The Province

Prospect learns a lesson

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Orioles outfielder prospect Josh Hart was visiting Baltimore’s major league spring training camp on Monday in Sarasota, Fla., when manager Buck Showalter introduced him to Hall of Famer Frank Robinson. Showalter asked Hart if he knew who Robinson was. The 19-year-old did not.

To teach Hart a lesson, Showalter told him to write a page about Robinson. Robinson’s number 20 was retired by the Orioles after he led the team to four World Series, and he won the Triple Crown in 1966 when he was voted AL MVP. He became the major leagues’ first black manager with Cleveland in 1975 and later returned to Baltimore as a coach, manager and executive.

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