Roberto Clemente chase for 3000 hits

Ed Eagle MLB - For more and to sign up click here No one knew it at the time, but the great Roberto Clemente’s quest to become just the 11th player in history to reach 3,000 career hits was also a race against the clock. Tragically, Clemente had just a few short months left to live when he entered the 1972 season 118 hits shy of becoming the first Latino player to reach the hallowed number -- which at that time…