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Brooks Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles legend who made MLB history by winning 16 straight Gold Gloves at third base, has died, the team announced Tuesday. He was 86 years old.
The Orioles' statement:
“We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Brooks Robinson. An integral part of our Orioles Family since 1955, he will continue to leave a lasting impact on our club, our community, and the sport of baseball.”
Robinson leaves a legacy of defensive stardom that has gone nearly unmatched in baseball history. Before Nolan Arenado, Adrián Beltré, Scott Rolen and Mike Schmidt, there was Robinson earning the nickname "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" across 23 seasons at the hot corner.
Many of Robinson's contemporaries and fellow Orioles mainstays paid tribute to him Tuesday:
An Arkansas native, Robinson signed with the Orioles for $4,000 in 1955 and was soon in uniform for the big-league club. After five seasons of sporadic playing time and struggles at the plate, he broke through in 1960 with an All-Star nod, a third-place finish in MVP voting and his first Gold Glove.
No other American League third baseman would win a Gold Glove until 1976.
Robinson become part of an Orioles core that won two World Series championships — in 1966 and 1970 — alongside fellow Hall of Famers Frank Robinson and Jim Palmer, plus MVP first baseman Boog Powell. Robinson earned AL MVP honors in 1964 and World Series MVP honors in 1970. He earned the latter thanks to a postseason in which he went 16-for-33 at the plate against the Cincinnati Reds.
You can get a feel for the kind of player he was from quotes by the Reds' manager and two biggest stars:
"I'm beginning to see Brooks (Robinson) in my sleep. If I dropped a paper plate, he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first." — Sparky Anderson
"Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league." — Pete Rose
"I will become a left-handed hitter to keep the ball away from that guy." — Johnny Bench
Robinson enjoyed the kind of prime you almost never see in modern baseball, with All-Star and Gold Glove nods every season between 1960 and 1974. He retired in 1977 with the most Gold Gloves in MLB history.
Since Robinson's retirement, only Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux has surpassed his total of 16 Gold Gloves, earning 18. Robinson's streak of 16 straight has been matched only by Jim Kaat.
Robinson was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his first ballot with 92% of the vote. In retirement, he became a businessman, an Orioles broadcaster and an active presence in the baseball community. He served as president of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association from 1989 to 2022, a tenure of 33 years.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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