Roberto Clemente, the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder, has been celebrated for his baseball career, but a new Boston statue in his memory aims to recognize his service as a Marine and humanitarian, The Boston Globe reported.
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Clemente played all 18 of his big league seasons with the Pirates from 1955 through 1972.
The reigning champion Kansas City Royals will host the NY Mets on opening night in a rematch of this year’s World Series.
Read the full Globe story here. There will be a two-game series in baseball-crazed Puerto Rico next season and it features a ideal storm.
Changes in safety netting • Major League Baseball is close to new recommendations for safety netting at its stadiums for the 2016 season. The game which was originally scheduled for Monday April 4th at 1:35 PM, has been switched to Sunday, April 3rd at 1:05 PM and it will be televised on ESPN.
After the two match-ups in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh and Miami come back to Florida to end their four game set Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2 at Marlins Park. Aside from the series in San Juan, May 31 will also feature a league-wide memorial with one nominee per club being announced as a finalist for the 2016 Roberto Clemente Award.
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Oh, and the victor of the 2015 Roberto Clemente Award was Pirates superstar Andrew McCutchen. “We greatly appreciate the efforts of Commissioner Rob Manfred, the Major League Baseball Players Association and the Marlins to make this great opportunity possible for our players and fans”. The Pirates last played in Puerto Rico in 2004.
