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LSUSOBEAST1 
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| Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 12:24 pm)
A baseball legend and an inspiration to others.
RIP
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Bigpoppat 
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 12:50 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
Great player, great humanitarian
Glad he got his 3, 000th hit before passing
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COTiger
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 1:25 pm to Bigpoppat)
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Great player, great humanitarian
Absolutely. I'm fortunate that I got to see him play for roughly 10 years.
He obviously played at a very high level, but made it look so damn easy.
He and the Say Hey kid are two of my all time favorites.
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Tiger Ugly
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 1:40 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
The highlight of him throwing a ball from deep right to third on a line is still one of the more impressive baseball highlights I've ever seen.
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dukke v
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PLUTO
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 1:43 pm to COTiger)
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He obviously played at a very high level, but made it look so damn easy.
AGREED!!!!!!!!!! 
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SpartyGator 
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 1:44 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
I've read the stories on the humanitarian work and obviously aware of the baseball skills.
Would've loved to see him play
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COTiger
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 1:44 pm to Tiger Ugly)
That and he could go from 1st to 3rd or 2nd to home quicker than anybody I saw at the time. Long, effortless strides. What an athlete who unfortunately was taken from us too damn early.
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dukke v
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PLUTO
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 1:50 pm to COTiger)
The highlights of him running the bases are a thing of beauty!!!!!
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Bigpoppat
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 2:04 pm to COTiger)
Clemente, Jeff Bagwell and Larry Walker are three of the best baserunning "big men" in history imo. Each were efficient and smart on the basepaths.
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RogerTheShrubber
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 2:33 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
I wore #21 in HS in honor of Clemente, which was much more of an honor for me than it was him... 
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WMTigerFAN 
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Member since Feb 2005
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 3:05 pm to RogerTheShrubber)
My favorite baseball player of all time. Not only did I sport #21,so did my son and now my daughter. 5 tool player on the field, and proud humanitarian off.
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COTiger
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Colorado
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 3:12 pm to Bigpoppat)
Larry lost more than a few steps late in his career with the Rockies. That or the thin air finally caught up with him.
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bddwolfpack
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 3:44 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
I, too, wore #21 in honor of Roberto during my high school playing career.
I wanted #21 for college too, but it was taken.
Roberto had the greatest throwing arm in the history of the game, imo.
I still to this day think baseball should retire #21 throughout the MLB to honor Roberto for all he did for Latin ball players.
RIP Great One
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Lsupimp
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Baton Rouge
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| re: Today is the 40th anniversary of Roberto Clemente's death (Posted on 12/31/12 at 3:49 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
My Dad's Alltime hero.
A revered figure in Pittsburgh.
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