It is always sad when we lose a member of the Baseball family. But when we lose a Great member, a solid citizen, a legendary athlete, a trailblazing leader and administrator we are all poorer for it. Frank Robinson is dead. But Frank Robinson lives on.
Most of you, I would gather, never saw Frank Robinson as a player. Most of you might not have even been born by the time he retired from his playing career in 1976. But just look at the marks his accomplishments left all over his playing days. It’s very, very rare that a baseball fan gets to watch such a career first hand.