Along with Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, Roberto Clemente Day on September 15 is a bookend to the Major League Baseball (MLB) season. When all teams take the field on September 15, there’s a crispness to the air, the geese honk overhead, and the post-season fates of many teams (for better or for worse) are already sealed.
Roberto Clemente Day honors the day the Pittsburgh Pirates star recorded his 3,000th Major League hit – and, as fate would have it, his final game. It was the end of the 1972 regular season, and the Pirates had not reached the playoffs. Clemente’s hit made the game matter anyway. The crowd cheered, and the beloved Clemente raised his cap in recognition. [Read more…] about A State Park That Remembers Roberto Clemente
