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What Roberto Clemente’s Death Still Says To Us 45 Years Later
The Federalist ^
| 01/01/2018
| David Marcus
Posted on 01/02/2018 6:18:31 AM PST by DFG
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posted on
01/02/2018 6:18:32 AM PST
by
DFG
To: DFG
My wife and brother in law grew up just south of Pittsburgh. My BIL told me his dad took him to a game in old Forbes Field and saw Clemente catch a ball in the outfield and then throw a runner out at home plate.
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posted on
01/02/2018 6:23:48 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Merry Christmas to one and all!)
To: DFG
I still remember where I was when I heard Clemente died.
Hard to believe it’s been so long.
RIP Roberto.
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posted on
01/02/2018 6:27:57 AM PST
by
sneakers
(It's not the democraTIC party! It's the demoCRAT party!)
To: 4yearlurker
I can think of about a dozen players who are vastly under-ranked on what they did in baseball, and he’s one of those guys. Had he been on a Dodger or Yankee team, I think he would have been more recognized for his contributions.
To: DFG
What Roberto Clemente’s Death Still Says To Us 45 Years Later
get a better plane ?
Semper Fi, Roberto.
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posted on
01/02/2018 6:33:12 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
To: DFG
Actually, that was Roberto's final regular season at bat. The final hit of his career came in Game 5 of the 1972 NL playoff at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, a game won by the Reds when George Foster scored on a wild pitch by Pirate pitcher Bob Moose.
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posted on
01/02/2018 6:39:45 AM PST
by
WriteRight
(WriteRight)
To: 4yearlurker
I saw that play also. I believe he caught the fly at the warning track;then threw directly to home. To me, that was one of baseball’s greatest plays. Right up there with Willie Mays’ catch.
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:00:15 AM PST
by
catman67
(14 gauge?)
To: DFG
With the felonious misbehavior by players that fills the sports page today, it is good to reflect on at least one superstar who died doing a totally selfless act.
To: WriteRight
"George Foster scored on a wild pitch by Pirate pitcher Bob Moose."
And Bob Moose was not long for this world at that time as he died in a car crash a few years later. A lifelong Pittsburgh fan, I'll never forget my brothers and I crying when our mother told us that he had went down in a plane crash. For years, I fantasized that maybe he was living on a deserted island somewhere and would get picked up. Roberto's son got drafted by the Phillies I believe but I don't think he ever made it to the big leagues.
To: WriteRight
I remember that game. My dad and uncle were at Riverfront. I was stuck watching it at home. Big Red Machine!!
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:06:34 AM PST
by
carton253
(Jesus is everything.)
To: 4yearlurker
Saw pretty much the same thing when they played at Dodger Stadium. I think I was only ten at the time but I can remember that accurate arm. Watching from the cheap seats, the right field bleachers!
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:08:41 AM PST
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: DFG
Clemente was my favorite player. What a fabulous dominating performance in the 1971 World Series. As a kid I was perplexed by how common it was for people in western PA to bad-mouth him. After he died trying to help others, I rarely heard the negativity again. The area basically canonized him.
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:08:54 AM PST
by
Varda
(Liberalism IS hate)
To: sneakers
Me too. He was one of my favorites
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:13:49 AM PST
by
A_Former_Democrat
(Another Islamic terrorist event, and no “outrage” from the “Muslim community”. Again)
To: DFG
I grew up in the sticks west of Philly and played organized baseball from age 8 to age 20. I was a Phillies fan and saw Clemente play several times at Connie Mack Stadium when the Pirates were in town. Roberto was my hitting hero since he liked to tee off on high outside pitches. For some reason, those were the only pitches I could really drive and every time I came up to bat by the time I played varsity in high school and American Legion, I would visualize him hitting before I stepped into the box.
To: DFG
What it tells me is that a man with everything to live for risked his life to bring aid to fellow latinos who were suffering and paid the ultimate price for it. Take nothing away from his baseball career but baseball wasn’t what this was all about.
The greatness of Roberto Clemente was that he sacrificed himself for total strangers in need and it cost him his life. There are soldiers among us who made the same sacrifice and there are aid workers and missionaries whose belief in a cause was greater than themselves.
Those should be our true heroes whom are mostly 180-degrees out of place in our pop culture society.
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:36:09 AM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
To: WriteRight
Yes, the Pirates were in the playoffs in ‘72, so he got some hits in the playoffs. But the 3,000 hits in his career are regular season hits only.
This is true for all players stats. When they tell us “so and so won 300 games”, “so and so hit 500 home runs”, “so and so had 3000 hits”, they always mean just the regular season statistics. Playoff statistics go in a separate category.
To: DFG
He was called Bob Clemente by Topps.
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:52:26 AM PST
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: DFG
As a kid going to Wrigley Field, there were two opposing players I always wanted to see when they came to town.
Clemente, to see the outfield played as if by a super hero.
Bob Gibson, to see the best combination of arm and attitude ever. Terrifying.
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:53:44 AM PST
by
Eric Pode of Croydon
(I'm an unreconstructed Free Trader and I do not give a damn.)
To: VietVet876
I was a Phillies fan and saw Clemente play several times at Connie Mack Stadium when the Pirates were in town. Same here. Absolute best childhood memories are those of being in the $1.00 bleachers (very well-worn, painted 2x6's) at Connie Mack Stadium with my grandfather. (Loved being with him and being at Connie Mack). Saw Clemente, Mays, McCovey, Musial, Spann, Koufax and many other greats from the 60's.
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:55:50 AM PST
by
Prov1322
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To: Buckeye McFrog
“...With the felonious misbehavior by players that fills the sports page today,...”
Those were better days, better ways, and with better people, brother.
I was a 12 year old kid then. But I remember Roberto Clemente.
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posted on
01/02/2018 7:58:21 AM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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