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	Frank Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player.
		Frank Robinson became the first fl manager of a Major League Baseball team, when he was a player-manager with Cleveland in 1975.
		Robinson is also a charter member of the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame (along with Brooks Robinson), and a member of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, being inducted into both in 1978.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Robinson (1104 words)

	Frank Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935) was a Major League Baseball player and is currently the manager of the Washington Nationals.
		Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
		Robinson's managerial record coming in to 2002 is 680-751, a.475 record.
	www.battlecreek.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Frank_Robinson (541 words)

	Frank Robinson
		Frank Bruce Robinson was born on July 5, 1886 in the small village of Buckinghamshire, England.
		Frank was open though and even with their own religion in their own home, Pearl and the children were still members of the Presbyterian church.
		Frank was called a spectacular and agressive man. With all of that energy, he also owned three drug stores, a newspaper and other real estate; travelled all over the country giving talks, and radio shows; writing newsletters, lessons, and 23 books.
	www.johnblack.com /psychiana/Frank.html (1299 words)

	ESPN Classic - Robinson set records and broke barriers
		Frank Robinson had a way of repeating his feats: he is the only player to win a Most Valuable Player award in both the National and American Leagues and the only African-American to manage in each circuit.
		In response to several death threats, Robinson began carrying a gun and, in 1961 he was arrested for waving it threateningly at a restaurant employee who refused to serve him.
		Robinson was Major League Baseball's vice-president of on-field operations, in charge of discipline, when he returned in 2002 to the dugout as Montreal's manager.
	espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/robinson_frank.html (1381 words)

	Frank Bruce Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When Frank Robinson died on October 19, 1948, his son, Alfred, who had assisted his father since 1947, attempted to continue operations, but after several years he was forced to close, the rapid rise in postal rates being given as the main reason.
		From her letter and Robinson's reply it is evident that this is the telegram he mentions in several of his books as the one he read to the audience in Portland's Shrine Auditorium.
		Robinson was Mahoney's chief financial backer and notes in ink on the back of page six of the typescript indicate that he believed fraud and voting irregularities were the cause of Mahoney's defeat.
	drseuss.lib.uidaho.edu /special-collections/Manuscripts/mg101.htm (10999 words)

	KFFL - Frank Robinson, MAN, Washington Nationals
		Robinson would also be open to remaining with the franchise in some capacity if he is not retained as manager.
		Nationals MAN Frank Robinson said he believed Johnson would wear the boot for the next week or so but didn't know when he might be ready to return.
		Robinson could be replaced when MLB sells the team to new ownership, but a managerial change would be unlikely unless the team is sold before the 2005 season starts.
	www.kffl.com /player/4703/mlb (3126 words)

	Psychiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Frank Robinson used the latest in media technology to teach a very unorthodox philosophy which was on the crossroads of new science, psychology and spiritual thinking.
		Frank felt that the Christian church was not working, and many of his ideas caused controversy.
		Frank fashioned a religion for people who were groping the way he had - not an elite.
	www.johnblack.com /psychiana (341 words)

	Frank Robinson Article, FrankRobinson Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935) was a Major League Baseball player andis currently (2004) the manager of the Montreal Expos.
		Robinson waselected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
		Robinson was named MVP of the 1966 series.He was named Most Valuable Player twice, in 1961 with the Reds and again in 1966 with the Orioles, becoming the first player to win MVP awards in both leagues.
	www.anoca.org /baseball/he/frank_robinson.html (386 words)

	Washington Nationals : News : Washington Nationals News
		Frank Robinson will have several new coaches as only pitching coach Randy St. Claire and bench coach Eddie Rodriguez were retained.
		Robinson was offered the same salary as last season and was told that some of his coaches were going to be dismissed.
		Natal said he talked to Robinson on Thursday morning to inform him that he was going to take the job with the Mets for less money in order to spend more time with his wife and three children.
	washington.nationals.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051215&content_id=1282587&vkey=news_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was (1082 words)

