If this post seems familiar, it’s because you’ve been here before, perhaps last August. It’s about one of the things our daughter and I did once that became a family tradition. Here in Hartford, we have a AA baseball team called the Hartford Yardgoats. They are a farm team for the Colorado Rockies. Two or three times a year, they honor Hartford’s Puerto Rican community by playing as Los Chivos de Hartford (The Goats of Hartford). One of those games is played on a night in which the team and the city honor the memory of Roberto Clemente—Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame legend who died in a plane crash while delivering relief supplies to the survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua. We watched that game Saturday night.
Normally, Los Chivos de Hartford play in light blue uniforms. On Saturday night, they played in black and gold uniform jerseys (the colors of every sports team in Pittsburgh). They lost to the Somerset Patriots, (a farm team for the New York Yankees), but they took the game into extra innings. In case there are any Yankee fans out here, Lou Trivino looked like he’s recuperating pretty well when he was on the mound.
Before the game, Roberto Clemente, Jr presented the Hartford Clemente Award to a deserving citizen. During the game, they showed some clips of Roberto Clemente’s best performances. I saw some of those in person when I was growing up in Pittsburgh, and I love the fact that my current team honors one of my favorite players.
You’re likely to read this post every year. Just like posts about the fireman’s carnival and parade, the Big-E and Christmas by Candlelight. Traditions matter.
I apologize for the quality of the photos. Our seats were behind the protective screen on the first base side.
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