[JoeDetweiler]

“... the press insisted on referring to Roberto Clemente as Bob or Bobby...”

Here again. I could be wrong, but I remember Roberto Clemente and I don’t recall ever hearing him referred to as anything but Roberto.

[notdownwidems]

Here again. I could be wrong, but I remember Roberto Clemente and I don’t recall ever hearing him referred to as anything but Roberto.

Same here! I doubt if this idiot was even alive when Clemente was

[xp38]

Me either in general conversation but I was pretty young when he was around. Nowadays I have never heard him called Bob. Always Roberto. The only place I saw Bob was on some Topps baseball cards. There are Topps cards with Roberto and Bob.