Thursday, October 3, 2019

1981 Topps Don Robinson

The front: Robinson follows through at Shea Stadium. Nice detail in the background here. Robinson pitched in one day game at Shea in 1980, on June 8. He left with a 4-3 lead after giving up three straight hits to start the sixth inning. Enrique Romo relieved Robinson and got out of the jam, but the next inning gave up three runs to lose the game 6-4.

The back: In the ninth inning of Game 2, Robinson came into a tie game in the ninth inning with two runners on and one out. Robinson escaped the jam and won it with a scoreless bottom of the tenth after Dave Parker’s RBI single in the top of the inning gave the Pirates the lead.
The player: Robinson pitched for fifteen major league seasons, mostly for the Pirates and Giants. He alternated between starting and relieving throughout his career, constantly fighting injuries. Overall, in 524 games (229 starts) he went 109-106 with 57 saves and a 3.79 ERA.

The man: After his career he did some youth coaching and served on the city council of Kenova, West Virginia. On Christmas Eve of 2012, Robinson’s son Brent, his daughter-in-law Julia, and Julia’s parents were killed by a drunk driver who had had five previous DUI charges.

My collection: I have 50 of his cards, from 1979 to 1992. I would be interested in trading for 1988 Sportflics #90.

2 comments:

  1. Hello What a miraculous work of great Amiso, i 'm Marvin Smith , my wife and kid left because i was having cancer of the body, there was no body to talk with, so i contacted Dr.Amiso and explain everything am passing through to him, he told me not to panic about the disease, he send the herbs and instruct me on how to apply it, which i did and the cancer is gone forever, also returned my family back to me. I told my friend Felix, that his wife is divorcing in 3 days time, he also contacted Dr.Amiso, low and behold his wife called the lawyer 2 days before the third day of signing the divorce paper and told him she is not divorcing her husband again, he should stop and cancel every document regarding to the divorce issue, believe me they are now living happily like never before. In case you are passing through marital problem kindly contact Dr.Amiso on herbalisthome01@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hi, I'm Greg Daniel, I want the world to know about Dr. Amiso, the great spell caster who brought my wife to me, when I thought all hope was lost. Dr. Amiso used his powerful spell to put a smile on my face, bringing my wife back to me with his spell; at first I thought I was dreaming when my wife came back to me, begging me to forgive and accept her home. Since then she loves me more than ever before, so i made a promise at the same time i'll let the world know about Dr. Amiso because he's a Great Man. Do you have problems in your relationship? your partner broke up with you, and are you still in love or wanting him / her to come back? Do you have problems with your finances, divorce, cancer, pregnancy? or you need help of any kind, please contact Dr.Amiso today, as I guarantee 100% of those he has helped, as he did mine too. Dr.Amiso's Email It's; herbalisthome01@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete