Episode 8: Luis Roberto Clemente

Talkin' 21 Podcast with Danny Torres

As MLB celebrates the 2020 Roberto Clemente Award winner, we have the distinct honor to welcome Luis Roberto Clemente. As the middle son of “The Great One” and Doña Vera C. Clemente, Luis’s last name is synonymous with baseball royalty around the globe. As the President of 21 in Right, the marketing/licensing company owned by his family, he has continued to promote the proud legacy of his parents. He shares what “Growing Up Clemente” has been like since his dad’s untimely passing in 1972, the recent loss of his beloved mom in 2019, a near-death experience in his immediate family, his father’s activism, his personal thoughts on the global pandemic, the voting process of the Roberto Clemente Award and the relaunch of the foundation. Finally what happened behind-the-scenes, the back and forth discussions with MLB leading up to this year’s Roberto Clemente Day in Pittsburgh. And the family’s position on the retirement of his father’s iconic number throughout Major League Baseball.