Phrase by 'Frank Robinson'
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I've never seen baseball advertise for a job, and I've never heard of whites applying for a job. I mean, there's an old boy network, and it's lily white.
Author: Frank Robinson - American AthleteBaseball , Boy , Job , White
As a black, you find you have to be two or three times better than a white even to play. And when it comes to front-office jobs, management believes you'll never be as good.
Author: Frank Robinson - American AthleteYou , Black , Good , White
During the years I was still playing, I would go to Puerto Rico in the winter and manage. When the day came, I had the experience without having to go to the minor leagues for four or five years and then wait for an opportunity. Still, there's a double standard. Some whites, like Pete Rose, Joe Torre and Ted Williams, never had to go to the minors.
Author: Frank Robinson - American AthleteDay , Experience , Opportunity , Rose
It was a breaking period for black people coming into baseball, and how many followed depended on Jackie's conduct. But that's not the case now. What and how I do doesn't mean nearly as much as what and how Jackie did.
Author: Frank Robinson - American AthletePeople , Black , Baseball , Mean
I wanted to show Baltimore that they were getting a good ballplayer.
Author: Frank Robinson - American AthleteGood , Were , Show , Getting
I played with some outstanding players.
Author: Frank Robinson - American AthleteSome , Players , Played , Outstanding
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