Roberto Clemente: Baseball Hall of Famer
Who, When, Wow!
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🗓️ 3 November 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Meet Roberto Clemente, one of the greatest baseball players of his generation WHO was the first Latino player in history to reach the unbelievable achievement of 3,000 career hits. His heart was full of much more than just a love for baseball; WHEN an earthquake jolted the capital of Nicaragua, he dropped everything he was doing to help. Join host Rebecca Sheir as we meet the this amazing baseball player with an incredible heart, who added so much WOW to our world.
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| 0:00.0 | It's September 30th, 1972 at 3 Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| 0:08.0 | The Pittsburgh pirates are playing the New York Metz and their final baseball game of the season. |
| 0:13.0 | The score is tied, 0-0. |
| 0:16.0 | Pirates are up to bat. |
| 0:18.0 | The first batter is a right-fielder named... |
| 0:23.0 | The moment Roberto Clemente strides up to home plate, the crowd jumps to its feet. |
| 0:29.0 | Everyone's standing and they want him to get that big number, 3,000. |
| 0:33.0 | That big number, 3,000, is hit number 3,000. |
| 0:38.0 | After 18 seasons playing for the pirates, Roberto Clemente has made a whopping 2,999 hits. |
| 0:47.0 | Now he's on the verge of making history and joining the 3,000 hit club. |
| 0:52.0 | An exclusive group that includes just 10 other players in the history of professional ball. |
| 0:57.0 | The Metz throw the first pitch. |
| 1:00.0 | Roberto doesn't swing. |
| 1:04.0 | Then comes the second pitch. |
| 1:07.0 | It's a drive into the cap and left center field, there she is. |
| 1:11.0 | Indeed, there she is. |
| 1:14.0 | Hit number 3,000. |
| 1:18.0 | At that moment, Roberto Clemente became more than just the 11th player to join the 3,000 hit club. |
| 1:25.0 | He became the first Latino player to do so. |
| 1:28.0 | But that's not the only reason the moment was historic. |
| 1:31.0 | It was Clemente's final at bat of the 1972 season. |
| 1:35.0 | And as it turns out, the final at bat of his life. |
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