@mjp28 said: A kid I grew up near was a pirates fan I got to see the greatest RF of all time Roberto Clemente play. Cleveland lost the old Barons and Peter the puck, my dad was a good hockey player so I ended up a Pens fan. Because I spoke Spanish I had a summer job as a dorm counselor through the Agency For International Development and accompanied Dominican Republic students on weekend outings. One of those was to watch the Astros vs. the Pirates in the Astrodome and because they were Dominican we all got to meet the hispanic players on the team after the game. That included Matty Alou and Manny Mota from the D.R. and Roberto Clemente and Jose Pagan from P.R. I was probably one of the few Americans who got to meet and greet them in their own language, but obviously they enjoyed meeting fellow hispanics from the Caribbean. All of them were very down to earth and very friendly towards even the Gringo, who got the seal of approval from the guys I was with. I think Matty may have ended up leading the league in BA that year (1966), but Manny & Roberto were just a few % points behind him. His brother Jesus was second behind Matty with the Giants I believe. That Pirates team was one of the best hitting teams I have ever seen in person (4 .300+ hitters and 2 .299 hitters in the starting 8 rotation). They murdered the Astros that day.