< 1 year as a Maryland resident & homeowner but ready to invest in the dream. Me & FIL (long time o’s man) want to do the Orange Reserved plan.

Any advice on seat selection or if the Flex membership ends up being better?

Go o’s hon.

Next Orioles Game: Sat, Feb 22, 03:33 AM EST vs. Pirates (81 days)

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After 2 poor playoff performances and the poor second half last year, I’m curious as to what the leash on Hyde will be this year. Obviously if we’re good in the regular season he will stay around, but another underperformance in October has to mean he’s gone, right? I thought he should have been gone after the 2024 postseason disaster

Hey Os fam - I know it’s crazy early, but does anyone know when regular season tickets will be available? My husband is a lifelong fan and we currently live in Atlanta, but I want to buy tickets to one of the April 2025 games at Camden vs NYY as a birthday/10th anniversary gift for him.

His bday is in January so I know that is probably still too early… If anyone knows when they usually go on sale or if someone has season tickets and they would be interested in selling 2-4 tix please let me know!

In fact, ATL has rarely ever employed a Boras player, and they've kept pace / had more modern day consistent success over the past 34 years than NYY, LAD, NYM. Atlanta's approach to sustaining winning ways by stabilizing it's roster both fiscally and on-field is unparalleled in the league.

As for BAL's future, operations are completely different. Fans need to come to terms with the fact that both Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday are Boras Clients, and as such most likely won't have long careers in BAL.

Henderson has already proven his value. He's a cornerstone in BAL, but the question is - for how long? If the Orioles have any hope to lock him up for the better part of his career, the contract would be similar to Manny Machado's 350M / 11yrs as a starting point, and probably significantly more several years from now...

Or...is it more likely BAL trades Henderson away for a huge player package 2 or 3 years from now while he has value before reaching free agency? Henderson will already be in year 3 of his professional career in 2025. If he's not given a massive extension before the end of 2026, odds are great he gets traded while his future team would still have a couple years of control before his 2028 FA year.

Let's also keep in mind...if this current regime keeps the team in an "entertaining" but unable to contend for a Pennant middle ground, it also won't be drafting at the top of the order. Exactly as the past several years have played out.

Same rules apply for Jackson Holliday. Anyone objecting to this Boras client being traded this year for the likes of Tarik Skubal (when that was even remotely possible back in June) or Mason Miller...needs to realize he almost assuredly will not be an Oriole for long...6 years at most, and more than likely in the 4-5 year range assuming he stays healthy and reaches his potential...

The real question in Holliday's instance is / was - is a proven front line starting pitcher (eventually winning the 2024 Cy Young) with team control for 3 seasons more valuable than this unproven Boras represented prospect (even as a #1) while he develops?

Food for thought.

I believe weighting / planning in the Boras represented situations should be different because that's reality...and the environment BAL has made for itself.

If we don't re sign burnes is crochet really the best second choice? He's just had tj surgery before the start of last season he's inconsistent. Sure he had a very strong first half pitching to an era of 3.09 but in the second half the ballooned to 7.09. sure some can be blamed on him being on the worst team in modern MLB history but is he worth a lengthy contract?

Is it possible that the new ownership group is a COMPLETE 180 from the old one?

https://x.com/kambrice1tv/status/1862569283760398820?s=46&t=s1yhtaX_4FPcJwt85o8jow

For some reason the Orioles decided to non-tender both. I think both provide different things that are just as valuable. I think I lean Coulombe because he’s a lefty but Webb has been so good. Thoughts?

Happy Thanksgiving! For those traveling, enjoy this episode about what will happen with Corbin Burnes and Anthony Santander as free agency heats up. Contracts are tendered, Jacob Webb and Danny Coulombe will not be with the O's for next season.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/charm-city-sports/id1708356166?i=1000678464382

