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Spikes Finalize Release Of 2010 Season Promotional CalendarOurSports Central (press release)Auburn), Roberto Clemente Kids Activity Book Giveaway Night presented by PLCB on Thursday, August 5 (7:05 pm vs. Staten Island) and Tiger Webkinz Giveaway ...
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Pirates welcome 2010 season with sellout crowdThe GlobeAs fans in Pittsburgh enjoyed the beautiful weather while walking over the Roberto Clemente Bridge toward PNC Park, many were thinking about what to expect ...
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Roethlisberger Suspended For Conduct ViolationsNPR... western Pennsylvania and sports stalwart like the Steelers and Roberto Clemente, and into the '70s Willie Stargell, brought community together. ...and more »
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Hunter, eight teammates on All-Star ballotAnaheim Angels... MLB.com ANAHEIM -- Nine consecutive Rawlings Gold Gloves, three shy of record-sharing outfielders-for-the-ages Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente. ...and more »
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Follow Boston Marathon Route With AdidasHULIQThe virtual or literal path begins and ends at Roberto Clemente Field in the Back Bay Fens neighborhood of Boston, or Fenway. The Boston Marathon course ...and more »
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A night of firsts in SteeltownGlobe and MailCrossing the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh via the Roberto Clemente Bridge, with the stadium in full view to your left, is one of the best parts. ...and more »
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Son of late Hall of Famer advocates for Foley FieldNorthJersey.comRoberto Clemente Jr., son of the late baseball Hall of Famer, was invited to address a small afternoon rally in the Foley Field parking lot. ...
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No lineup yet for Reds-Pirates, setupCincinnati.com (blog)It started raining as I was walking across the Roberto Clemente Bridge. It wouldn't be a Reds-Pirates series without rain delays. It's 79 degrees right now. ...and more »
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The great Roberto also could be great to fansPittsburgh Post GazetteAbout a year before Roberto Clemente tragically died, my relatives and I went to a Pirates game at Three Rivers Stadium. It was Autograph Day and the ...
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Robert Clemente Documentary Highlights 'Latinos/asat BC' EventBoston College ChronicleA screening of a documentary on baseball legend and humanitarian Roberto Clemente, followed by a Q&A session with the ...
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BOSTON -- Even as he has emerged as one of the best all-around players in baseball over the last couple of seasons, Kevin Youkilis has been equally consumed with an art that has nothing to do with coming up with a clutch hit or making a diving stop in
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CHICAGO -- Ted Lilly and his wife, Natasha, decided they not only wanted to reach out and help children if they could, but also dogs and cats.
The Cubs pitcher helps raise funds for P.A.W.S Chicago, the city's largest no-kill humane organization which
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They raise money and supplies for children in need, fight to cure diseases, deliver medical supplies to impoverished areas, match strikeout totals with money for military troops, establish scholarships, offer support groups for cancer survivors and
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Major League Baseball announced today, on Roberto Clemente Day, the names of the 30 finalists for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award.
The award is given annually to the Major League Baseball Player who combines a dedication to giving back to the
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ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols is a two-time National League Most Valuable Player, and he's closing in on a third. So why not a second Roberto Clemente Award?
After being named the Clemente winner in 2008, Pujols is once again the Cardinals' nominee for
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Kansas City, MO - infoZine - Infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen today was named the Kansas City Royals nominee for the 2009 Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevy. He is one of 30 Major League Club nominees for the national 2009 Roberto Clemente Award,
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Tim Hudson today was named the Atlanta Braves nominee for the 2009 Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevy. He is one of 30 Major League Club nominees for the national 2009 Roberto Clemente Award, which is given annually to the Major League Baseball
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Expansion swelled the league to 12 teams and 2 divisions. San Diego was added, as was Montreal, making this a truly international league. Atlanta won a strong West Division, with San Franciso 3 games out, Cincinnati four back, Los Angeles 8 behind,
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Well, this was a no-brainer. For the fourth straight year (with the Braves, eight overall nominations), the Atlanta Braves nominated star pitcher, Tim Hudson, for the Roberto Clemente Award, an honor given to the one baseball player best exemplifying
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Talking Chop
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(Host) An original musical with
its sights on Broadway will open for a trial run in Brattleboro this weekend.
(Host) "21" will be performed Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at the New England Youth Theater.
Composer Alki Steriopoulos at the piano and Karina
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ONEONTA _ Roberto Clemente's legacy is living strong through his son, as well as an organization based in Oneonta.
Roberto Clemente Jr., 44, visited Oneonta on Thursday night and threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the New York-Penn League game
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He shared that simple message Wednesday in Syracuse, where he ran a baseball clinic for about 20 Latino children brought to Alliance Bank Stadium by Rita Paniagua of the Spanish Action League. Joined by several players from the Chiefs, Roberto Jr. was
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An Oneonta man has organized a birthday celebration for baseball giant Roberto Clemente, who would have turned 75 today.
Steve Pindar, co-founder of Roberto's Kids, has arranged activities this week with three minor-league teams in New York state,
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August 13, 2009 - Indoor Football League (IFL) Billings Outlaws
Roberto Clemente, Jr., son of Hall-of-Fame right fielder Roberto Clemente, will appear at NYSEG Stadium Tuesday, August 18 as the Binghamton Mets celebrate Latin American Night at the
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Gordon ForsythMayor Cory A. Booker speaks at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark on August 3, 2009. The Newark Bears gathered elected officials, community activists and baseball legends at the ballpark to honor the life and legacy of the
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The Dodgers won their third pennant in four years, then got swept in the World Series in a classic upset. Sandy Koufax retired after the season, and the Dodgers took eight years to win another pennant. The 1966 race was another good one, with San
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An incredible batter and an accomplished fielder, Roberto Clemente earned the nickname "The Great One" both on and off the playing field.
