09-06-2021, 06:48 PM
I think that Robinson belongs in the first group.
We used to play a non league game against McClymonds every year in Oakland. Raymondi Park, skin infield, left field ended in a chain link fence that was the property line of the Projects. Left center about 425', a small patch of grass and a two story apartment house about 500' from the plate. There were some old guys sitting on wooden bleachers behind our bench. One of the Pointer brothers playing for Mack. A couple of our guys were engaged by the geezers and one said that Robbie once hit a ball on the roof of the apartment. Another said that he remembered a Mack outfield of Robbie, Vada Pinson and Curt Flood before Flood transferred (to Tech or Oakland High, I forget). Perhaps the greatest high school outfield ever.
Who knows, maybe the Pointer Sisters were in attendance.
We used to play a non league game against McClymonds every year in Oakland. Raymondi Park, skin infield, left field ended in a chain link fence that was the property line of the Projects. Left center about 425', a small patch of grass and a two story apartment house about 500' from the plate. There were some old guys sitting on wooden bleachers behind our bench. One of the Pointer brothers playing for Mack. A couple of our guys were engaged by the geezers and one said that Robbie once hit a ball on the roof of the apartment. Another said that he remembered a Mack outfield of Robbie, Vada Pinson and Curt Flood before Flood transferred (to Tech or Oakland High, I forget). Perhaps the greatest high school outfield ever.
Who knows, maybe the Pointer Sisters were in attendance.