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JIM MURRAY: Another Rauble for BrooksLOS ANGELES HTHEY SAY THAT WHEN Brooks Robinson retires; * he’s going to take third base with him*This will come as no great hardship to any lineup which has had to play Baltimore over the years. Everyone in the league knew that anything hit to the left of shortstop, lower than the second deck, would wind up in Robinson’s glove anyway* He made more (lives a season than DonSehollander. He was like aBritish heavyweight—no one knew what he looked like erect*A conservative es tiin a te woul d be that Robins on stol e?0 total; bases frbm the Gih^ cinnatlReds irtj the World Sex* ieslas t y ear * ‘‘His name sHou id • ‘Robber-spri’ ; alidwed Ah'eV'-:Reds • P-P etc;Rose.P The statistics shdto Johnny BenoK batted only .200* Therei isntt a pitblier Whd fafied Min Whodoesn’t know bettPrv Behchbatted abbut ;;4Q0fThe figures pdweat^bats; But atpleast t^p doubles i vUp in RpbihsbhIs^glby evP:;;§= :J A :-;;b:a 1 IThrp wn^at^lj':T20^m;^hf:A'Thirdtbaserria;h:i?'isxpnROBINSONa pitcher is closer. Brooks Robinson is* quite simply* the best third-baseman in history, considering the velocity of a baseball today vs. what it was in the old days when, to be fair, the gloves were lets well-suited. But hands and eyes have not changed. Only the equipment is better. And if gloves are, so are bats and bails.It used to be, if a ball were hit to third like a scream in the night, and the fielder hobbled it, oldtimers in the press box would nod wisely and say, “Pie Tray nor would have had it.” In the future; Brooks Robinson will be the standard every third baseman will be measured by.If Brooks only saved his virtuosity for World Series -as a lot of players have been known to do, since a Series is a time when the cream frequently rises to the bottom—Brooks would just be another guy with a new car. But he has won so many (10) Golden Glove awardsthat you need ddrk glasses just to walk through his den.Golden Gloves frequently have glass bats but Brooks has over 2,000 hits, over 200 home riihsand nearly 1000 ruhs in his career.^ Tbii^Would thirtka plhyer with a new car, a ihatched • set;-; Of go 1 d igl by ps-i A n d ;a^n ew 100^ fiiid anotherbauble iahticlimactic^ Rut when I talked id Brhpks RobiilsPtiv dt pth'eAstrojeiVto Athlete Golf Tdttrnihnrteiit in Rbpeiilk Tceehtly*copp -at fppaBig Mrae e^;Anyproathletfe, ;pnlitical;-tef td;exile on d^Wdiilcf^lihder^ahdPT’he; HiclmkpeltnP^; Athleterit thP Tehry ^for prowess in any locker room. This is because it is a hedge against inflation, the transmission can’t fall out, the kids can’t break it. It has one large (4.18-karat) diamond, 26 smaller ones (totaling 4 karats), a ruby, sapphire, gold buckle, white gold settings and alligator skin. Its taxable value is $10,000 (Maury Wills tried to get it ruled as a nontaxable gift, but the governmentoverruled him.)Thirteen baseball players have won it, four boxers, three football players, and two golfers—all professions. Bill Russell loudly complained one year that pro basketball players were entitled to more consideration,which gives you an insight into how enviously athletes regard this award since Russell had not deigned to protest a Look Magazine award or a Topps Chewing Gum Award. Jockeys and race car drivers have pro-tested.It can, and has been, melted or cut down into rings, bracelets or other wearable jewels, although Sandy Koufax, the only athlete to win two; keeps his in a bahk• V aultl -j: :■ /.I ■ ■;• V: • i A: '■ -,; V Pp : ^Ancient flpe-ers of religious persecutionvkneW^ellto. keep their jewels and gold and valuables hung Around tfieir hecks and disdaih currency. Ey eh food would spoil; But not diamondsdrWoitiB bePpaintings; and^knoydedt^^^sets: •• •* v-:r .c:1$^ cared ri;sp aifsAj^Mh drat#-a re': ^ecdhdMcPout e as ts 6i Ahfe;s sa nreysdhfeThe•XphpAyay;®^t:;up:A”fembiAndfc;1.971, Xhe Lbs Angei
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Mon, Feb 22, 1971
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