Pirates to re-add Roberto Clemente sign, apologize to family

[Deminpenn]

14. Disabuse yourself of the notion this was in any way political

or attached to anything Trump said about PR. It's not. There's a statue of Clemente outside PNC Park. The Pirates celebrate Clemente Day when all the players wear his number 21, which of course has been retired by Pgh for 50+ years. The Pirates organization has also been lobbying to have Clemente's number 21 retired throughout off of MLB ala Jackie Robinson.

This was all about making a few extra $s for the team and thinking no one would notice. But Pirates fans have long memories, noticed the change and were pretty outraged and upset.

FTR, the sign isn't 21 ft tall, although it's very large, but the height of the RF wall is 21 ft.