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In response to "One of my great regrets as a baseball fan is that I was too young for Roberto Clemente. -- nm" by David

i was just old enough. he was my favorite nl everyday player and i was 8 when he was world series mvp...

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Jan 7 '09, 18:21

i remember watching the series games that year. i also really vividly remember the night i was listening to the radio and i heard his plane went down and he was missing. it was basically my first real experience with a death like that, it made a big impression on me.

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Mine was Elvis because Mom had tickets to see him the following month. I too was 8. - David Jan 7, 18:27
how did he stack up against Mordechai "Three-Fingers" Brown? -- nm - pigby Jan 7, 18:26 1
- may ty cobb sharpen his spikes and slide into your shins....nm - x Jan 7, 18:29

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i was just old enough. he was my favorite nl everyday player and i was 8 when he was world series mvp...

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