The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything.

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• Frank Robinson:

  I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone.

• Frank Robinson:

  At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying.

• Frank Robinson:

  No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't c

• Frank Robinson:

  Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

• Frank Robinson:

  No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland.

• Frank Robinson:

  People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field ar

• Frank Robinson:

  If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.

• Frank Robinson:

  But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.

• Frank Robinson:

  I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry

• Frank Robinson:

  You have to have a short memory as a closer.