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Baseball 2002: familiar faces in new places: several of the game's best are wearing new uniforms this year.(Interview)

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FRANK ROBINSON is in familiar territory, back in the surroundings where he made baseball history in 1974. It has been 28 years since the only man to win the MVP in both leagues became Major League Baseball's first Black manager when he took the helm of the Cleveland Indians.

After several other major-league assignments, including a stint as baseball's vice president of on-field operations, Robinson has returned to the field as the manager of the Montreal Expos, and he is leading an impressive group of baseball's familiar faces who have moved to new places this season.

Included among those who packed up and moved to new addresses this season are David Justice, who led the New York Yankees to two World Series before he was traded during the off-season to the Oakland A's; Gary Sheffield, who moved from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves; and Brian Jordan, who went from the Atlanta Braves to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

It's the nature of the game, particularly in these days of free agency, that players move from team to team with increased regularity. And each move represents a new beginning, a new opportunity to capture the attention of baseball enthusiasts. In Robinson's case, it's a chance to return to old territory and display the abilities that earned him Manager of the Year awards in 1982 (San Francisco Giants) and 1989 (Baltimore Orioles). "I can't tell you how happy I am about being in Montreal," says Robinson, who's one of six African-American managers. "The game has changed, but managing is managing."

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