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"I was in the weight room working out, and [Ron Zook] walked by and said I was looking good," said Robinson, who played baseball for the Illini. "I told him thanks, and then he asked me what position I played.

"I said, ‘catcher.’ "

The puzzled Zook "didn’t have a clue who I was," Robinson said.