Roberto Clemente. A Real American Hero!

[madinmaryland]

Hit Number 3000..

[Bunny]

1. Broke my heart when his plane went down.

:cry:


He was an amazing person.

[madinmaryland]

3. That was one of the worst days in my life. He was a true humanitarian.

I was too young to remember MLK, JFK, and RFK.

[joeybee12]

4. I know, that was a terrible day...

...it's still sad to recall.

[madinmaryland]

5. He died trying to help others.

:cry:

[TZ]

2. When I went to Puerto Rico

I noticed there seemed to be a baseball field every couple of miles or so it seems...probably due to his influence....

[trumad]

6. John McCain use to be an Ump.

[Captain Hilts]

7. I completely agree. I think the navy should name a class of ships after ballplayers that were good

men:

Clemente
Gerhig
etc.

[MrPerson]

8. The Great One.

Arriva Roberto!!!

[PRETZEL]

9. MLB Network had a special on him over the weekend,

one of the best tribute shows I've seen of him.

The best baseball player I've ever had the pleasure of seeing play.

Fantastic human being. I had the pleasure as a little kid of meeting him. I'll never forget that.

[Capt. America]

10. Technically not American. I don't believe he was a citizen was he?

[Bunny]

11. He was a citizen.

<snip>
The U.S. House of Representatives, and the Jones Act of 1917, established all Puerto Ricans are born citizens of the United States with the identical citizenship of any US Citizen. You do not need a passport to visit Puerto Rico from anywhere in the 50 states.
<snip>

http://www.elyunque.com/history.html

[H2O Man]

12. "American"

Great player. I remember when he died. Sad, sad day. He was much more than a athlete.