Five years and two cities after Frank Robinson, then the vice president in the commissioner’s office in charge of on-field discipline, accepts Bud Selig’s offer to take the MLB-owned Expos’ manager job for just one season, the franchise, now known as the Washington Nationals, will have a new skipper. Jim Bowden, the team’s GM, announces the 71 year-old Hall of Famer will be replaced with the search for a new field boss beginning after tomorrow’s season finale against the Mets at RFK.

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Five years and two cities after Frank Robinson, then the vice president in the commissioner’s office in charge of on-field discipline, accepts Bud Selig’s offer to take the MLB-owned Expos’ manager job for just one season, the franchise, now known as the Washington Nationals, will have a new skipper. Jim Bowden, the team’s GM, announces the 71 year-old Hall of Famer will be replaced with the search for a new field boss beginning after tomorrow’s season finale against the Mets at RFK.

In the Mets’ 13-0 rout of Washington at RFK Stadium, Julio Franco drives in five runs, tying a career high, to become the oldest major leaguer in history to accomplish the feat. The 48 year-old first baseman, with three hits, falls a triple short of completing the cycle.

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In the Mets’ 13-0 rout of Washington at RFK Stadium, Julio Franco drives in five runs, tying a career high, to become the oldest major leaguer in history to accomplish the feat. The 48 year-old first baseman, with three hits, falls a triple short of completing the cycle.