This is part 2 of a 2 part biography on Frank Robinson

You can find the first part of the biography and the rest of the series here

The Frank Robinson era would end in Baltimore during the winter meetings after the 1971 season. Being one of the highest paid players in the league, going into his age 36 season, and with the deep Orioles outfield only getting deeper with Don Baylor expected to push for playing time in 1972, Frank was seen as expendable. The Orioles traded Frank Robinson and pitcher Peter Richert to the Los Angeles Dodgers for rookie pitcher Doyle Alexander, rookie pitcher Bob O'Brien, minor league catcher Sergio Robles and minor league utilityman Royle Stillman. The Orioles won four pennants in the six years he played for the Orioles. He walked more than he struck out as an Oriole, won a MVP, a Triple Crown, led the team in multiple batting categories, and played a large part in defining the culture of the club. Frank would have a fairly pedestrian year by his standards but was still well above league average at the plate, this would be the only season he would finish with an OPS below .800. The next year during the winter meetings before the 1973 season he would again be dealt in a multi player deal, this time to the Angels, who were now being led by the general manager that brought him to Baltimore, Harry Dalton. Frank would have a solid year for the Angels, hitting 30 home runs and eclipsing 90 RBI for the 11th time in his career. He would also become their first DH. This would be the last great year for Frank at the plate, for the last time in his career he would receive MVP votes. Clashes with Angels manager Bobby Winkles and the team struggling to find success in the standings defined Frank’s time in Los Angeles. His relationship with Dalton, and expressed desire to become a manager one day, created speculation he might replace Winkles as manager. Neither manager or player would make it through the season with the club. Winkles was fired midseason, Frank was not chosen as the interim manager despite his public campaign for the job, and Frank would be waived in September. Cleveland would be the next and final stop for Frank in his playing career.

The close of the 1974 season with Cleveland would see Frank be a league average hitter as the team finished under .500. But it would see him set an important milestone. Frank Robinson was named the player manager for the final game of the season. During the offseason Frank Robinson would make history again, being named the first full time African American manager in major league history. He would also stay on the roster to be a player manager, although by this point in his career he was solely a bench bat and DH. the 1975 Opening Day celebrations in Cleveland included Rachel Robinson, Jackie Robinson’s widow, in attendance to witness Frank break another barrier for equality. Frank would have some vintage moments left in him, like inserting himself as a pinch hitter late in a game and hitting a go ahead home run. Cleveland would be firmly around .500 during his time as player manager, which is a respectable improvement from where the club was in the years prior. Their first winning season in a decade would come in 1976. Frank would retire as a player after the 1976 season and would be fired after 57 games in 1977. He would be hired midseason by the Angels to finish out the season as a coach in their dugout. After the season he would be included in the first ever Orioles Hall of Fame class alongside his newly retired longtime teammate and friend Brooks Robinson.

Earl Weaver would bring Frank Robinson back to Baltimore as a coach for the 1978 season. He would split the season between a role as the outfield coach for the big league club and an eventual reassignment to Rochester to be the Red Wings manager after the original manager Ken Boyer was hired away to become the manager for the St Louis Cardinals. In Rochester Frank would manage Tim Stoddard and Mark Corey. Frank would be the outfield coach again in 1979. The Orioles, coming off a 4th place finish and having not made the World Series since trading Frank to the Dodgers, would win 102 games and the AL pennant to meet the We Are Family Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series, a rematch of the final playoff appearance for Frank in 1971. The Series would end in a similar game 7 loss in a more devastating way, as the Orioles would blow a 3-1 lead to lose the series. The Orioles would retain Frank’s services as the outfield coach in 1980 despite some rumored interest from some other teams to hire him as their manager. The Orioles would win 100 games this year but miss the postseason. Eventually before the 1981 season, Robinson would be hired away to become the manager of the San Francisco Giants. In his three seasons as the Orioles outfield coach, Ken Singleton, Al Bumbry, Gary Roenicke, John Lowenstein, Carlos Lopez, Pat Kelly, and Andreas Mora all played significant chunks of time in the outfield and almost all of them had career years or a career revitalization brought on by a small adjustment Frank would encourage them to reach new heights.

