ST. LOUIS -- “It’s been documented so much, you wonder what’s left."
Al Oliver has a point. The topic of discussion was Roberto Clemente and his 3,000th hit, perhaps the greatest individual achievement ever accomplished by a player in a Pirates uniform. That historic moment on that Saturday afternoon at Three Rivers Stadium occurred exactly 50 years ago today: Sept. 30, 1972.
50 years is plenty of time to recount a career and one of a Hall of Famer's crowning moments on a baseball diamond. There are books, articles, a whole museum in Lawrenceville.