The real Momen story
I will let the auction house authors comments speak for themselves. The real story of how Clemente got the nickname was he would play baseball or practice his skills any spare time he had. When his mother would ask him to come in for dinner or to help with chores - he would respond "momentito" - "just a minute" - as he never wanted to stop playing. Momentito was shortened to Momen and a nickname was born. The "momen" signature was used on Clemente bats from 1955-1960. His 1960 world series bat was the last one to use the "momen" signature. The bats are incredibly rare and highly sought after.
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