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My Life in Baseball ReviewOk, so old-timers will recognize my heading as a take off on the 50's Sport magazine article on Robin Roberts which in turn played off the hit 50's Broadway play...Mr. Roberts.
Robin Roberts is in the Baseball Hall of Fame because he was a winner.
His 286 lifetime wins attest to the fact. He is more than statistics however and has a reputation as one of the most intelligent, honorable and classy guys the game has produced.
In 18 years of Big Leage pitching during the Golden Age of Baseball (the postwar 40's,50's and 60's), Roberts competed against many of the best the game has produced; Mays, Aaron, Robinson, Banks, Musial, Matthews, Kiner...the list goes on and on.
He was a pitcher with the heart of an infielder. He would have pitched every day had they let him. And they almost did.
He pitched more innings than anyone during the 50's. Blessed with a low, easy delivery that put less strain on his arm and shoulder than most, he started every 4th day for years and in his heyday would relieve 6 to 10 times a season as well. All the innings eventually caught up with him but he made adjustments later in his career and kept pitching, and pitching well, for 18 seasons.
Roberts and his very able co-author Paul Rogers, a twosome that combined successfully in 1995 to produce the popular story of the "Philadelphia Whiz Kids and the Pennant of 1950", have again relied on Roberts near photographic memory and Rogers research and narrative talents, to create a book that chronicles Roberts career in baseball.
Roberts recollections are legendary among baseball afficionadoes and this book makes them available to the masses. And, what great stories they are! Stories about regular season games and players, All-Star games, off-season barnstorming games, a trip of major leagers to Japan and more. The book reads like a session around the Hot Stove with your favorite Big League ballplayer.
True to his reputation, and unlike many sports books, Roberts does not use his book to settle old scores, establish vendettas or tell tales out of school. It is at once a refreshing and pleasant aproach. Roberts chapter on the development of the Players Association and the selection of Marvin Miller as it's Executive Secretary is the closest he comes to "score-settling" and it is really more an effort to "set the record straight" than the former.
As a matter of fact, Roberts class shows throughout the book. He admits that he was wrong to push for the second All-Star game in the late 50's even though it was for the right reasons (to fund the underfunded player pension plan).
This is a book to enjoy! It is not written to stir controversy but to celebrate the joy of being able to play a "...kids game and get paid for it...". Roberts love for the game past and present shows in every page and every story. Like the author, it is a "keeper".
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