On this day in 1955, Brooks Robinson went 2 for 4 in his major league debut against Washington. He was 18 and would go on to play the next 22 seasons in Baltimore. Robinson won the 1964 AL MVP, the 1970 World Series MVP and Hall of Fame 1983.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan