The ESPN sportscaster was one of many to pay tribute to Robinson, the former Baltimore Orioles third baseman who died at 86.
), Van Pelt recalled being at an Orioles game where his father caught a ball that Robinson had fouled off.
"SVP" said he threw a low pitch and his friend couldn't catch it. Since Van Pelt lived at the top of a hill, the ball rolled all the way down the street and into a sewer. The"Brooks ball," as Van Pelt called it, was gone. The ESPN anchor said he never could admit what happened to the ball to his father while he was alive, though always looks up to the sky now and says,"Sorry 'bout that, Pop.
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