The 1981 season was a strike shortened season that would end up being split up with the first and second half records determining the playoffs instead of overall record for the year. The Giants in their first year under Frank would finish just about .500 in the first half, second half, and overall season. The best player on the Giants that season was Doyle Alexander, the pitcher who was a part of the package traded by the Dodgers to the Orioles for Frank Robinson. Truly a full circle moment for both of their careers. Former Southern university star Vida Blue was also on the team. So was future hall of famer Joe Morgan. Robinson faced both Blue and Morgan in the postseason as a player and was now their manager. 1982 would see the Giants rebound for their best season in half a decade, including a 20-7 run in september. Over in Baltimore this would be Earl Weaver’s last year of his first stint in Baltimore.Frank would also be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, receiving 89% of the vote on his first ballot. He would become the first player to wear the Orioles logo in the hall of fame. Frank Robinson was one of the first African American Hall of Famer who did not play in the Negro Leagues. His accomplishment of being the only man to ever win the MVP award in both the NL and AL was celebrated during the hall of fame weekend as he was presented a custom split MVP award. The Giants would regress back under .500 in 1983 while the Orioles won the World Series. In 1984 Frank would be fired midseason for the second time in five years, being let go by the Giants who would barely avoid a 100 loss season. Frank would latch on as the Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach for the rest of the 1984 season. In 1985 he would join the Orioles front office as an analyst and advisor. He would serve in various part time roles for the 1986 and 1987 season.

Prior to the start of the 1988 season, Frank would publish his third book, his first two being released during his playing career. This third book in 1988 being called Extra Innings and was part autobiography, part scathing response to a very unfortunate incident that happened the year prior. Al Campanis was a Dodgers executive and former teammate of Jackie Robinson when he was invited onto NBC’s Nightline to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jackies Debut. During an interview Campanis made several racist remarks about black baseball players. It completely tarnished what could have been a very celebrated legacy. Frank, being the first black manager, a direct contradiction to some of Campanis’ claims, knew that he had the platform and position needed to make a strong statement against the remarks. As a pioneer of the game since his early playing days Frank never was one to easily back down from an injustice like this. So he would write and release “Extra Innings The Grand Slam Response to Al Campanis's Controversial Remarks About Blacks in Baseball”. It wouldn't be until the 1988 season that Frank Robinson would step back into the managerial role, this time for the Orioles. Only 5 years removed from their most recent World Series win, the 1988 Orioles were off to a historically bad start when they canned fellow Orioles legend Cal Ripken Sr. When Frank took the reins in the dugout the team was 0-6 to start the season. They would go on to lose another 15 consecutive games to start the season 0-21. The Orioles would eventually finish the 1988 season as their worst season since moving to Baltimore. As far as seasons in Baltimore go, 107 losses is only eclipsed by the recent dark days of 2019, 2021, and 2018. It would be easy for Frank to have lost the locker room in Baltimore, he was replacing the franchise player’s father, he had issues with clubhouse culture during his first managerial gig, and the team was historically bad. Despite all these factors, in 1989, Frank led the Orioles on one of the most impressive turnarounds in modern baseball, winning 87 games and winning Manager of the Year. The 33 game swing in record is one of the biggest in major league history and the largest in a single year in Orioles history up to that point. The Orioles would regress back under .500 in 1990.This would continue a cruel cycle for Frank Robinson managed teams of climbing to exceed expectations before regressing the very next year. The Orioles would have another bad start to the season in 1991 and Frank would be let go as manager after a 13-24 start, returning to a consultant role in the front office.

The league would hire Frank Robinson to the Commissioners officer for a variety of roles that would be rotated including the Director of Discipline. Its working in the commissioners office that would land him his final managerial gig. The Montreal Expos were in their final days in Canada and were being operated by the league. MLB decided to hire Frank as the Expos manager prior to the 2002 season, over a decade after his last manager role. The Expos would finish above .500 for Franks first two seasons, with identical 83-79 records in both 2002 and 2003. The bottom would fall out for the last year in Montreal in 2004 with the team just barely missing 100 losses. Frank would stay on as the manager for the club after the move to Washington, becoming the Nationals first manager. It would be another cycle of around .500 ball in 2005 and then a down year. In 2006 the Nationals were not good. Frank would reach his 1000th win and soon after decide to retire after being told he wouldn't be retained at the end of the 2006 season. After the final game of his career, a 6–2 loss to the Mets, he addressed the fans at RFK Stadium. Robinson's record as a manager stood at 1,065 wins and 1,176 losses. He is one of just seven managers to have won 1,000 games without having made the postseason once, and he is the only one to do it since the Expansion Era began in 1961. Frank's time as a manager was an interesting one. He was voted the worst manager in the league several times, including a 2005 Sports Illustrated player poll. He has one of the highest win totals with a losing record. He beefed with players way more often than you’d expect from a manager, including a time he pulled a catcher in the middle of an inning because he gave up too many stolen bases, and another time he beefed with Gaylord Perry.

