Frank Robinson died today.

I had this conversation with him at an Orioles Fantasy Camp.

“I never saw Jackie Robinson play, but you’re the most intense competitor I’ve ever seen. Who taught you that?”

“My high school coach,” Frank responded. “He said, ‘You’re not going to make a great play in the field every game. You’re not going to get a big hit. But you can play 100%.’”

I later learned that in 1966, his first year as an Oriole, Frank and his wife could not find a decent home to rent in segregated Baltimore.

Jerry Hoffberger, the Orioles owner, helped him find a place on Cedardale Avenue in Ashburton.

That house is in my district.

This weekend, I will go there and pay my respects.