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Happy Roberto Clemente Day!

In honor of this special Baseball day, Roberto Clemente Day, I made the above two fantasy Baseball cards. As you can see, they feature Clemente in 1954 Montreal Royals garb. As the story goes, the Dodgers had signed up Clemente as a free agent that year, and due to league rules regarding roster limits decided to try to stash him in Montreal - away from the prying eyes of the rest of the league.

Unfortunately, the ruse did not work.

Former Dodger President Branch Rickey (the man who signed Jackie Robinson) had joined the Pirates ballclub in 1950, and was apparently very aware of his abilities.