Frank Robinson accomplished as much in baseball as anyone ever had: Rookie of the Year; MVP of each league; MVP of the World Series; MVP of the All-Star game; Gold Glove winner; Manager of the Year; Triple Crown winner; and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1999, Robinson ranked 22nd on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players.He was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. He was awarded the first Jackie Robinson Society Community Recognition Award at George Washington University. He was a true pillar for civil rights in American sports. He was also one of the smartest and toughest players of his time, and one of its most renowned leaders. He earned the respect and admiration of his teammates wherever he traveled, and this was most evident during his time in Baltimore, when he led his team to four World Series in his six years. Frank Robinson would pass away from bone cancer at the age of 83 in early 2019. He was a outspoken voice for civil rights and racial equality, not just on the diamond but in all aspects of life. He was one of the greatest players to ever wear an Orioles uniform and he is one of the greatest human beings to ever play the game.

I wasn't really in on Snell especially because of his West Coast preference. I do think the Dodgers artificially inflated the SP FA market with his signing so now I'm a bit worried. I'm still holding out hopes for Max Fried and if we sign him then I'm on board with Eovaldi also (just Eovaldi would make me punch a kitten). Also, hoping for Tanner Scott. I don't have much hope for Crochet and I don't think we're getting a right handed bat. Thoughts?

This is part 1 of 2 part biography on Frank Robinson because Reddit has a character limit.

You can find other parts of the series here

Frank Robinson was a Triple Crown winner, and until a couple days ago, the only player to be named MVP in both the AL and NL. He was one of the greatest outfielders of all time, a true legend and pioneer of the game, and a part of easily the greatest trade in Orioles history. He was one of two members of the inaugural class inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 1977. His playing career with the Orioles would only cover six seasons, and he would have a second stint with the organization as a manager for several seasons. Despite his on field involvement with the club being less than a decade total, his impact on the image, culture, and history of the Orioles makes telling the complete story of the modern era of baseball in Baltimore impossible without Frank Robinson. Along with fellow Orioles legend Robinson, the previously covered Brooks, he was a perfect choice for the first ever Orioles Hall of Fame class.

Frank Robinson was born in Texas in 1935 but grew up in California as the youngest of 10 raised by a single mother. He would attend McClymonds High School in Oakland. While playing multiple sports for the school he would be teammates with several other future professional athletes. He played baseball with Vada Pinson and free agent pioneer Curt Flood. He played basketball with Bill Russell. One of Frank’s teachers in high school was Ida Louise Jackson, the first African American teacher in the state of California. In high school Frank would also make a name for himself on the American Legion circuit. He was a young star, playing up a level, on one of the best teams in the west. This means both Robinson legends in Orioles history made an impact nationally by being on a great American Legion team in high school. The American Legion circuit is much like the prep circuit that high school draftees often gain their most exposure. Frank would be considered one of the best available players coming out of high school in California. Since he signed during the time of the bonus baby rule, Frank was due a bonus less than $4,000. The Reds were the team to land the top prospect, with Bobby Mattick, who would also go on to sign Franks other high school teammates, being the scout that signed him for $3,500.

The first stop in Frank Robinson’s professional career would be with the Class C Ogden Reds. with Ogden he was managed by Earle Brucker, who is famously one of the oldest rookies in the history of baseball, having debuted at 36 years old. Frank would hit well in his first professional season in 1953, earning a promotion in 1954 before having a mixed bag of a year and splitting time between a couple levels, AA Tulsa and single A Columbia. Single A Columbia would be a longtime affiliate of the Reds and the city itself has hosted several different franchises over the years with a rich history in minor league baseball. Frank Robinson may be the best player to ever play for any of the teams based in Columbia. He would also spend the whole of the 1955 season with Columbia while battling an injury. Over the 2 seasons he spent in Columbia he would play 212 of his 292 lifetime minor league games.

