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Retire Clemente's #21 ?

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Buster Olney wrote a blog article that is currently on ESPN's Baseball page suggesting that MLB should retire Roberto Clemente's number, like it retired Jackie Robinson's.

http://espn.go.com/blog/buster-olne...39/mlb-should-retire-roberto-clementes-number

He doesn't offer a lot of justification for his article other than Clemente was a great player and died while engaged in a selfless act. While I think Clemente was a terrific player and may have been a shining example of how a player can be selfless I don't think what Clemente did rises to the level of the contributions that Jackie Robinson made to baseball, sport and American culture in integrating baseball.
 
retire 3 all across baseball before discussing any other number
 
Roberto Clemente was my favorite player as a kid. Made my father drive me and my brothers from Syracuse to Jarry Park in Montreal to watch him play a year before he died. One of the most exciting players to ever play the game. The biggest hero in Puerto Rico of all time.
 

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