GREAT IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
When the first night game in MLB history took place in May 1935 at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, nine-month-old Roberto Clemente enjoyed the focus of his large family.
Thirty-six years later, in the inaugural night game in World Series history, Clemente shined under the artificial illumination, stroking three hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in Game 4 on Oct. 13, 1971.
The Bucs stopped the O’s in seven games in that Fall Classic and Clemente, along with his stellar defensive play, registered a hit in each game — the same hitting milestone he reached in 1960 as Pittsburgh beat the New York Yankees in that historic series — to win World Series MVP. Clemente, in
