Nationals fire Robinson

Frank Robinson will not return as the Washington Nationals' manager in 2007, the team announced Saturday, a day before its season will end with a third consecutive last-place finish.

The Hall of Famer was told during the week he wouldn't be back, and made that clear to reporters, but the Nationals didn't make the news official until a few hours before Saturday's game against the New York Mets.

The 71-year-old Robinson has managed the Expos-Nationals franchise for the past five seasons. As the most-recognizable member of a team that moved from Montreal to Washington before the 2005 season, he became the face of the franchise in the nation's capital.

Source

• http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/09/30/bc.bbn.nationals.robinson.ap/index.html

Date

Sat 09/30/06, 1:16 pm EST