Roberto Clemente’s last All-Star Game ring, presented to the Hall of Famer just five months before his death in a New Year’s Eve plane crash in Puerto Rico, is about to go on the auction block for the first time. Mile High Card Company will offer the ring in its upcoming catalog auction where it’s expected to fetch a six-figure price. “He was one of the most beloved … [Read more...] about Clemente’s Last All-Star Game Ring Headed to Auction
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Photo of the Day: The 3,000th Hit That Wasn’t
Here’s a trivia question. Which Hall of Famer gave up another Hall of Famer’s 3,000th hit—and then lost the designation seconds later? For the answer you have to go back to 1972. Roberto Clemente, sitting on 2,999 hits in a late-season series with the New York Mets, hits a bouncer to the right side. Ken Boswell chases it down but can’t get a good grip on it and Clemente … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: The 3,000th Hit That Wasn’t
Robbed of Glory? 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team Ring Up for Sale
Forty-one years later, members of the United States Olympic basketball team still haven’t forgotten. In one of the sport’s most bizarre endings, Team USA lost the gold medal game to the Soviet Union in Munich, 51-50 after the officials awarded the USSR a couple of extra cracks at a last second shot. So incensed, the young American players decided as a group not to accept … [Read more...] about Robbed of Glory? 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team Ring Up for Sale