No. 228: FRANK ROBINSON / The Expos were slated to be scrapped & wouldn't have taken the field in '02 if Bud Selig had his druthers. He tapped a HOFer to manage the Expos for the zombie season.
A loyal lieutenant to the Commish, Robinson told me that the unenviable assignment was "the perfect job." Later he'd be talked out of resigning.
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