Roberto Clemente Controversy?

Should Roberto Clemente's jersey #21 be retired like Jackie Robinson's #42? Sharon Robinson, the daughter of the late baseball player, is not too happy with this idea.

The Hispanics Across America advocacy group wants Clemente's number set aside the way the late Robinson's No. 42 was nine years ago. But Sharon Robinson said that honor should remain for her father only.

"To my understanding, the purpose of retiring my father's number is that what he did changed all of baseball, not only for African-Americans but also for Latinos, so I think that purpose has been met," Robinson told the newspaper at a birthday celebration for her father in Times Square. "When you start retiring numbers across the board, for all different groups, you're kind of diluting the original purpose."

In September, Washington Nationals manager Frank Robinson made similar comments, saying baseball should find another way to honor Clemente.

I have to say that I agree with the Robinson family on this one. What Jackie Robinson did was break a barrier. With no offense to the late Roberto Clemente, he set the standard for the number of hits one must have to get into the Hall of Fame with 3,000. The MLB should find another way. The Pirates have a statue for him outside of PNC Park. I know because I have a picture of it or with it.

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