MILESTONES: August 9, birthdays for Anna Kendrick, Michael Kors, Deion Sanders
Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 221st day of the year.
ON THIS DAY IN 1934, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Wilbert Robinson, a bluff, lusty relic of the old, more red-blooded days of baseball, died suddenly of hemorrhage of the brain at the age of 70 in Atlanta, Ga., last night … He died president of the Atlanta club of the Southern Association, but the peak of his career, spanning approximately 50 years in baseball as player, coach, manager and club president, was maintained over the 17-year period he managed the Brooklyn Dodgers. Under Robinson’s guiding genius, the team won two pennants and its franchise became the richest in the National League and the second richest in all baseball, being topped only by the New York Yankees.”