[mack]

I remember Otis and Wilson, both of them could fly around the bases. My favorite Pirate, being older than everyone on this board except figjam, was the great Roberto Clemente, who died in the off season while he was still playing, when a plane flying emergency supplies to quake victims in Nicaragua crashed with him on board. He was not only great but played with a style and flair that's rarely seen. Roberto Clemente

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Originally Posted by mack

I remember Otis and Wilson, both of them could fly around the bases. My favorite Pirate, being older than everyone on this board except figjam, was the great Roberto Clemente, who died in the off season while he was still playing, when a plane flying emergency supplies to quake victims in Nicaragua crashed with him on board. He was not only great but played with a style and flair that's rarely seen. Roberto Clemente

mack...Roberto Clemente was one of the greatest ballplayers I've ever seen play the game.

He was one of my fav players as a kid until.....he squared off with one of my all time fav's, Billy Williams of the Cubs, in a bench clearing brawl at Wigley Field in the late 60's....will never forget my two heros trading blows...they must of hated each other.

Roberto finished with exactly 3000 hits before he perished in the plane crash. A great player trying to help a ravaged country by hauling in medical supplies....a far different story than the ones we read today about selfish athletes and athletes who are/or act like thugs.

to you Roberto.