As the youngest of five children, Roberto Walker Clemente was born in 1934 in the rural barrio of San Anton in
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Aaron. If Joe DiMaggio got hurt, you could bring up a center fielder with the same look of perfection and more: Mickey Mantle (before his knees gave out). You could replace Ozzie Smith with Omar Vizquel at shortstop and not miss a beat. As great as
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Tampa Bay Rays' Carl Crawford, right, greets his teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)
If you remember way back when to the DRaysBay season preview, you may recall a piece I wrote about Carl Crawford and the
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Clemente. Great ballplayer. Died in a plane crash. How to describe him? If you're Keith Hernandez, living endorsement for the seven-second tape delay, you say the following: "What a great player. And he could fly."
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...a lifelong baseball fan, I knew Roberto Clemente was a great player who died too young, and that's about all I knew. Well, that and Clemente is still, years later, spoken of in reverential terms in and out of baseball circles. He's more than just a guy who...
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MAIMI -- Construction workers will finally begin work on a brand new community center at Roberto Clemente Park today. The new building will be called the Dorothy Quintana Community Center.
Miami city commissioners will break ground this morning on the
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Local News | State News | National/World News
What do Roberto Clemente, Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson have in common? They are three of Pittsburgh's famous residents, and in the past 10 years, their names became permanently
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Freddy Sanchez and Jason Bay of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Santo Domingo.– The Pittsburgh Pirates will open their new Dominican Republic-based Latin American headquarters and training
complex on Thursday, April 30.
Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting,
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This summer, Morris Heights will bake. The Roberto Clemente State Park swimming pool won’t open in 2009. According to the State Office of Parks, the pool will undergo renovations.
Thousands of children frequent the Olympic-sized pool. According to
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In between feeding a crying toddler, keeping an eye on a barbecuing ribeye, and enjoying a glass of Moylan's Hopsickle, I catch on baseball tonight that Karl Ravech is discussing a baseball player who died in a plane crash while on a humanitarian aid
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In between feeding a crying toddler, keeping an eye on a barbecuing ribeye, and enjoying a glass of Moylan's Hopsickle, I catch on Baseball Tonight that Karl Ravech is discussing a baseball player who died in a plane crash while on a humanitarian aid
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The aim of this blog is to put a spotlight on players and teams that play the game the "right way" and respect the traditions of the game of baseball. I like guys that hustle, get their uniforms dirty, and give 100% day in and day out. I also realize
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Here's news about a good pirate.
Clemente is the Hall of Fame outfielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1950s, '60s and early '70s.
A Puerto Rico native, he spent much time on charitable causes, and was flying to Nicaragua in 1972 to help
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MinnPost.com
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The phrase seemed to fit this issue, after the opening essay was written. Requiem for a Rookie is, I believe the sixteenth Requiem that has appeared in NOTES over the past, well, sixteen years. But they are not annual features, and never planned. Never
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PITTSBURGH --
One of those fans has opened an exhibit honoring the Hall of Fame right fielder.
Its been 37 years since Clemente died. He died in a plane crash. He was on the way to Nicaragua to deliver supplies to earth quake victims.
He would have
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WPXI Pittsburgh
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- In an era when young baseball players the world over grow up wanting to play for the New York Yankees, Jose Tabata was a Yankee who kept the Pirates close to his heart.
One of the Pirates, anyway.
Ask him how he feels about attending
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MANHATTAN, KAN. — Denis Clemente is driven by the legacy of a man he never met.
Passionate, competitive, motivated to become the best at whatever he does — so much of what defines Kansas State's point guard comes from his connection to a second cousin
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MANHATTAN, Kan. - Denis Clemente is driven by the legacy of a man he never met.
Passionate, competitive, motivated to become the best at whatever he does — so much of what defines Kansas State’s point guard comes from his connection to a second cousin
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Pittsburgh CLO Gallery of Heroes production, kicked off its spring tour January 12, 2009, at Peabody High School. Originally developed to coincide with the Pittsburgh 250 celebration, this educational and entertaining production was extended for an
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Broadway World
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Expansion swelled the league to 12 teams and 2 divisions. San Diego was added, as was Montreal, making this a truly international league. Atlanta won a strong West Division, with San Franciso 3 games out, Cincinnati four back, Los Angeles 8 behind,
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One of the cooler aspects of the World Baseball Classic (at least, in my opinion) is that it's one of the rare times that national pride and baseball intersect. It doesn't happen in the Olympics and it's limited during the season, but during the WBC it'
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A little more pressure than usual will be on Carlos Delgado when he pulls on Roberto Clementeâs 21 in the WBC for Puerto Rico.
Carlos Delgado knows there will be much riding on his back when he dons his World Baseball Classic jersey for Puerto Rico in
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It’s funny how this hobby of ours works. In December I received an email from a semi-disgruntled Rob C. of TNT-Toys. Rob, a longtime Wax Heaven reader pulled a beautiful game-used button card #’d to just five copies. The catch? It was of Pirates player,
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Sólo tuve oportunidad de verlo jugar, por televisión en el play off de la Liga Nacional y en la Serie Mundial de 1971. Una tarde de octubre de ese año empezamos a jugar pelota de goma en la calle mientras el Papá de uno de nuestros amigos veía el juego
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