“” That “New Year, new life” is not true. As this horrible year goes away and 2022 arrives, one is older, not newer and under the threat of the omicrom “”
The Semifinal Series of the torneo Kalil Haché After 4 dates, it will be wrapped in the second section with a cork of questions for the players who leave without return, those affected by Covid and Omicrom and those who arrive with the visa of surprises. For now, the Aguilas Cibaeñas they are the ensemble that is obliged to “change the pace”, like Larry Harlow’s sauce.
We open a parenthesis on this last day of 2021 to wish you happiness, health and prosperity and demand caution in drinking and with the accelerator of your vehicle, because the world does not end today, but poor handling of your actions can put an end to your life.
The December 31, 197249 years ago today, in a plane crash in a DC-7 cargo plane, the Puerto Rican baseball player died Roberto Clemente Walker, (El Cometa de Carolina), at age 38, when he was bringing humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of Managua, Nicaragua, which had been destroyed by an earthquake.
Clemente, despite his orthodox batting, won four batting titles. He won the MVP award in 1966, but his greatest dimension was in the 1971 World Series where he averaged .414.
The Nicaraguan newspaper “La Prensa”, on its cover of January 2, 1973, had this title: “Die Roberto Clemente when the plane fell … He was carrying aid for victims of Managua ”. The news was a sword that pierced the hearts of millions of sports fans, a devastating blow.
Clemente was called the ‘Pelé del baseball‘. In Venezuela, the sports newspaper Meridiano said that “Clemente was born in Puerto Rico, but he was owned by America,” and the president of the United States, Richard Nixon, in the Washington Post said that “he was a very kind man, and one of the greatest players of our time ”.
When Clemente died, Major League Baseball, to honor his memory, set a precedent for him to be inducted into the Cooperstown Hall of Fame, violating the five-year rule to be included on the ballot. Members of the Baseball Writers Association of America received a special ballot with only one candidate: Roberto Clemente. On March 20, 1973, with a 94 percent vote, he became Cooperstown’s 134th member and the first Latino to achieve the honor.
In the work “Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown”, the journalist Howell Reindenbaugh criticized the election method, for violating the regulations, although he recognizes the greatness of the Puerto Rican slugger.
Roberto Clemente He was the 27th player to reach 3,000 hits, and completed the feat on September 30, 1972 at the old Three River Stadium in Pittsburgh, a double off Jon Matlack’s pitches.
Roberto Clemente It was unique, and we will always keep it in mind.
A DAY LIKE TODAY
In 2010, during the end of the year celebrations, there was a shooting in Luperón, Puerto Plata, where 25-year-old Michael Castillo Almonte was killed and his 17-year-old brother Starlin Castillo was wounded. Three days later, the National Police announce that the main suspect is the Baltimore Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon, who claims his innocence, but hides in his hometown of Santiago. He turned himself in to the Police on January 3, 2011. On November 8, 2011, Simón was acquitted by the courts in the involuntary manslaughter case against him.
In 2012, the veteran of the box Miguel Tejada signs a deal with the Kansas City Royals, after playing alone at AAA last year.