	Frank Robinson \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Batting.322 as a sophomore, Robinson was one of eight Reds elected to the NL All-Star starting lineup in 1957, and was the only outfielder who wasn't removed by Commissioner Ford Frick after the details of a ballot-stuffing campaign by Cincinnati management was exposed.
		Easing himself out of the lineup, Robinson led the Indians to their first winning record (81-78, fourth place) since 1968 and only their third.500-plus season since 1959 in 1976, but he was fired when they started slowly in 1977.
		Robinson turned the club around in 1989, guiding the Orioles to first place at the All-Star break and second place at the end of the season; Baltimore wasn't eliminated until the final series of the season, against Toronto.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/R/Robinson_Frank.stm (4878 words)

	frank robinson autographed baseball - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
		Frank Robinson is now in his fourth managerial job, a career that began shortly after his playing days, when he accepted the Indians job in 1975.
		Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame outfielder who put up some of the most amazing numbers.
		Frank Robinson, the 1966 Triple Crown Winner was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982 and is the only player to win the MVP in both the AL and NL.
	www.shopping.com /xGS-frank_robinson_autographed_baseball (1244 words)

	Federal Baseball :: Operation: Frank Robinson Biography
		Picture Story of Frank Robinson (1977): If you were born in 1967-69, this is the book for you---or at least it was, when you were ages 8-10.
		Robinson, the only man to be named most valuable player in both major leagues and the first fl manager in baseball, scores another triumph with this book, the most forthright sports volume in several years.
		With coauthor Stainback (Snake, etc.), Robinson discusses racism in the diamond sport, which he experienced in the minor leagues (he could not stay in the same hotels as his teammates), in the major leagues (he found virtually no off-the-field contact between fl and white players) and in the front office.
	www.federalbaseball.com /story/2006/2/24/02121/6790 (1796 words)

	Robinson got Larkin talks going
		It took Frank Robinson, who knew a thing or two about bad endings to a Reds career, to step in and keep Barry Larkin from having one.
		Robinson, the Reds Hall of Famer, was in town managing the Montreal Expos.
		That gesture and retiring Robinson's number in 1998 put to rest the bitterness over his departure in 1966, when he was labeled "an old 30" and traded to Baltimore.
	reds.enquirer.com /2003/09/29/wwwred1barryb.html (725 words)

	Major League Baseball : News : Major League Baseball News
		Frank Robinson said he was thinking of the fl players who paved the way.
		Robinson was one of 14 people to receive the award, including boxer Muhammad Ali, golfer Jack Nicklaus, comedian Carol Burnett and singer Aretha Franklin.
		During the ceremony, Robinson was sitting next to Paul Rusesabagina, whose life was depicted in the movie "Hotel Rwanda." Rusesabagina gave people shelter at the hotel he managed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051109&content_id=1266885&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb (795 words)

	FRANK ROBINSON, FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
		Priorities this year include a new building at Robinson's Torrance Airport factory that will expand floor space by about half, to 400,000 square feet, and, perhaps, a modification of the flagship R44, an aircraft introduced in 1995, to make it more capable at higher altitudes.
		All the Robinson helos are powered by Lycoming engines, with 180-hp 0-360s in the R22s and 260-hp 0-540s in the R44s.
		Robinson acknowledges that the banner year 2000 was due in part to pent-up demand satisfied by R44 hydraulic controls that became available in the fall of '99.
	www.aviationnow.com /shownews/01hai1/newsmk06.htm (402 words)

	Robinson, Frank. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Beaumont, Tex. Entering major-league baseball as an outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds, Robinson was named the National League’s rookie of the year in 1956 and most valuable player (MVP) in 1961.
		Traded to the American League’s Baltimore Orioles in 1965, he won the batting triple crown and the MVP award in 1966, becoming the first player ever to be voted MVP in both leagues.
		Robinson subsequently managed the San Francisco Giants (1981–84) and Orioles (1988–91) and was manager of the year in 1982 and 1989.
	www2.bartleby.com /65/rb/RbnsnF.html (229 words)

	26 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs: Frank Robinson
		Close to 6,000 Robinson helos sit on flight lines around the world -- an astounding figure considering that a run a tenth that size is more than enough to make an aircraft a bestseller.
		Robinson spent the 1960s as an engineer for Bell and Hughes and other makers of multimillion-dollar helicopters, trying along the way to interest one of them in his vision for a reliable "personal" helicopter affordable for flight schools, small businesses, and even individuals.
		Robinson slashed the number of parts in the power train by about a third, making simpler, airplanelike maintenance possible.
	www.inc.com /magazine/20050401/26-robinson.html (746 words)

