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**Roberto Clemente: Hispanic Baseball Legend**

Who is Roberto Clemente? Roberto Clemente was born August 18th,1934 San Anton, Puerto Rico. He died December 31, 1972, in a plane crash trying to take things to the people in need and poor. He was a 15-time all-star,2-time world series champion, world series MVP,12 times Gold Glove winner,4 time NL batting champion, and he got inducted into the National Hall of Fame in 1973. He was in the US Marine Corps and he got married in 1964 and had three children. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates his whole career as a baseball player as an outfielder as well he made his MLB debut in 1955. The Pittsburgh Pirates retired his number which was 21 but that number only retired on the Pirates.

Roberto Clemente did charity work in in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Roberto Clemente did baseball clinic for unprivileged youth free of charge, as well he worked as hard as he could to promote better equality for Latino Americans playing and not playing baseball, to add on he also helped with aid in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Roberto Clemente had a clinic in Nicaragua to help the sick and the poor. The top goal for the clinic is to expand a non-profit health center, primarily pediatric care, urgent care, and holistic wellness education and services. As many places in the world, the Roberto Clemente health clinic is in a poor area so they charge people there cause they want those people to have the treatment they need( "Roberto Clemente." //Biography.com//). The health clinic is named after Roberto Clemente because when he was on his way to help aid people from an earthquake he died in a plane crash. The Roberto Clemente health clinic over 12,000 lives a year and helps take care of more than 20,000 poor and devastated people a year.

Roberto Clemente was the first ever Latin American superstar to play major league baseball and he was a symbol to Latin American people. Roberto Clemente fought for the recognition of his Latin Baseball players as well across the United States and Central America he held free clinics for children. "There is nothing wrong with our homes, our country, that a little more care, a little more concern, a little more love, won't cure" -Roberto Clemente. Roberto Clemente was the first Latino baseball player to be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. Roberto Clemente made such impact on America that in the early1900s baseball was only by whites in the MLB but since Roberto Clemente has played now every color and culture can play( "Roberto Clemente: Sports' Most Charitable Legend.) . Since Roberto Clemente's feet have stepped on the baseball diamond all Latin American baseball players including children can now realize that their dream work of becoming an MLB player will take hard work.

Life was hard for Roberto Clemente though when they announced his name at his game they called him Bob Clemente because Americans were uncomfortable with the foreignness in his name. The press people used to call him "dusky flyer" and "chocolate colored islander" as well the regularly imperfect English by saying "I know to run fast cold weather". Since Roberto Clemente is so strong he fought his inner sense as his worth as an own player. Whenever Roberto Clemente was interviewed and told that he played as good as a certain player he would always "no I don't I play like Roberto Clemente"( "Roberto Clemente." //Wikipedia//.). After a long time of Roberto Clemente showing everybody what he can do and how good he is started getting a lot of awards such as the MVP award.

As you can see Roberto Clemente is a baseball and Hispanic legend in America. If it weren't for Roberto Clemente we wouldn't have the real baseball we have now we wouldn't even have a real baseball organization. Roberto Clemente is a true hero he's a baseball legend that I always look up to and hopefully do something like him as my goal is to be the person he was when I grow up. Roberto Clemente will always be remembered as a guy that did the things were right as well he will also be known as the guy who did the things and the smart things of his own that he knows were right. Roberto Clemente will also be known for standing up for his Hispanics, rights, and all the people that deserve to do what their dreams are to do when they grow up. Roberto Clemente was a true Hispanic and will always be known by me.Roberto Clemente has been my kind of person because I play how I think my baseball game should be played which is to just have fun and trying your best( //Beyond Baseball)// . As long you have fun in the game like Roberto Clemente that is all that matters but we should always try are best just like the best legend of all time Roberto Clemente.

Works Cited //Beyond Baseball: The Life of Roberto Clemente//. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2017. .


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"Roberto Clemente." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Apr. 2017. Web. 01 May 2017. .


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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">"Roberto Clemente: Sports' Most Charitable Legend." //The Borgen Project//. N.p., 18 Jan. 2017. Web. 01 May 2017. <https://borgenproject.org/roberto-clemente-sports-charitable-legend/>.


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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">"Roberto Clemente." //Biography.com//. A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017. Web. 01 May 2017. <http://www.biography.com/people/roberto-clemente-9250805#!>.


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