Despite the injury and generally average production at the lower A level, Frank Robinson would have an impressive enough spring to break camp with the Reds and make the Opening Day roster. As a rookie in 1956 Frank Robinson would lead the Reds in home runs, winning rookie of the year and finishing 7th in MVP voting as the Redlegs had their best season since winning the world series in 1940. His 38 home runs would establish a new record for all rookies that would last until Mark McGwire. The Reds were briefly the Redlegs during his time with the team because of a name switch due to fears of being associated with the communist party during the peak of the Red Scare. Over the next half decade Robinson would establish himself as a franchise cornerstone for the Reds and one of the best players in the league. He would also become known for a distinct style of play as well. In his 10 years with the Reds to start his career he led the league in HBP more often than he didn't and averaged nearly 12 a year. He would win the NL MVP in 1961. The back half of his tenure with the Reds included a falling out with the owner of the club, an arrest, and an overall decline in team performance despite having one of the best players in the league as Frank was a perennial MVP contender. Frank Robinson put up nearly 70 bWAR with the Reds but only played in the postseason once. This goes to show how brutal the postseason could be for good not great teams during the 20th century. During his 1961 MVP season Frank would actually be arrested in Cincinnati following an incident involving an altercation at a diner and a gun being pulled. Several times during his tenure with the team Frank and Dewitt clashed, this incident was the first time it was a public clash, Dewitt spoke poorly of Robinson in the fallout of the incident and over the next four years reading Dewitt quotes about Frank would make you think the Reds were dealing with a league average player, not one of the best players in the NL.

The Reds have a very interesting history when it comes to meddling owners. Dewitt had some odd moments controlling the team and in more recent history, Marge Schott was one of the worst owners in the whole sport. Dewitt would make a huge franchise altering deal when he decided to trade Frank Robinson to the Orioles because Dewitt thought Robinson was getting too old. Frank was entering his age 30 season, had just been an all star and received MVP votes, and led the Reds in home runs for each of the last 3 years, and 7 of the 10 he was with the team. At this point in his career Frank only had one MVP award, the one he had in 1961. But he could easily have 3 or more. In 1960 he was the best batter in the league but hit under .300 so he finished 20th in voting while Dick Groat won. In 1962 he was again the best batter in the league but finished behind Maury Wills who stole 104 bags that year. In 1957, 1959, and 1964 he finished in the top 10 in MVP votes while leading the league in an important stat or two. The Reds owner, having some personal beef with his best player, traded away a 30 year old MVP and future hall of famer because he was too old. The Reds organization has had some great black baseball stars, but it's hard to argue against the possible hostility and outright racism that some of the executives had throughout the 20th century.

On December 9th, 1965 the Reds would trade Frank Robinson to the Orioles in exchange for pitcher and future Oriole Hall of Famer Milt Pappas, outfielder Dick Simpson, and pitcher Jack Baldschun. None of those three would be with the Reds by the end of the 1968 season. Milt Pappas could be considered the first long term ace of the Orioles, having won 110 games for the club before the trade. Dick Simpson and Jack Baldschun were both acquired by the Orioles less than a week before the trade, never making an appearance with the Orioles. Analyzing what the Orioles gave up through what they gave up to get the players that actually went to Cincinnati shows the real value of what was given up. They traded away Milt Pappas, starting first baseman Norm Siebern, rookie pitcher Darold Knowles and utility outfielder Jackie Brandt for a future hall of famer that would end up being the first player to wear an Orioles hat in Cooperstown. In my opinion, understanding how Jack Baldschun and Dick Simpson were acquired before being traded and understanding that Milt Pappas is a legit Orioles Hall of Famer puts the Frank Robinson trade into a little more perspective. It doesn't make the trade any better for the Reds, they got rid of every piece of that trade several years before Robinson truly fell off, and they didn't get the value that the Orioles gave up, but it does show that the Orioles roster was shaken up by the trade and moves to make the trade happen.

