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Clemente's Debut
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Today is the anniversary of Clemente's début. I thought I would share this article from yesterdays NY Times. Its about Clemente and the respect Latin players have for him. I know there are a number of Clemente collector here. Please share any memorabilia you may have of the Great One. I'll start with one of my rarest items.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/s...r-retired.html |
Clemente
Awesome pennant Mike!
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A couple of rare ones!
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Happy anniversary Momentito!
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Great pennant!!! And that ‘58 Kahn’s:eek:
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From the Clemente estate.... Here is The Great One's Trophy for winning the Batting Title in 1961.
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Beautiful trophy Mark!:eek: Here is an award he received for being named Latin player of the year in 1971.
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Roberto Clemente
My favorite player of all time, bar none! I have a cool collecting story related to him...
Maybe 10 years ago, I was involved in an REA auction for a ball signed by Puerto Rican players. Roberto was on it, as were Felix Millan, Sixto Lezcano, and a couple others. The REA caption stated there was an unidentified sixth signature, so I magnified it and worked on identifying it... It turned out Vic Power had signed the ball in his true name, "Victor Pellot". I found a couple comparisons, confirmed it was Power/Pellot, and notified REA. They actually credited me online with the work! Now for the cool part...I bid on the ball, sweated it out, and WON. The ball has a place of honor in my collection! |
Roberto Clemente
Hello:
Great story ! Thanks for sharing it..... Phil |
Thanks, Phil. One of my favorites!
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Pretty tough to find Clemente on a sweetspot, even tougher to find one from his rookie season:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ac4877d1c5.jpg |
Hi Packs that ball is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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