Here's a card I know will make blog follower Johnny Cabrera happy,
A "Human Vacuum Cleaner" card for Brooks Robinson in my "Nicknames of
the '70s" series.
Take a look:
We all know the story: 16 Gold Gloves (consecutively from
1960-1974), a fielding clinic in the 1970 World Series against the
Cincinnati Reds (for which he was named M.V.P.), and the gold standard
all other third basemen have been held up against since
he retired after the 1977 season after 23 years.
He also took home an A.L. M.V.P. in 1964 while getting named to 18
All-Star teams, eventually getting his #5 retired while being named to
the "All-Century" team in 1999.
The man was just awesome!
A Hall of Fame player through and through, he was inducted on his
first ballot in 1983, getting named to 92% of the ballots cast.
