Brooks Robinson is as important to one franchise as any player in baseball history.
Robinson spent his entire 23-year career with the Baltimore Orioles, which is tied for the longest career with one team in major league history.
That's just the beginning of his story, as Robinson is still widely considered the greatest defensive third baseman in the history of the game and overall one of the greatest to ever play the position, period.
Robinson's accomplishments on the field stack up with anyone. He was an 18-time all-star and a key component in bringing two World Series titles to Baltimore, including capturing the MVP of the 1970 Fall Classic. Flashing leather like no one had ever seen before, he won an amazing 16 Gold Gloves. The 1964 AL MVP is still the third baseman all others are measured by.
The all-time great ended his career just shy of 3,000 hits and smashed nearly 300 home runs in what some consider the second dead ball era and drove in nearly 1,500 runs. Quite simply, he could do it all.
It comes as no surprise that he was a first-ballot Hall of Famer and a member of the prestigious MLB All-Century Team.
Aside from all of his accomplishments on the field, Robinson remains one of the nicest, most beloved and well respected players to ever step onto the diamond.
Tony chatted recently with Robinson about his illustrious career, his baseball cards and signing autographs for fans.
