Age 10. When I opened up my first pack of Topps cards for the 1973 season, this was the first card at the front. I grew up going to games at Fenway, but over time, the more I learned about Roberto Clemente, the more this became my favorite card.
50 years ago today, the world lost a man who knew there were bigger things than baseball and acted upon that belief. Thanks nfor one of the most important life lessons of my youth, Mr. Clemente.
Sexagenarian éminence grise of underground culture.