
Effectively Wild Episode 1972: The Prospects for the Prospects
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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Is That Roberto Clemente's Last Game?
In the Roberta Clemente book, there is a passage that says that when Roberto made his debut for the pirates in his first at bat, he smacked the very first pitch. It was not clear to me whether there was a throw or not because some accounts said that it was off of Reese's glove. So one minor mistake that I found there. And then another was that during the last game of the season, it says Roberto walked to the plate,. This is in his final season. Creek does neck dug in his stance, stuck his chin toward the pitcher and wall up the line drive off the center field wall. Well, it wasn't really to center. It was to left
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