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One of the nicer outgrowths of the ascendancy of slugger Sammy Sosa has been the renewed spotlight on the life and career of Roberto Clemente, the player he idolized and modeled himself after. One of the great stars of the midcentury, Clemente was the first Latin to be enshrined in Cooperstown after playing 18 Major League seasons, posting a .317 career batting average, and leading Pittsburgh to two World Series. He prowled right field with amazing grace, possessing what many consider the greatest arm in the game's history. Yet his grandeur resides as much in what he accomplished by example off the field: "Any time you have an opportunity to accomplish something for somebody who comes behind you and you don't do it, you are wasting your time on earth," notes Clemente in his biography. He didn't waste his abbreviated allotment. A true humanitarian--baseball gives an annual public service award in his name--he worked tirelessly to help those in need; indeed, he died in a plane crash on New Year's Eve, 1972, on the way to help earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Born in poverty in Puerto Rico, Clemente rose on the strength of his magnificent talents, but never forgot his roots. His was a complex, often thrilling life; Markusen, a senior researcher in the library at the Hall of Fame, has done it justice in this comprehensive and thoughtful examination of a remarkable human being who lived on and off the field with equal passion. --Jeff Silverman
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No full-scale biography of Roberto Clemente has been written since shortly after his untimely death in 1972, and one is needed to place his life and achievements in perspective. Unfortunately, this is not the unbiased biography the great Pittsburgh Pirate deserves. Markusen (Baseball's Last Dynasty, LJ 5/15/98) presents a comprehensive life of the baseball superstar, making good use of published works and interviewing many of Clemente's friends and teammates. But Markusen writes like a cheerleader throughout, never including anything negative about his subject. Clemente comes across as aloof, more respected than liked by teammates and opponents. While undoubtedly a victim of 1950s and 1960s racism, Clemente had a self-confidence that could easily be mistaken for egotism in the media. Perhaps the balance of the book would have benefitted by a closer examination of Clemente's relationships with Danny Murtaugh, a manager he did not get along with, and teammates such as Elroy Face. Recommended only for comprehensive baseball collections.?William O. Scheeren, Hempfield Area H.S. Lib., Greensburg, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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One of the nicer outgrowths of the ascendancy of slugger Sammy Sosa has been the renewed spotlight on the life and career of Roberto Clemente, the player he idolized and modeled himself after. One of the great stars of the midcentury, Clemente was the first Latin to be enshrined in Cooperstown after playing 18 Major League seasons, posting a .317 career batting average, and leading Pittsburgh to two World Series. He prowled right field with amazing grace, possessing what many consider the greatest arm in the game's history. Yet his grandeur resides as much in what he accomplished by example off the field: "Any time you have an opportunity to accomplish something for somebody who comes behind you and you don't do it, you are wasting your time on earth," notes Clemente in his biography. He didn't waste his abbreviated allotment. A true humanitarian--baseball gives an annual public service award in his name--he worked tirelessly to help those in need; indeed, he died in a plane crash on New Year's Eve, 1972, on the way to help earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Born in poverty in Puerto Rico, Clemente rose on the strength of his magnificent talents, but never forgot his roots. His was a complex, often thrilling life; Markusen, a senior researcher in the library at the Hall of Fame, has done it justice in this comprehensive and thoughtful examination of a remarkable human being who lived on and off the field with equal passion. --Jeff Silverman
From Library Journal
No full-scale biography of Roberto Clemente has been written since shortly after his untimely death in 1972, and one is needed to place his life and achievements in perspective. Unfortunately, this is not the unbiased biography the great Pittsburgh Pirate deserves. Markusen (Baseball's Last Dynasty, LJ 5/15/98) presents a comprehensive life of the baseball superstar, making good use of published works and interviewing many of Clemente's friends and teammates. But Markusen writes like a cheerleader throughout, never including anything negative about his subject. Clemente comes across as aloof, more respected than liked by teammates and opponents. While undoubtedly a victim of 1950s and 1960s racism, Clemente had a self-confidence that could easily be mistaken for egotism in the media. Perhaps the balance of the book would have benefitted by a closer examination of Clemente's relationships with Danny Murtaugh, a manager he did not get along with, and teammates such as Elroy Face. Recommended only for comprehensive baseball collections.?William O. Scheeren, Hempfield Area H.S. Lib., Greensburg, PA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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