Hall of Famer Frank Robinson and former major league manager Jerry Manuel are among the members.

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The 1970 championship team featuring Powell, along with Hall of Famers Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson and Jim Palmer, ranked 15th of 26 teams in attendance.

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The slugging decades of the 1950s, '60s, '90s and 2000s show that a host of players--Aaron, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Harmon Killebrew, Bonds, McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro--come in lower in relative terms than their lifetime home run totals suggest.

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After the color line broke in baseball, when there was still chiding by the fans and some players and there were already black stars like Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks, the black players were often isolated socially.

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Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has asked him and his Edinburgh counterpart, Andy Robinson, to assist with team selection and coaching duties with the full squad during the autumn internationals series.

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"You make your own luck and I am really pleased at how the team approached the game, " said Robinson, who came into the job after his predecessor Frank Hadden was sacked following disappointing results in the Six Nations.

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Of the other players who are missing, Spurs keeper Paul Robinson is out with a knee injury and Chelsea pair John Terry and Frank Lampard both need minor operations.

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