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Crack! The ball soars, people stare, for a minute everyone shocked. Is it true, did Roberto Clemente just hit his 3,000th hit in one season? Everyone has stopped in disbelief. Some people are great athletes; others are great humanitarians, but Roberto Clemente combined both characteristics in one, dynamic package. From his early years as a poor child in Puerto Rico to dizzying heights as a pro baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Clemente’s life is one of inspiration and admiration. Even though Roberto Clemente struggled with a lot of things in his life he managed to deal with them and became a world famous baseball player and a humanitarian. “If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming …show more content…
behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth”. (Roberto Clemente) https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/roberto_clemente Roberto Clemente came from a very humble beginning. He was born on August 18, 1934 in Puerto Rico in San Anton Barrio. His parents were Louisa Walker and Don Melchor Clemente, and he had six siblings. He came from a hard-working family. Clemente's father worked in the sugarcane and construction area, and his mother was a laundress; she also gave food to the construction people and cane workers. Roberto's parents taught the kids not to be ashamed of being poor. Even though they earned $0.45 a day, their priority was getting food on the table for the family. Roberto was a determined worker when he need to be, and he wanted a bike.
It took him three years to earn the money for that bike; Roberto also helped his dad with construction. Roberto worked hard for everything he had. Once when Melchor was very sick and had to go to the hospital, Roberto was too young to visit his own father. He was not letting that happen. Instead, he climbed a palm tree and hurtled through the air to go through the window. Roberto Clemente was very close to his family. Roberto’s real love was baseball. He often missed meals because he was playing baseball and didn't stop until dark. Roberto's first baseballs were bottle caps and his bat was made of guava tree limb, and the glove was made of a coffee bean …show more content…
sack. Clemente stood out from a young age as a natural athlete. Roberto and some friends played on an abandoned field. One day a coach named Zorilla stopped by to watch Roberto's game, and he thought Roberto was very talented. Zorrilla thought that Roberto would be a great outfielder for the high school team. Zorilla, the high school coach, was also a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Zorilla asked Roberto to join the high school team. He was also on the track team. He did the high jump, and he was able to jump 6 feet in the air. He also did the triple jump at 45 feet, and he was able to throw the javelin 190 yards, when the record for high school was 263. When he was a junior, people thought he was going to throw javelin in the 1952 Olympic games. Roberto ended up choosing his baseball career, but his mother did not want him to be a baseball player. She wanted him to be an engineer, so she tried to burn his bat, but Roberto grabbed the bat out of the fire just in time. His mom had not known what the future held for her own son and the world. Struggle and Growth as a Player Subtopic 2 “I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball”. Struggles language, injury and racism: But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/roberto_clemente_207003 famous people had lots of struggles but Roberto had struggles to deal with throughout his baseball career. He struggled with language barrier injuries and racism.Once he grew up, he chose his life in baseball, and Roberto Clemente became a player in the United States. When he began to play baseball in the United States, he encountered several difficulties he hadn’t even thought about. One was language. Roberto spoke mostly Spanish and a little English, but he had an accent that was hard to understand. Newspaper reporters made fun of how he talked. He didn’t always understand them. English people didn't understand him either and made fun of him everywhere he went. Despite his great talente, some people thought he was unintelligent because of his language skills. Another struggle he had was physical injuries. He was seriously injured in a car accident returning from a visit to his brother in the hospital. Because of the accident, his three spinal discs were seriously hurt. His back bothered him for the rest of his life. Another serious injury occurred in Puerto Rico when he was jumping a fence. The fence broke on him, Roberto fell, and rolled down a hill hurting his shoulder. This injury affected him for the rest of his baseball career. A third injury occurred when Roberto was injured on the field playing baseball. He made a daring catch while slamming into the concrete wall. This lead to winning the game and being rushed to the hospital. Another time Roberto was seriously hurt while cutting grass at home. The lawn mower threw a rock into his thigh; this led to another hospital trip. The biggest struggle for Roberto was that of racism. In the U.S. races were segregated. Black men weren’t supposed to talk to white women. In the south, they could not drink out of the same the water fountain. Also, they could not use the same restroom, and they could not eat together. Living conditions and traveling conditions were poor. The blacks could not stay with whites in hotels. Even though he face criticism, Roberto stated, “ I don't believe in color I believe in people.” (Ford p.42) Roberto did much to help with integration speaking out to against of what he experienced. Roberto worked hard for people of color not to be criticised and to demonstrate that all people should be treated the same. Throughout his life as a baseball player, Roberto continued on fighting racism, and he stood out. Subtopic three “ I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player”. Clemente became wildly successful while battling racism and physical injuries. Vin Scully, longtime Dodgers broadcaster said,"Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania". (Source 1) He was a 12 time All Star player, and he reached 3,000 hits in one season. One of the most memorable plays of his career was when he was an outfielder and caught the ball for the winning ball game slamming into a concrete wall.This was one of his haunting Injuries. Roberto was the team leader and gave his teammates sparks of inspiration. He told his teammates, “Do not hang your heads, stay out here and talk to them, be proud to be a Pirate, and be playing baseball.” (ford 42) Even though Roberto Clemente was a great baseball player, He is more famous because of being humanitarian. He believed strongly in service to others and contributed to the dreams of other youngsters from Puerto Rico. His early death was a tragedy for all. Roberto died for trying to help people, his plane crashed while going on a humanitarian mission. Was going to go give supplies to the people in Nicaragua after the huge earthquake. He died on New Year's Eve 1972. He would go on vacation And he would insist on getting away from a tourist areas so that he could talk to the common people around about their hopes and dreams” Clemente had shared with a former military friend his three goals in life.
