[Verginius Rufus]

Didn't know that about Frank Robinson.

Another baseball great with a Baltimore connection was Babe Ruth. But he doesn't fit the DEI agenda.

[HIDEK6]

I was listening to Waite Hoyt on Opening Day when Frank Robinson was a rookie. The Reds set up temporary seats in the outfield on Opening Day. If a ball was hit into those seats it was ruled a ground rule double.

Frank hit one into those seats. Waite was onboard with the Reds and exclaimed words to the effect, “All you youngsters can tell your grandchildren that on his first Major League at bat, Frank Robinson hit a ground rule double off of the great Vinegar Bend Mizell!”

Today I doubt that many baseball fans know about Vinegar Bend Mizell.