COMMENTARY: Celebrating Eddie Robinson
In the late 1920s, teachers and students at First Ward Elementary accurately predicted the gangly, dark-haired boy with the big smile who could hit a ball out of the playground and across the street would play for the New York Yankees. During a baseball career that spanned 65 years (1939-2004), Paris native and major league legend Eddie Robinson played for seven of the eight teams in existence during his 13-year career with the majors, and he drew paychecks from 16 franchises before he retired in 2004 from coaching, scouting and front office positions. He served as general manager for the Tex...
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