Roberto Clemente:
Hello my name is Roberto Clemente In 1955 I was spotted by a scout from the professional hardball team in the Puerto Rican town of Santurce and offered a contract. I signed with the club for forty dollars per month, plus a five hundred dollar bonus. It wasn't long before i caught the attention of the major league scouts and, in 1954, I signed up with the Los Angeles Dodgers who sent me to their minor league team in Montreal. In 1955, i was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and started as their right fielder. It took a few years for me to learn the rules in the major leagues, but by 1960 i was the best player in professional baseball, helping lead the Pirates to win both the National League pennant and the World Series. Shortly after i joined the Pirates, i chose 21 for my uniform. Twenty-one was the total number of letters in the name–Roberto Clemente Walker. The Pirates retired his number at the start of the 1973 season, and the right field wall at the Pirates' PNC Park is 21 feet high in honor of me. Tragically, my life ended on December 31, 1972 in a plane crash while going to Nicaragua with relief supplies for earthquake victims.
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