Before the 1966 season, after the trade to Baltimore, there was some concern about the clubhouse dynamics being affected by the trade. At this time in baseball and American history it is an inescapable reality whenever analyzing history that race relations played a big role in shaping the events and people of the 20th century. Coming from the NL to the Al in the trade, Frank Robinson was poised to be one of the first great African American stars in the American League. By this point in history every team had been integrated but the Al lacked true star power that the NL did in this aspect. The Orioles biggest star at the time of the trade was Brooks Robinson, who came from the same high school as the Little Rock Nine in Arkansas. A potential clash was expected by some. These fears were put to rest quickly when Brooks went out of his way to call the trade the best move the organization could have made. Racial inequality also obviously affected Franks personal life. Moving to Baltimore he had to settle for subpar housing because of racist landlords in the area. Frank Robinson’s legacy in the game may not be the first to break the color barrier but it's clear to see he's the first to thrive and become a star of the generation that was not totally blocked in opportunities during their pre major careers. He is the evidence that helped solidify the legacies of the pioneers that came before while still being a pioneer himself.

Frank Robinson would immediately win the World Series, MVP, and Triple Crown in his first year with his new club. The trade immediately paid off. Frank hit .316, 49 home runs, and drove in 122 batters. .316 is the lowest average of any major league Triple Crown winner but 49 home runs is second most. Frank Robinson was such a good player throughout his career that despite this being one of the only Triple Crowns after World War II, he only set a career high mark in home runs that year. In almost every other major counting stat, Frank has a better year at some point. One of those 49 home runs was a truly historic feat for any player in Baltimore. Early in the season, in a double header matchup against Cleveland and Hall of Famer Luis Tiant at Memorial Stadium, Frank hit a ball over 540 feet out of Memorial Stadium. The spot where the ball left the stadium was marked with a flag until the Orioles left Memorial Stadium. Throughout the 1966 season Robinson had 5 different 3 games stretches with home runs in back to back to back games. His OPS never dropped below 1.000 at any point during the season. Franks 1966 has several top ten rankings all time for single season performances in Orioles history since moving to Baltimore,the highest OPS+, 2nd offensive bWAR, 2nd runs created, 2nd runs scored 2nd OPS, 2nd SLG, 4th total bases, 3rd Home Runs (was first until Brady Anderson) 5th for AB/HR, 6th RBI. The Orioles and Frank would stay hot all year, winning 97 games on the way to the world series, and stay hot into the 1966 World Series. Against the heavily favored Dodgers, the Orioles would dominate at the plate and on the mound. In the first 3 innings of the first game, the Dodgers would score all their runs for the series. The Orioles pitchers would allow 2 runs all series and pitch back to back to back shutouts in games 2,3, and 4. AL MVP Frank Robinson would maintain his >1.000 OPS pace, going 4-12 with 3 walks, 2 home run and 1.232 OPS. He would end up winning the World Series MVP for this performance at the plate. Frank would also win the Hickok Belt, an award that was one of the most prestigious for an athlete to win in the mid 20th century given to the best athlete in America every year until the mid 70s.

1967 was another MVP level year for Frank Robinson despite him missing over a month with a concussion. He banged his head pretty badly trying to break up a double play in the middle of the season. He would deal with double vision and would go on to cite that injury as the first time he felt stunted in his career and it became more common for him to think about what he wanted to do after his career was done. The Orioles would suffer a World Series hangover, suffering their only losing season with Frank Robinson on the team. Frank’s injury played a big factor in their record as well. The team's winning percentage in games that Frank played was significantly better than when he was out of the lineup. His impact on the team is partly why despite playing less than 130 games, he still finished 11th in MVP voting and led the team in all three Triple Crown categories. 1968 would be the one down year Robinson would endure during his tenure as an Oriole. He missed another 30 games, this time in several week long stints out of the lineup and some lingering effects that put him into a slump, He still led the team in batting average and had a 153 OPS+, but when you're one of the greatest outfielders of all time the standard for a down year is pretty high. For only the second time in his career, Frank would not be named an all star, receive any MVP votes, or receive any post season award. He would also lay the foundation for his eventual managerial career by taking his first winter league coaching job during the offseason. He would coach sporadically in the Puerto Rican Winter league the rest of his playing career. Despite this down year by Robinson the Orioles would rebound to second place in the AL and this would be the first season for a new manager in Baltimore, Earl Weaver.

