SEE IT: Part II of virtual tour of Roberto Clemente Museum exhibit in Puerto Rico
For fans of the late Pittsburgh Pirates icon who missed the chance to visit the Robert Clemente exhibit of historic artifacts, artwork and other memorabilia that opened in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, see the video below for the second part of a recent report from ABC Puerto Rico’s “Primetime.” The exhibit opened to plenty of fanfare in late February but was unfortunately shuttered until further notice after the coronavirus pandemic struck. Click here for Part I of the "Primetime" feature that provides a behind-the-scenes tour of the items on display that cover the life and career of the Pittsburgh Pirates icon. Check back
Roberto Clemente museum exhibit set to reopen in Puerto Rico on Oct. 1
By Elizabeth Llorente They called Roberto Clemente “The Great One,” a champion on the baseball field who used his star power to aid the sick and poor before losing his life in a tragic plane crash at the age of 38. Now his fellow boricuas (or Puerto Ricans) will get to immerse themselves in the history of both the star athlete and the humanitarian when a museum exhibit on Clemente reopens on Oct. 1. The exhibit (which debuted last year but then shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic) at El Museo del Deporte de Puerto Rico in the city of Guaynabo includes
SEE IT: Behind the scenes at the Roberto Clemente Museum in Pittsburgh
The Roberto Clemente Museum in Pittsburgh is a special place that all baseball fans should visit at least once. For owner and curator Duane Reider, maintaining the shrine to one of the game's greats is a labor of love bordering on obsession. With many artifacts from the museum set to be on temporary display in Puerto Rico starting in January, here's a brief look at the original place, housed in a converted old firehouse in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh, home of Clemente's Pirates.
Baseball records are made to be broken, but 2019 showed these achievements will likely last forever
By Robert Dominguez and Beto Villa "Count 'em, 60! Let's see some other son of a bitch match that!" Babe Ruth had good reason to gloat in 1927 after the Sultan of Swat broke his own single-season home run record of 59 set six years prior. After all, no one hit them harder or farther or as often as the larger-than-life Bambino, so this was one baseball record guaranteed to last. Right? Sorry, Babe. It took 34 seasons, a ridiculous controversy, and the assignation of an asinine asterisk, but fellow Yankee Roger Maris was the S.O.B. who finally out-swatted Ruth
