His nickname was “The Human Vacuum Cleaner”…. I have a newspaper picture from the early 70’s that I thought was just so cool…he is in mid air/mid slide into home plate, Thurman Munson from the Yankees is blocking the plate looking toward the throw from right or the first base cutoff man to make the tag…I’d post it but I cannot get to it due to stuff being packed away from a flood…but he was one reason I played 3rd on my teams…loved watching him play against my team, the NY Mets.
RIP Brooks Robinson.