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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan

Wednesday, September 01, 1971

Clemente and the 1971 Pirates



On this day in 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded the first all ...

We remember Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pirates who won the World Series and changed baseball.   On this day in 1971, the Pirates fielded the first all-Black lineup in Major League Baseball history in the team's 10-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

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