The most elegant, graceful baseball player that ever lived, with a pure cannon for an arm. Killed 50 years ago today while bringing supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Can you imagine that happening today? Some d-bag like JT Realmuto would say “Nicaragua can’t tell me what to do!“
50 years ago today - The Great One
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“The most elegant, graceful baseball player that ever lived,” I can’t think of anyone I could say the same about, except maybe Griffey Junior. My father’s generation would say DiMaggio.
Your last sentence ruined this post for me, tbh. There’s no need to try to compare Clemente to anyone. He can stand on his own merits.
Into my early teens my favorite player was Bill Mazeroski, but as I moved into adulthood I turned to Roberto Clemente because of the elegance and grace you mentioned. I was fortunate to be present when he got his 3,000th hit, passing up the Penn State/Iowa game to do so. Not many others were there, only 13,000 and change, but it was a moment I will always cherish. A great man whose accomplishments, on and off the field, will echo through the ages. Rest in Peace.
"Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth". Roberto Clemente
Good, and lengthy, story from LA Times this week.
'Almost a saint': Roberto Clemente is as influential as ever 50 years after his death
Five decades after his death, on Dec. 31, 1972, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente’s influence is still felt in the baseball world and beyond.
www.latimes.com
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