Baltimore Orioles’ great Brooks Robinson celebrated his 79th birthday this past week. Anyone who’s ever followed the Birds knows who Robinson is, and his effect on baseball. There’s a guy named Schmidt who was pretty decent at the hot corner up the road in Philadelphia as well – but for my money Brooksie’s the greatest third baseman of all time.
If you don’t believe me, his 16 consecutive gold gloves will convince you. Schmidt had nine – which mind you is an unbelievable feat – but Robinson’s 16 STRAIGHT gold gloves ends the discussion in my view.