10 in HIGH x 8 in WIDE (25.40 cm HIGH x 20.32 cm WIDE)
Oakland Tribune Collection, Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers
2007.1.98
"ROBERT STINNETT / JUL 9 1975" (stamped onto back in purple ink); "APR - 9 1976," "JUL 21 1975" & "JUL 10 1975" (stamped in blue ink onto clippings affixed to back); "Robinson / finger in / as umpire / Springstead verbalizes" & "MANAGER / 2 col x 5 in" (handwritten in black ink and crossed out in pencil on back); "1st Mon Spts W-R / Robinson / 2 1/2 cols x 6" / 1 line & credit" (handwritten in pencil on back)
Black and white photograph of Cleveland Indians Manager Frank Robinson in full uniform. Robinson is visible from the waist up and is wearing a dark jersey and cap with the "C" logo. His left finger is in his left ear and he appears to be standing in the dugout. There are three captions affixed to back reading:
"Robby Idled: Manager Frank Robinson, who says he doesn't expect to play but might at some future time, has put himself on the 15-day disabled reserve list. It's a move designed to give the Cleveland Indians the maximum 25 man roster for tomorrow's opener with the visiting Detroit Tigers in an afternoon clash;"
"Tribune Photo by ROBERT STINNETT / Indian Manager Frank Robinson feuds with umps, players;" and
"It was a slightly cool but sunny day at the Coliseum, a time for relaxing and enjoying a ball game, but for umpire Marty Springstead it was like being in a torture chamber as he absorbed incessant verbal abuse from the Cleveland dugout. But enough is enough, as the expression caught by Tribune photographer Robert Stinnett indicates so well, and Marty emphatically ordered an end to the carping. Indian manager Frank Robinson's response? He just plugged his hears."
Margins of photograph have crossed out notes and cropping registration marks used for reproduction purposes.
Frank RobinsonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson (5/30/2007) 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.
