Jeffrey St. Clair @JSCCounterPunch
When Roberto Clemente died in 1972 on a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua, his salary for the Pirates was $65,000. Clemente was arguably one of the 10 greatest players in the history of baseball. By contrast, Pittsburg had paid its previous HoF RF, Hank Greenberg $100,000 in 1947 — PolitiTweet.org
