Official Site of the Orioles · Nov 12, 2016
Gold Glover for life: 3B Robinson honored
Orioles Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson discusses his Lifetime Achievement Award for his 16 straight Gold Glove AwardsNEW YORK -- The way they'd planned it, Brooks Robinson was not supposed to play in the hot corner. But this weekend, the first-ballot Hall of Fame third baseman was honored once again for his legendary glovework.
"I've always had the good hand-eye coordination," Robinson said before the Rawlings Gold Glove Awards ceremony, where he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. "I was signed as a second baseman. They figured well, that kid is going to get killed over there. Let's move him to third, so he doesn't have to move around that much."