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‘I Will Catch the Bleeping Ball’: Roberto Clemente’s Defensive Skills

Roberto Clemente and Bill Virdon receiving Gold Gloves in 1962…

Roberto Clemente’s Two-Assist Games

In the course of his career, Roberto Clemente played in 2,433…

Roberto Clemente in All-Star Games

As inadvisable as it would be to draw conclusions based on…

Roberto Clemente and the Big Grab

This story begins and ends with fried chicken. It also includes…

The Great One: Roberto Clemente’s Race to 3,000 Hits

  Roberto Clemente with the ball and bat used to…

‘Momen’ and Monte: The Linkage Between Roberto Clemente and Monte Irvin

Roberto Clemente Walker was one of six baseball immortals…

Roberto Clemente and Curt Flood: Race, Labor, and the National Pastime

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2022…

Roberto Clemente and Martin Luther King Jr.: In Service of Others

“Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in…

Why Nicaragua? Roberto Clemente as an Adopted Son

A large mural of Roberto Clemente adorns Parque Luis Alfonso…

The Response to Roberto Clemente’s Death

  The death of Roberto Clemente on December 31, 1972,…

Roberto Clemente: Baseball Rebel

(Courtesy of The Clemente Museum.)   Robert Clemente…

Que Viva Clemente! Roberto Lives On in the Hearts of Latino Major Leaguers

(Courtesy of The Clemente Museum.)   Long after most…

Norman Macht: Roberto Clemente Remembered

  In the 1950s and ‘60s, most of what baseball fans…

The Roberto Clemente Award

(Photograph by Duane Rieder.)   It was fitting that…

Roberto Clemente, Humanitarian

“Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in…

Saint Roberto Clemente?

A stained-glass window depicting Roberto Clemente in front…

Remembrance and Iconography of Roberto Clemente in Public Spaces

  Courtesy of The Clemente Museum.   Stories…

Roberto Clemente Postage Stamps Across the World

Collage of Clemente Stamp Materials by Juan López-Bonilla.…

The Clementes and the Kantrowitzes

Top row L to R: Orlando Zabala (Vera Clemente’s brother),…

The Clemente Museum

“My mother and father never taught me to hate anyone, or…
¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente, edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks