This event is an integral part of the baseball career Roberto Clemente had. It cut his career and life short, but not before he reached the key milestone of 3,000 hits.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
This event is an integral part of the baseball career Roberto Clemente had. It cut his career and life short, but not before he reached the key milestone of 3,000 hits.
Being Puerto Rican on my late Mom’s side I grew up as Clemente being one of my heroes for what he did off the field. I learned about him in elementary school. I didn’t start watching baseball until 1973 so I never saw him play.
I learned about him in the late 1970s, so I knew less than you; I was lucky to see Reggie Jackson play during Peak Reggie. That's also when I learned about Nicaragua as a country (before the Daniel Ortega era).
I was watching that three homer game and the had a Reggie bar or two lol