It’s Game 6 of the 1971 World Series. Orioles-Pirates. Tied game, bottom of the ninth, two outs. Mark Belanger is on first when Don Buford rips a double down the line. Belanger should score easily on the play. Not today. In right field, the Pirates’ Roberto Clemente plays the carom perfectly — not easy in a visitor’s ballpark — and throws a perfect strike to catcher Manny Sanguillen, his best friend on the team. Belanger has to hold at third.
It was an extraordinary throw that Clemente made routinely during a Hall of Fame career that included two world titles, 3,000 hits, four batting titles, and 12 Golden Gloves. But it wasn’t all highlights, as the new documentary, “Clemente,” shows in aching detail. Even Clemente’s greatest talents were turned against him in an America that viewed number 21 as already having three strikes against him: Black, Puerto Rican and outspoken. Matter of fact,...
It was an extraordinary throw that Clemente made routinely during a Hall of Fame career that included two world titles, 3,000 hits, four batting titles, and 12 Golden Gloves. But it wasn’t all highlights, as the new documentary, “Clemente,” shows in aching detail. Even Clemente’s greatest talents were turned against him in an America that viewed number 21 as already having three strikes against him: Black, Puerto Rican and outspoken. Matter of fact,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Stephen Rodrick
- Variety Film + TV
In an ordinary campaign, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would easily be the worst surrogate, but in the disastrous Mitt Romney campaign, he's got to settle for being the star defensive infielder of going off-message, the Mark Belanger of blowing it. In Sunday show appearances this weekend alone, Christie torpedoed Team Romney's delusional poll denial, their media bias narrative, and after both campaigns spent the week tamping down expectations for Wednesday night's first presidential debate, Gov. Christie pulled a Joe Namath, telling This Week's George Stephanopoulos to expect big things from Romney.
- 9/30/2012
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
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