Bad Decisions: Not Protecting Clemente
In February, 1954, the Brooklyn Dodgers signed a 19-year old amateur free agent from Puerto Rico named Roberto Clemente.
Yeah, THAT Clemente. Famous Pittsburgh Pirate, never played in the major leagues for anyone else, died tragically with exactly 3,000 career hits, elected to the Hall of Fame by special election, statue of his outside PNC Park, basebal…
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