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...Gaulle regarded London's application to join the Common Market as a Trojan horse that would give the U.S. an entrée to Europe-"the American hand in the British glove," he called it. As a result, he vetoed Britain's application in 1963, setting back the rest of Europe's then bright dreams of eventual political federation...
...human vignettes, as when he describes Mike, a dedicated radical, during an intramural baseball game, "running to catch a fly, face upturned, thick glasses mirroring fleecy clouds, beard flying in the April wind, an outsized cap cupping his flowing hair-and then the thud of the ball in his glove and the companionable cheers of men who didn't agree with Mike on one damn thing...
...extra-base hits (4), and most total bases on extra-base hits (12). Yet for all his prowess at the plate, it was in the field that Robinson was most devastating. Time and again, just as the Reds began to get hot, Brooks stopped them cold with his brilliant glove work. Even so veteran a baseball man as Casey Stengel was awed. "He's the best third baseman I've seen in 20 or 30 years," said Casey, who offered some sage advice: "Don't hit it to that feller...
Lasting Memento. In 16 seasons, Robinson won the Gold Glove award ten times as the American League's best fielding third baseman, and has been elected to the league's All-Star team 13 times in succession. His best year was 1964, when he led the league in runs batted in (118), hit 28 home runs, batted .317, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. This season he hit .276 and led the Orioles in hits with 168. Asked how much of his ability with the glove is acquired, the softspoken, balding Robinson says...
That Robinson can and does, better than anyone else around, was borne out by the message Baltimore fans inscribed on third base last week: "Brooks plays here." As a more lasting memento, Robinson was asked to turn in his glove so that it could be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Shrugged Brooks: "I guess I'll just have to break in a new glove in spring training...