His first was to be on a world series champion team; his second was to win a batting championship, and his third was to build a recreation center. He reached all three goals. Since he had been killed in a plane crash, his wife helped his third dream become true. She helped Roberto Clemente's memories stay alive by helping to finish the Sports City In Carolina, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Clemente said, “I don't want anything for myself said but through me I can help lots of people”. ( Ford 42) Roberto Clemente's memory stays alive after his wife, Vera, helped to build Schools "… there are 45 schools in the States that are named after Roberto and there are Roberto Clemente Leagues that play in the Roberto Clemente
Park —Vera Clemente With the crash of Roberto last mission trip the world spun they lost a hero. According to Stew Thornley, “Roberto's Clemente's greatness transcended the diamond.” Clemente's life went by fast from being poor to being sponsored to being long to a small school and being asked to go to pros And Roberto Clemente end up helping other people for a good cause. At age thirty eight Roberto Clemente didn't have enough time to help all the people he could. Roberto's Legend lives on and no one's managed to be like him yet.
of the greatest knuckleball pitchers in the MLB. His story to never give up, no matter what life throws at
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Roberto Clemente Walker was born in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, Puerto Rico, August 18, 1934. He was the youngest of four children. He stood 5 feet and 11 inches tall, and he weighed 175 pounds. Roberto excelled in track and field, winning medals in the javelin throw and short distance races. However, his real love was baseball. He played amateur baseball with Juncos Double A Club and soon went on to play with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Winter League. From Santurce he signed with Montreal's Triple A team. Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955, where he played his entire eighteen year Major League Baseball career from 1955 to 1972. Roberto played in two World Series, batting .310 in 1960 and .414 in 1971. He was the National League Batting
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Even as a child Derek loved baseball. He and his dad would often throw in the baseball field behind his house almost everyday. Although his dad sounds like a great role model for him, his Grandma Dot and Grandpa Bill were the most important people in his childhood. They were his moms parents. He would go visit them in New Jersey for weeks at a time. His Grandma would tell him stories about the best Yankee players and basically plant dreams in his head. At night he would watch the Yankee’s play with his Grandpa Bill and fall asleep in his lap. As soon as he woke up in the morning(which was ussualy pretty early) he would go into to his Grandma and say “Come on Gram! Lets go throw!”. They went through this routine every morning.
Albert Pujols said, “Baseball was an outlet for him to be able to do that, and he had some special talent to go through what he did and still set an example for others. You cannot replace it.”
In our society, many celebrities are selfish, but we do not take enough time to appreciate the ones that make great sacrifices in order to help the less fortunate. One person believed by many to be an inspiration on and off the baseball field is David Ortiz. David Ortiz should be given the title National Treasure because of his profound charity work and contributions to baseball. He has saved the lives of hundreds of children by giving them medical care they desperately need, and has revolutionized the role of the designated hitter in baseball.
...ame the vice-president for the Chock Full O' Nuts Corporation. He also served on the board of the NAACP. He created the Jackie Robinson Construction Company to build affordable housing for black families that did not have enough money. In the 1970s Jackie Robinson's heath got bad. On Oct. 15, 1972, he attended a World Series game in Cincinnati that celebrated the 25th anniversary of his breaking the color barrier in professional baseball. During pre-game ceremonies he said how he wanted to have a black manager to be hired for a team in major league baseball. Ten days later after the World Series game, Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. Jackie will be remembered for his courage, determination, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment, and his excellence. He is an inspiration for many people that have a dream.
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