2007.1.26

Timber
28-Feb-63
8.125 in HIGH x 9.75 in WIDE
(20.64 cm HIGH x 24.76 cm WIDE)
Oakland Tribune Collection, Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers
2007.1.26

Robinson / cols / 1st thurs sns [?] (handwritten in pencil on back); "TR E FEB 28 1963" (stamped in purple ink onto Tribune caption affixed to back of photo)

Black and white photograph of Fred Hutchinson, manager, and Frank Robinson, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds. Hutchinson (left) is holding ten bats and looking to his left at Robinson whose hands are touching one of the bats. Both are in full uniform (home whites). Tribune caption affixed to back of photo reads, "TIMBER--Fred Hutchinson, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, greets hard-hitting outfielder Frank Robinson, right with a load of bats as he reported for workout in Tampa. It was the first workout for the complete team.--(AP)." Image has crop marks and white paint for reproduction purposes.

Fred HutchinsonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hutchinson (5/3/2007)Frederick Charles Hutchinson (August 12, 1919 _ November 12, 1964) was an American pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball. Stricken with fatal lung cancer at the zenith of his managerial career as leader of the pennant-contending Cincinnati Reds, he was commemorated one year after his death when his brother, Dr. William Hutchinson, created the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as a division of the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, in the Hutchinsonsミ native city of Seattle, Washington. The FHCRC, which became independent in 1972, is now one of the best-known facilities of its kind in the world. Frank RobinsonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson (5/3/2007)Frank Robinson (born August 31, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas), is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball player. He was an outfielder, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. During a 21-season career, he became the first player to win League MVP honors in both the National and American Leagues, won the Triple crown, was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles), and amassed the fourth-most career home runs at the time of his retirement (he is currently sixth).During the last two years of his playing career, he served as the first permanent African-American manager in Major League history, managing the Cleveland Indians to a 186-189 record. He went on to manage the San Francisco Giants, the Baltimore Orioles, the Montreal Expos and the Washington Nationals.Robinson was born in Beaumont, Texas and grew up in Oakland, California. Robinson attended McClymonds High School in Oakland where he was a basketball teammate of future NBA great Bill Russell.

Used: Oakland Tribune

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