	Frank M. Robinson's Official Web Site
		In his sleek tale, Robinson brings these two protagonists progressively closer and closer together, and while he doesn't always maintain the high-stakes tension of the book's opening chapters, he's a crackerjack writer with a great ear, and he keeps the pages turning by giving his characters psychological depth.
		Bestselling author Frank M. Robinson tells the story-behind-the-story, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, published in the 1800s, through the fantastic visions of Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and a host of others who made science fiction not only their profession but their life.
		Frank is an author, editor, and screenwriter of science fiction, political thrillers, and mysteries.
	www.frankmrobinson.com (496 words)

	Frank M. Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frank M. Robinson (born 1926) is a science fiction and techno-thriller writer.
		Besides The Glass Inferno and The Gold Crew he collaborated on several other works with fellow author Thomas N. Scortia, including The Prometheus Crisis, The Nightmare Factor and Blow-Out.
		Frank M. Robinson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_M._Robinson (209 words)

	Time management - The Washington Times: Sports - January 01, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Robinson said he was not prepared for a long-term commitment and would not have taken the job if he knew what would happen.
		Robinson is anticipating something different and fun after his challenging, often difficult years in Montreal.
		Robinson always played as if he were one bad game away from being sent to the minors.
	www.washingtontimes.com /sports/20041231-115841-6259r.htm (1472 words)

	Robinson touched by statue
		Reds chief operating officer John Allen began the healing process with the retirement of Robinson's number (20) in 1998, and the Reds completed it with the unveiling Friday of his statue in Crosley Terrace.
		Robinson lifted the cover and smiled widely, pleased to see the powerful swing - and the sleek legs, hips and butt he had asked sculptor Tom Tsuchiya to thin out after seeing a one-quarter scale model last April.
		Robinson was feted by Reds broadcaster Marty Brennaman, the master of ceremonies; Chuck Harmon, the first African-American to play for the Reds; former Negro Leaguer Sonny Webb, his Cincinnati friend of 50 years; Expos catcher Michael Barrett; Expos general manager Omar Minaya; the Reds' Allen; and sculptor Tsuchiya.
	reds.enquirer.com /2003/09/27/wwwred1robby.html (542 words)

	Robinson agrees to return as manager - The Washington Times: Sports - November 19, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Robinson, who has managed the team in Montreal the past three seasons, had made it clear he wanted to return, and general manager Jim Bowden had said he wanted him back.
		During the final weekend of the season, Robinson said he wanted to be part of the Washington franchise, preferably in an ownership or front-office role.
		Robinson, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982, is one of the icons of the Orioles franchise.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20041119-120852-3917r.htm (677 words)

	Frank Robinson Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Frank Robinson was born on Saturday, August 31, 1935, in Beaumont, Texas.
		Robinson was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1956, with the Cincinnati Redlegs.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Frank Robinson baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=robinfr02 (285 words)

	All-Baseball.com, part of MVN: Here’s To You, Mr. Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Frank probably ranks only below that other Robinson, Jackie, among the pioneers in the game’s early push to become the most diverse sport in the land.
		Robinson always demanded hustle and unity from his team mates, and was always far too riled up to accept anything less.
		This is the same Robinson who broke up a double play against Al Weis and the Mets in the 1969 World Series, one impact that caused him twenty four hours of headaches and blurred vision.
	www.all-baseball.com /archives/019224.html (1549 words)

	►► Frank Robinson Photos
		Frank Robinson had an amazing career that spanned 20 years in the Major Leagues.
		Robinson led the Orioles to their first ever pennant and a World Series upset sweep of the Dodgers.
		Frank led the American League with 49 home runs, 122 RBI's a.316 batting average with a.637 slugging percentage.
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	Frank Talk
		Frank Robinson is led back to the dugout Tuesday night after the umpires checked the glove of Nats' Gary Majewski.
		Robinson is a hard man. And he is the reason the Nationals are a hard team -- and a first-place team.
		All season, Robinson has repeated, quietly, but firmly, that he would like to be allowed by future ownership to manage the team he has molded.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061502337.html (1048 words)

	Amazon.com: Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines: Books: Frank M. Robinson,Lawrence Davidson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Robinson begins by tracing the roots of the pulps back to the dime novels of the late 1800's.
		Robinson's narrative moves from one pulp genre to the next, with a short, but concise history of each.
		Robinson closes his book by providing an appendix to a handful of pulp dealers and notes on pulp values.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1888054123?v=glance (2180 words)

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