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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manny9655, post: 7309155, member: 112417&quot;]I loved Brooks and Frank Robinson as players, and I thought that Frank was one of the best managers the Indians ever had.&nbsp; He got the most out of what he had to work with.&nbsp; I met Frank at the 1997 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland.&nbsp; He was sitting right next to Muhammad Ali.&nbsp; I got him to sign his book &quot;Frank: The First Year&quot;.&nbsp; At the time, he was working in the NL front office, and I asked him if he&#039;d ever like to get back to being a field manager again.&nbsp; He hesitated for a moment and said, &quot;Yes&quot;.&nbsp; He was gracious to me, unlike other reports I had heard about him.&nbsp; And I do remember him vaguely with the Reds before the big trade for Milt Pappas.&nbsp; Brooks was the best 3B I ever saw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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