On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Rod Nelson <rodericnelson@...> wrote:
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With regard to the event that first prompted Bob (Davids) to consider the
question (Larry Doby Johnson's debut), I've often wondered about the
player whose name is most closely associated with Doby. A question
that I would have for fellow SABR members would be whether or not
there is a connection between these Latino major leaguers whose first
or middle name is Robinson to one Jack Roosevelt Robinson.
http://brj.sabrwebs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=92 Curiously, among the articles now posted to brj.sabrwebs.com, is this short...
Indeed Robinson Cano was named after Jackie Robinson, since his father, Jose, a former major leaguer, was always a big Jackie Robinson's fan. Actually, Cano...
I think it would be interesting to trace where the name Robinson comes from among Latinos.. If not Jackie, then who? It's odd to me that there are zero US...
Robinson Crusoe? I remember a Cuban infielder named Luis Morales; his nickname was Jackie Robinson. Everywhere he played he was called Jackie Robinson Morales....
For whatever reason I do not know in Puerto Rico also there is a lot of people that have Robinson as first name....take Catcher Robinson Cancel of the NY...
Tony Menendez
menendeztony@...
Sep 18, 2008 8:51 pm
It's wrong, the dead give away is his playing with the Havana Cubans!. Figueredo has him at page 175 of the Who's Who, born in Banes, Oriente on November 3,...
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080830&content_id=3391514&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou It's incredible to think that when the Dodgers...
PUERTO RICO: DESPIERTA EL BEISBOL Por: Tony Menéndez No fue que chispazo sí alguno dió cuestionar que pasaba en Puerto Rico con el venidero Clasico Mundial...
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