Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero (62 page)

Baseball Writers’ Association of America,
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Bavasi, Buzzie,
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Belanger, Mark,
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Belcore, Ralph,
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Beltran, Carlos,
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Benack, Benny,
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Bench, Johnny,
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Berbary, Col. Maurice,
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Berger, Ralph,
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Bernier, Carlos,
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Berra, Yogi,
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Biederman, Les,
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Bithorn, Hiram,
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Black, Joe,
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Blackburn, Ken,
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Blair, Paul,
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Blanchard, Johnny,
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Blasingame, Don,
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Blass, Steve,
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Blount, Roy, Jr.,
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Blue, Vida,
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Bogucki, Capt. Vincent,
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Bordagaray, Frenchy,
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Boston Red Sox,
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Boswell, Ken,
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Bouchard, Butch,
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Bouchette, Ed,
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Boyer, Cletus,
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Boyer, Ken,
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Bradley, Rex,
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Bradshaw, Terry,
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Bragan, Bobby,
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Brand, Ron,
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Brezovec-Rauch family,
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Briles, Nelson,
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black players with,
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farm clubs of,
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(
see also
Montreal Royals)

Latin players with,
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RC signed by,
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Brosnan, Jim,
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Brown, Jackie,
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Brown, Joe L.,
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Brown, Virginia (Din),
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Brown, Willard,
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Browne, Byron,
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Bruton, Bill,
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Buffalo Bison,
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Buford, Don,
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Bunning, Jim,
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Burch, Carlisle,
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Burdette, Lew,
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Burgess, Smoky,
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Burns, Matt,
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Burnside, Pete,
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Burwell, Bill,
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Buscaglia, José,
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Buso, Roberto,
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Butterfield, Alexander,
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Cáceres, Maria Isabel,
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Caguas Criollos,
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Callison, Johnny,
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Campanella, Roy,
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Campanis, Al,
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Cannon, Robert,
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Carbonell, Jorge,
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Cardenal, José,
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Cardenas, Leo,
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Carroll, Dink,
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Carroll, Parke,
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Carty, Rico,
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Cash, Dave,
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Caspiró, Armando,
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Cassini, Jack Dempsey,
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Castillo, Ambrosio,
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Castro, Elliott,
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Castro, Fidel,
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Cave, Ray,
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Ceccarelli, Art,
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Cepeda, Orlando,
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Cepeda, Pedro,
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Cerv, Bob,
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Chabon, Michael,
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Chamorro, Pedro,
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Chapman, Ben,
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Cheney, Tom,
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Chicago Cubs,
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Chiti, Harry,
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Christine, Bill,
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Christopher, Joe,
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Cimoli, Gino,
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Cintron, Raymond,
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Clark, Tom,
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Clarkson, Buster,
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Cleaveland, Gary,
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Clemente, Anairis,
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Clemente, Andres,
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Clemente, Justino (Matino),
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Clemente, Luisa,
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Clemente, Luisito,
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Clemente, Melchor,
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Clemente, Osvaldo,
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Clemente, Paco,
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Clemente, Rafaela,
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Clemente, Ricky,
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Clemente, Roberto

All-Star appearances of,
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awards received by,
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bats used by,
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birth of,
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breakthrough season of,
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Brezovec-Rauch family and,
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childhood of,
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courtship of Vera by,
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drafted by Pirates,
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earthquake relief effort of,
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European trip,
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family background of,
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fans and,
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first season with Pirates,
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healing arts of,
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health problems and injuries of,
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hitting by,
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home-coming celebrations for,
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inducted into Hall of Fame,
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letter to Brown from,
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in Marine Corps Reserves,
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married life of,
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memorial service for,
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on Montreal Royals,
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mugging of,
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Murtaugh’s relationship with,
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myth of,
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in Nicaragua,
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in plane crash,
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as player representative,
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on Puerto Rican teams,
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