Tag: Pittsburgh Pirates

  • Household Saint

    lareviewofbooks: DAVID ROTH Roberto Clemente Topps™ Baseball Card 1971 Wilfred Santiago21: The Story of Roberto Clemente Fantagraphics, 2011. 200 pp. Roberto Clemente died on New Year’s Eve, 1972, when a small plane carrying Clemente, four other men, and 16,000 pounds of aid bound for earthquake-wracked Nicaragua disappeared into the waters off Clemente’s native Puerto Rico.…