Lifer

On the fringe of a quiet golf course in the foothills outside San Diego, music from the Highwaymen galloped from the sound system. Family and baseball, inextricably intertwined, had gathered…

Robinson played in semipro ball, then embarked on his professional baseball career with the Valdosta, Ga., team of the Georgia-Florida League in 1939. After several seasons in the minors, he…