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Program for the 1920 World Series sold in Brooklyn. The Cleveland Indians beat the Dodgers 5 games to 2 in a best of 9 series. At this time, the Brooklyn team was known interchangeably as the Dodgers and the Robins, the latter name in honor of their manager, Wilbert Robinson.

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March 13, 1915

"Help me, lads, I'm covered with my own blood!" - Wilbert Robinson's reaction before quickly realizing the fluid dripping down from his chest is grapefruit juice.

Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson, thinking he is going to catch a baseball dropped from a plane, is surprised and splattered when the sphere turns out to be a grapefruit. Although legend has it that Casey Stengel is behind the prank, the pilot, Ruth Law, a pioneer in American aviation, substituted part of her lunch when she realized she forgot to bring a baseball.

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This date in baseball books: June 10

1892: Wilbert Robinson sets the record by going 7-for-7 and driving in 11 runs in a 25-4 beat down by the Baltimore Orioles vs. the St. Louis Browns. Uncle Robbie, by Jack Kavanaugh and Norman Macht (2000) 1959: Rocky Colavito becomes the eighth player to hit four homers in one game in the Indians 11-8 win over the…Baltimore Orioles. Rocky Colavito: Cleveland’s Iconic Slugger, by Mark Sommer…

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This date in baseball books: June 10

1892: Wilbert Robinson sets the record by going 7-for-7 and driving in 11 runs in a 25-4 beat down by the Baltimore Orioles vs. the St. Louis Browns. Uncle Robbie, by Jack Kavanaugh and Norman Macht (2000) 1959: Rocky Colavito becomes the eighth player to hit four homers in one game in the Indians 11-8 win over the…Baltimore Orioles. Rocky Colavito: Cleveland’s Iconic Slugger, by Mark Sommer…

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[this-day-in-baseball]

March 23, 1915

“Help me, Lads, I’m covered with my own blood!” - Wilbert Robinson’s reaction before quickly realizing the fluid dripping down from his chest is grapefruit juice.

Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson, thinking he is going to catch a baseball dropped from a plane, is surprised and splattered when the sphere turns out to be a grapefruit. Although legend has it that Casey Stengel is behind the prank, the pilot, Ruth Law, a pioneer in American aviation, substituted part of her lunch when she realized she forgot to bring a baseball.

[this-day-in-baseball]

March 13, 1915

“Help me, lads, I’m covered with my own blood!” - Wilbert Robinson’s reaction before quickly realizing the fluid dripping down from his chest is grapefruit juice.

Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson, thinking he is going to catch a baseball dropped from a plane, is surprised and splattered when the object turns out to be a grapefruit. Although legend has it that Casey Stengel is behind the prank, the pilot, Ruth Law, a pioneer in American aviation, substituted part of her lunch when she realized she forgot to bring a baseball.