A new era of Orioles baseball was in full swing in 1969. Weaver ball was taking the AL by storm and Frank Robinson was part of the iconic Robinson and Robinson duo alongside Brooks leading one of the best teams in all of the majors during the 60s and 70s. It’s hard to tell the story of the Baltimore Orioles without either Robinson. They are the best teammate duo in major league history for two players that shared the same last name. Their legacies as Oriole legends are tied together. They were inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame together and they were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in back to back years. In 1969 both were in their early 30s but were still All Stars and received MVP votes, Frank finished 3rd in the voting finishing behind Twins and almost Oriole, legend Harmon Killebrew, who the Orioles would sweep in the ALCS. Eight different Orioles would receive MVP votes as they stormed through the AL winning 109 games on the way to a World Series matchup with the Miracle Mets. Once the underdog in 1966 and now the favorite in 1969, the Orioles would get gentlemen swept and end up on the wrong side of one of the best stories in baseball during this era. Frank would go just 3-16 in the series but every Oriole struggled in the series. Despite the loss in the World Series, the first year of the Earl Weaver era and the 4th year for Frank in Baltimore was a huge success. 1969 would also be the start of one of the more quirky storylines to come from this era of Orioles baseball. Robinson would become the leader and mock judge for the Kangaroo Court. As the judge, after every Orioles win (and the Orioles won often that year) he would hear arguments from both sides and give out fines for minor infractions, for small things like a goofy strikeout, an error in the field, or a small infraction with team rules. and "awards", named after people notoriously bad at a certain skill and involving a prop the "winner" had to display until the next court session. He also introduced Jim Palmer to the game that would eventually become tape ball, a game that would be a mainstay in the Orioles clubhouse all the way through to the 21st century. Despite all his accolades and his hall of fame career, perhaps the most famous photo of Frank besides the iconic photo of him crowned with the Triple Crown award, is him with a mop for a wig presiding over the Kangaroo court.

The Orioles would once again be World Series champions in 1970, marking the 2nd World Series win in 5 years for the club. The Robinson duo would both be all stars and MVP candidates. Frank would again lead the team in a triple crown category, finishing with a .306 BA and would receive MVP votes. He have an eventful couple of games in late June. on the 25th against the Red Sox, during a game where the Orioles rallied down 7-0 to take the game to extras, he would break a rib making a highlight catch in the 13th inning. The following inning, not being able to put power behind his swing, he would lay down a suicide squeeze bunt driving in the winning run. The very next day he would become the 7th player ever and 2nd Oriole to hit two grand slams in a single game when he would lift the Orioles over Washington. The 1970 World Series would be a matchup between the Orioles, led by the AL MVP Boog Powell, and the Robinson duo, against the Big Red Machine. Up and down the box score of each game there are hall of farmers everywhere in this matchup. The other Robinson, Brooks, would win the World Series MVP as Frank would hit 2 home runs but strike out 5 times during the 5 game Orioles victory. 1971 would be another top 3 MVP finish for Frank and another World Series appearance for the Orioles. It was also a season full of milestones for Frank. He hit his 2,500th hit, his 500th home run, drove in his 1,500th RBI, and won the All Star game MVP. He would again lead the Orioles in RBI’s and Home runs. He was one of nine Orioles to receive MVP votes and the 1971 Orioles are notable for having 4 20 game winning pitchers. The Orioles were so deep in their lineup in 1971 3 outfielders, Frank, Don Buford, and Merv Rettenmund received MVP votes and a 4th, Paul Blair won a Gold Glove. The World Series matchup would be the reigning champion Orioles against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Another series full of future hall of famers. This would be the third consecutive pennant for the Orioles facing off against a different NL opponent every year. The Pirates would win the 7 game series and Frank had another respectable performance hitting another 2 home runs. This would give him 7 home runs in the world series as an Oriole and 8 overall, good for 7th all time and 2nd all time excluding players who appeared for the Yankees behind Duke Snider.