Major League Baseball's oldest living former player celebrates his 100th birthday on Tuesday.
Eddie Robinson, the longtime player, scout and front office executive immersed himself in everything baseball had to offer over a span of 65 years.
Robinson, a left-handed batter who threw right-handed, won the Cleveland Indians' last World Series in 1948, was playing when Babe Ruth's No. 3 was retired, missed three seasons while serving in World War II, was General Manager of the Braves when Hank Aaron broke Ruth's home run record and was a part of the Oakland Athletics' front office that drafted Reggie Jackson.
"When I think of all of the people in baseball I have had the honor of meeting in my 55-year career, Eddie is at the top of it," Rangers Hall of Famer Tom Grieve said a call Friday with Robinson.
Grieve played for the Texas Rangers when Robinson was the General Manager.
"Eddie Really loves baseball. There's not many people that I have met that knows the game better than Eddie does, said Grieve. "At 100 he is still just as sharp."
Eddie Robinson, the longtime player, scout and front office executive immersed himself in everything baseball had to offer over a span of 65 years.
Robinson, a left-handed batter who threw right-handed, won the Cleveland Indians' last World Series in 1948, was playing when Babe Ruth's No. 3 was retired, missed three seasons while serving in World War II, was General Manager of the Braves when Hank Aaron broke Ruth's home run record and was a part of the Oakland Athletics' front office that drafted Reggie Jackson.
"When I think of all of the people in baseball I have had the honor of meeting in my 55-year career, Eddie is at the top of it," Rangers Hall of Famer Tom Grieve said a call Friday with Robinson.
Grieve played for the Texas Rangers when Robinson was the General Manager.
"Eddie Really loves baseball. There's not many people that I have met that knows the game better than Eddie does, said Grieve. "At 100 he is still just as sharp."