Frank Robinson statue unveiled today

Frank Robinson’s place in baseball history often gets overlooked. As a player, he played in the shadow of greats like Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. However, one year after Hank Aaron received death threats for having the audacity to break the all-time MLB home run record while African-American, the Indians hired Frank Robinson to break the color barrier in the dugout. Frank Robinson did not stay long in Cleveland, and he became the first African-American manager to get fired, primarily because he couldn’t make mediocre teams perform like they weren’t mediocre.

Cleveland 4 - Kansas City 6

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Knowing that they would come back against our best reliever, Kansas City spotted the Indians a 4-run lead.

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Indians notebook: Frank Robinson statue to be unveiled Saturday
Robinson, now 81, became Major League Baseball’s first African-American manager in 1975 as player-manager with the Indians. He later served as Indians manager only in 1977. Because of those feats, Robinson holds a special place in baseball history as one who helped to integrate the game.

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