Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson dies at 83

Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson has died at the age of 83, Major League Baseball announced on Thursday. In a news release, the league said he “passed away [Thursday] morning at his home in California, surrounded by family and friends.” Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. He made history as the first player to win MVP in both the National and American League, and later as the first African-American manager in the MLB in 1975 with the Cleveland Indians. “Frank Robinson’s résumé in our game is without parallel, a trailblazer