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  • #1

    Roberto Clemente

    Before any mods see this and move it to the Pirates forum, please read it.

    I have heard from a person (though not very reliable) that Roberto Clemente was drafted by the Mets, than traded to Pittsburgh. Any truth in this?
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    That would have been a real neat trick, considering he started playing for the Pirates in 1955.
    "I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it."
    Carl Yastrzemski

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    • #3
      Originally posted by runningshoes View Post
      That would have been a real neat trick, considering he started playing for the Pirates in 1955.
      Haha.

      He was signed by the Dodgers, then drafted by the Pirates in the Rule 5 draft.
      Originally posted by Domenic
      The Yankees should see if Yogi Berra can still get behind the plate - he has ten World Series rings... he must be worth forty or fifty million a season.

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      • #4
        "He was signed by the Dodgers, then drafted by the Pirates in the Rule 5 draft."

        Thus making him probably the best Rule V acquisition of all time.

        On a side note, Clemente's 3000th and last hit...a double...came against then-rookie Mets starter Jon Matlack in 1972.
        "They put me in the Hall of Fame? They must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel!"
        -Eppa Rixey, upon learning of his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

        Motafy (MO-ta-fy) vt. -fied, -fying 1. For a pitcher to melt down in a big game situation; to become like Guillermo Mota. 2. The transformation of a good pitcher into one of Guillermo Mota's caliber.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Dalkowski110 View Post
          On a side note, Clemente's 3000th and last hit...a double...came against then-rookie Mets starter Jon Matlack in 1972.
          That I knew.

          Originally posted by runningshoes View Post
          That would have been a real neat trick, considering he started playing for the Pirates in 1955.
          That I didn't know.

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          • #6
            If that were true, it would rank above the Nolan Ryan/Fregosi and Amos Otis/Joe Foy trade.

            Clemente is on the 1960 Pirate Championship team.
            http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/

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            • #7
              Tricky. But I don't think that's true.

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