Clemente
Clemente, by David Maraniss, is the latest biography about my favorite baseball player in history, Roberto Clemente, the first Latin American player, and only the second player in history ever, to not only to into the Baseball Hall of Fame, but to be inducted before the five year period that players are supposed to wait; the other is Lou Gehrig.
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This is the fifth biography I’ve ever read on Clemente, and it’s also
the thickest. Maraniss goes into further detail on Clemente the man, less on Clemente the player, and, based on this book, if there was ever a man who was the icon of
what most people want to see as the All-American man, Clemente, ironically, is it, since he’s from Puerto Rico. A proud man who had a heart bigger than gold, he is
portrayed here as almost the perfect man; tall, strong, muscular and lean, good looking, God-fearing, always volunteering, always helping and selfless to the end,
