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29 de dez. de 2022 · 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.
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Biography. Despite playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates and being established in Pittsburgh for many years, [3] Roberto Clemente insisted his wife Vera return to Puerto Rico so Roberto Jr. could be born there a day before his own birthday. The first seven years of Clemente's life were spent between Puerto Rico and Pittsburgh. [4] .
Roberto Clemente (Carolina, 18 de agosto de 1934 — Isla Verde, 31 de dezembro de 1972) foi um jogador de beisebol porto-riquenho que atuou durante toda a sua carreira na Major League Baseball pelo Pittsburgh Pirates. Clemente foi um dos primeiros jogadores da América Latina a atuar nas grandes ligas norte-americanas.
In 1971, the 37-year-old Clemente led the Pirates back to the World Series, where Clemente hit .414 to power Pittsburgh to another world title en route to the Series’ Most Valuable Player Award. Clemente recorded his 3,000th career hit late in the 1972 season, becoming just the 11th player to reach the milestone.
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After signing a big-league contract as a teenager, Clemente came to the United States and first encountered Jim Crow segregation during spring training in Florida. Forced to stay in a rooming house instead of Pittsburgh’s team hotel because of the color of his skin, the Pirates' outfielder couldn’t eat at the same restaurants or go to the same movi...
Weeks after notching his 3,000th hit in his final at-bat of the 1972 regular season, Clemente traveled with his wife, Vera, to Nicaragua, where he managed a Puerto Rican team in the world amateur baseball championships. “He and Vera fell in love with Nicaragua, and Nicaragua fell in love with them,” Ruck says. “He and Vera would walk around each mo...
While baseball lost a star, the world lost a humanitarian. Clemente’s memory, however, has endured. From Puerto Rico to Pittsburgh to Germany, there are schools, bridges, parks and ballfields named in his honor. Following Clemente’s death, the Puerto Rican government donated 304 acres near the barrio where the baseball star grew up to fulfill his d...
19 de mar. de 2022 · By Abby Mendelson. It was his showcase, and he was going to show the world something it had never before seen: Roberto Clemente. Playing in Pittsburgh, he was overlooked and undervalued, and he knew it. So in 1971, the 37-year-old Roberto Clemente demonstrated just how baseball should be played.
31 de dez. de 2022 · Roberto Clemente Jr. stood with his hands delicately draped upon the shoulders of 93-year-old Wilkins resident Angie Gialloreto. The pair was reunited on a rainy afternoon on Saturday outside PNC Park in the shadow of the statue honoring Clemente Jr.’s late father — the legendary Pirates right fielder who died in an airplane crash while ...
