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Brooks Robinson [1937-0]
Rank: 105
Athlete, Baseball player


Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles. He batted and threw right-handed, though he was a natural left-hander. Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" or "Mr. Hoover", he is considered one of the greatest defensive third basemen in major league history.


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It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.
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Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts.
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I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.
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Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.
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If your're not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
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I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.
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Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.
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If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.
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I've always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.
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