseball career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson broke into the majors in 1956 as a hot hitter and graceful fielder with the National League’s Cincinnati Reds. He was the NL Most Valuable Player in 1961, the same year the Reds won the league pennant. But by 1965, despite hitting 33 home runs and driving in 113 runs, the team’s management considered him old and expendable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson responded to that judgment with a vengeance: In 1966, the year after he was traded to the American League’s Baltimore Orioles, he led the team to a World Series victory while winning the Triple Crown and the Most Valuable Player awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frank took us from being a good team in 1965 to being a great team in 1966,” Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer told the \u003ca href=\"https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-frank-robinson-20190207-story.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Sun\u003c/a>. “I’m glad Cincinnati thought he was ‘an old 30’ when they traded him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinfr02.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">six years\u003c/a> Robinson spent as an Oriole, the team went to the World Series four times and won twice, in 1966 and 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian \u003ca href=\"http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8944321/no-one-tried-embarrass-frank-robinson-got-away-it\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">writes\u003c/a> that “Robinson is one of the most underrated superstar players ever to play the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>“With that 1966 season, Robinson became the first — and remains the only — player to win the MVP in both leagues. He also finished third in the MVP voting twice, fourth twice and in the top 10 a total of 10 times. He made 13 All-Star teams. He won National League Rookie of the Year in 1956, hitting .290 with 38 home runs at age 20 for the Reds. And while he never led his league in a Triple Crown category other than in 1966 when he managed it in all three, he led his league in slugging percentage, OPS and OPS+ four times, including three years in a row (1960-62). And he led his league in runs scored three times, in being hit by pitches seven times and in intentional walks four times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Robinson is currently 10th on the all-time home run list with 586.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are statues of Robinson at the ballparks in Baltimore and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/01/24/former-reds-great-frank-robinson-get-statue-cleveland/96990996/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson became a player-manager of the Cleveland Indians in 1975, hitting a home run on opening day that year at the age of 39.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He went on to \u003ca href=\"https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/robinfr02.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">manage\u003c/a> the San Francisco Giants (1981-1984), and then returned to Baltimore as skipper (1988-1991) before ending his field career managing the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals franchise (2002-2006).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson also worked for the game off the field as a consultant, and then executive, with the commissioner’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Beaumont, Texas, Robinson was raised in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Frank-Robinson-SF-Giants-manager-and-baseball-13598394.php?t=10f9841d3a&f?\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Oakland\u003c/a>, where he attended McClymonds High School along with future NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/status/1093614180874113024\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. 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