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" Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades. "
Frank Robinson
Count
Baseball
Counts
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" You have to have a short memory as a closer. "
Frank Robinson
You
Short
Short Memory
" If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place. "
Frank Robinson
Out
Bench
First
" I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out. "
Frank Robinson
Confidence
Him
Long
" All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing. "
Frank Robinson
Bad
Outing
Call
" I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be. "
Frank Robinson
Best
I Tried
Knew
" No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. "
Frank Robinson
Think
Attendance
Will
" The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything. "
Frank Robinson
Everything
You
Watches
" The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me. "
Frank Robinson
Me
Hang
Phone
" It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager. "
Frank Robinson
Black
Nice
Manager
" I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing. "
Frank Robinson
Just
Say
Said
" People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card. "
Frank Robinson
Know
Win
Fool
" I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone. "
Frank Robinson
Gone
Field
Glad
" Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss. "
Frank Robinson
Leverage
Really
Boss
" Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up. "
Frank Robinson
They Say
Down
Me
" If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league. "
Frank Robinson
League
Hit
Class
" But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on. "
Frank Robinson
First
Walk
Some
" At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying. "
Frank Robinson
French
Know
Least