Veteran pitcher Robin Roberts lets fly with his curve here this morning (4/13) during a game between two Philadelphia Phillies minor league farm clubs. Roberts, now assigned to the AA class Reading, PA club, pitched 4 innings as he starts up the long comeback trail to the major leagues. Now 40 years old, Roberts needs only 14 wins to become a 300 game winner. DATE SHOT: 4-13-1967 SUBJECT: Robin Roberts APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10"x8" TYPE CLASSIFICATION: Type 3 COMMENTS / CONDITION: See scans for further details including condition. Robin Evan Roberts was born in 1926 in Springfield, IL and died in 2010 in Temple Terrace, FL. He went to college at Michigan State University. He played major league baseball from 1948 to 1966 as pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs, appeared in the 1950 World Series, was selected 7 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976. He also won the Sporting News Player of the Year Award in 1952. In 1999, he ranked number 74 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. The Phillies have honored him with the retirement of his uniform number 36 and a statue outside the first base gate of Citizens Bank Park. Roberts coached the University of South Florida Bulls baseball team from 1977-1985. He led the team to its first NCAA Tournament in 1982. On July 21, 2003, Roberts returned to Montpelier, Vermont to accept two honors: The Vermont Mountaineers retired his number from his playing days with the Barre-Montpelier Twin City Trojans, and Governor Jim Douglas presented him a proclamation that made the day "Robin Roberts Day" in the State of Vermont. Explanation of Type Classifications: Type 1 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during the period (within two years of when the shot was taken). Type 2 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during a later period (more than two years after the shot was taken). Type 3 = A 2nd generation photograph, developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during the period. Type 4 = A 2nd generation photograph (or 3rd or later generation), developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during a later period. Original = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, which appears to be of the period but for which a print date cannot be determined for definitive Type classification. Essentially, a photo we feel is a Type 1, but which lacks certain elements necessary for definitive dating of the print. For further information regarding "Type" classification of photographs, please refer to "A Portrait of Baseball Photography" by Fogel, Oser and Yee, and to PSA's website at http://www.psacard.com/Exhib/B-W-Photography/index.html. LV01
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