Oct 26, 2009 2:36 pm US/Eastern
Baltimore Pays Tribute To Brooks Robinson
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Ron Matz
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The accomplishments of Orioles legendary third baseman Brooks Robinson are many--23 seasons with the Orioles, 16 Gold Gloves, the American League and World Series MVP and then the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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The accomplishments of Orioles legendary third baseman Brooks Robinson are many--23 seasons with the Orioles, 16 Gold Gloves, the American League and World Series MVP and then the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Ron Matz reports Baltimore and the Babe Ruth Museum will pay tribute to its favorite son Monday night.
Nobody did it better at third base than Brooks Robinson. Robinson will be honored at the Meyerhoff as Baltimore pays tribute to the most beloved Oriole of all time.
Brooks Robinson was named the 1970 World Series MVP. Norman Rockwell even honored him with a famous portrait.
Robinson came from Arkansas to begin a love affair with Baltimore.
"To me, Baltimore is a blue-collar town. If you give a little, these people are going to love you. It's a wonderful place. I raised my family here. Several of my children and grandchildren are here," Robinson said. "They just want you to go out there and give an honest day's work. If you play well and the team does well, the people are going to come out."
Former teammates say there was no one like number five.
"He gave you 150 percent every single time out on the field. He did things out there that were mind boggling," said Rick Dempsey, former Orioles catcher. "People loved to watch him play and he made them feel like they were part of the ballclub."
"I took a little time to decide whether I wanted to do it or not. It raises money for the Babe Ruth Museum, and part of the ticket goes to the American Cancer Society, so it couldn't be better," Robinson said.
Robinson asked that $5 from every ticket be donated to the American Cancer Society. That's because he revealed last year he had been treated for prostate cancer.
He remembers his days as an Oriole fondly.
"I love every minute of it now. I like to walk down the street and somebody says, 'Hey, Brooks. You signed my ball in 1963, remember that?' I worked for the Orioles for three years during the winter and I was all over Maryland going to banquets and things, but it has come back three-fold to me."
Brooks Robinson was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1983.
Monday's event benefits the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation.
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