{"id":1848,"date":"2019-02-07T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T04:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2019-02-07T20:15:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T04:15:19","slug":"replay-revisited-1958-giants-game-144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/2019\/02\/replay-revisited-1958-giants-game-144\/","title":{"rendered":"Replay Revisited: 1958 Giants, Game 144"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1851\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1958robinson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1958robinson.jpg 247w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1958robinson-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1958robinson-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In one of the last 1958 games that the Giants played versus the Cincinnati Redlegs, Frank Robinson hit a solo homer off Marv Grissom.\u00a0 The Giants lost to the Redlegs, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1850\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1958sfg_game144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1958sfg_game144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1958sfg_game144-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1958sfg_game144-1x1.jpg 1w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This season was the only time I had Frank Robinson in play, he had been traded to Baltimore in 1966 so my 1967 replay didn&#8217;t have him available.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1849 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/robinson-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"654\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/robinson-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/robinson-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/robinson-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/robinson-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/robinson.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frank Robinson is the first San Francisco Giants manager who I can remember off the top of my head.\u00a0 He became manager in 1981, right around the time that I started to get more into baseball.<\/p>\n<p>I remember seeing him in commercials with the Crazy Crab and his players.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J1fssAfbcaw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He always seemed so intense.<\/p>\n<p>I later learned that his intensity served him and his players well, with ex-Giants like Mike Krukow and Bill Laskey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/giants\/mike-krukow-frank-robinson-he-made-you-better-he-made-you-tougher\">praising Robinson in his ability to make his players better<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I even saw Yoenis Cespedes post a note of thanks to Robinson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YoenisCespedes\/photos\/a.1590587977874240\/2300966523503045\/?type=1&amp;theater\">on his Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the lack of any roster moves, this has been a sad offseason for Giants fans, with the loss of Willie McCovey, Peter Magowan, and now Frank Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in Peace, Mr. Robinson.\u00a0 Thanks for all you did for baseball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the last 1958 games that the Giants played versus the Cincinnati Redlegs, Frank Robinson hit a solo homer off Marv Grissom.\u00a0 The Giants lost to the Redlegs, 6-1. 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