More Hardball...... (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Roberto Clemente had exactly 3000 hits in his major league career before he died in a 1972 plane crash while taking supplies to Nicaraguan earthquake victims. Clemente was already a baseball legend, a rangy right fielder who was four times batting champ of the National League (1961, 1964, 1965 and 1967) and twelve times a Gold Glove winner for defensive prowess. He was especially...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Roberto Clemente collector Paul Kutch kicks off on Monday, Dec. 14, the ninth annual "21 Days of Clemente," a free series of symposiums about the Puerto Rican baseball great at Applebees in the Gateway Center Mall in the Bronx. Continues with Mets general manager Omar Minaya on Dec. 21.
GraniteGrok (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... $5,205,159 0 Followed by "School District of the City of Allentown" $5,967,031 $11,172,190 0 The Roberto Clemente Charter School $100,560 $11,272,750 0 Allentown Art Museum Inc. $50,000 $11,322,750 0 Boys and Girls Club of Allentown $42,500 $11,365,250 0 Valley Youth House Committee $85,111 $11,450,361 0 Lehigh County Conference of Churches $225,000 $11,675,361 0 $11,675,361.00 0...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... Bloomquist or Ekstein: Who Should be Greatest Player of the Decade Milton Bradley Robbed of Roberto Clemente Award Roy Halladay Traded Mike Jacobs Contemplating Move to Short Stop Wins and RBI's: The Corner Stone of any Real Statistical Analysis Red Sox Looking to Sign Major League Shortstop Arod Claims to Have No Centaur Painting - "They are Satyrs Stupid" I hope you enjoyed...
Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... grizzled coaches and scouts would say—and one of baseball's nicest off it, taking home two Roberto Clemente Awards. He was almost certainly the best pitcher in the American League in 1993, winning the pitchers' WAR crown with a mark of 8.4—only Mark Langston and David Cone were within 2.0 wins of that number. The only reason he didn't win the Cy Young was because Jack...
Raise the Jolly Roger! (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... Sept 4 (Nationals): Skyblast #3 Sun, Sept 5 (Nationals): Kids Night Light Fri, Sept 17 (D-Backs): Roberto Clemente Bronze Bust Sat, Sept 18 (D-Backs): Fireworks Sun, Sept 19 (D-Backs): Kids PNC Park Puzzle Poster Fri, Sept 24 (Astros): Pirates Fleece Scarf and Gloves Set Sat, Sept 25 (Astros): Post-Game Concert Sun, Sept 26 (Astros): Fan Appreciation Day There may be more, but this...
TheFantasySportsRadar (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
First, a commercial. My choice for a home to host fantasy sports, discuss fantasy sports and a great bunch of writers (who often post articles by yours truly) is the Fantasy Lounge! Front Page Forums And now, back to our article! There are plenty of old saws in sports. Tom Hanks said, "There's no crying in baseball!" but when Roberto Clemente's plane went down there were tears...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
New York Post : Sherman: Honor should be A-Rod's — should be A-Rod — FOURTEEN years into the existence of the Turn 2 Foundation, Derek Jeter finally received the Roberto Clemente Award for community service on Oct. 29. — Two days later, he was handed the Hank Aaron Award as the American League's top hitter.
