Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner was named the 2022 Roberto Clemente Award winner, given annually to the player who best exemplifies the spirit on and off the field of the Hall of Fame Pirates outfielder. This is the fifth time Turner has been nominated for the award in the last six years.
Major League Baseball is celebrating the life and legacy of Roberto Clemente during the 50th anniversary of his death due to a plane crash in 1972 while attempting to deliver supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Roberto E Wirth died on Sunday, June 5, his family confirmed. Wirth became the general manager of celebrity-favourite Hotel Hassler in 1982 and took full ownership in 2001.
Pittsburgh City Council could vote as early as next week to rename Roberto Clemente Drive in Oakland as Roberto and Vera Clemente Drive to recognize the baseball legend’s wife, who died two years ago. Roberto Clemente, a beloved icon in Pittsburgh, was a Hall of Fame outfielder for the Pittsburgh