December 31, 1972

chris6net · #1 01-01-2016, 12:07 AM

I remember when he got his 3000th hit versus the Mets in 1972 and having a short debate with my Grandfather about how many hits Clemente would eventually end up with.
Little did we know

Fred · #2 01-01-2016, 12:30 AM

Brain,

Yup, new what the thread was about as soon as I saw the date. Great all around human being.

familytoad · #3 01-01-2016, 12:47 AM

Funny how we baseball nerdists recognize that tragic date instantly...we probably cannot do that with other significant world events, but that's okay with me!
Yup, I was also 10 years old at the time too.

I grew up in Vermont where baseball was all Yankees/Red Sox (I was probably closer to the Expos than the others and the Mets were in the Daily News as much as the Yankees in those days, but I digress)
Anyway, I had not seen much of Clemente playing and other than the treasured baseball cards I might not have heard of him.

The 1972 pose with him tossing the ball in hand will always be forever in grained in my memory. I recall digging out that card when I heard the news about Roberto and reading it again.

RIP to a fine player and great man!

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