Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Roberto Clemente

Age 7:
My “uncle” stole Roberto Clemente’s hat from his locker after a Pittsburgh Pirates game. Once my uncle "stole it" he actually gave it to me for safe keeping. His action caused a big family turmoil that was diffused by him giving the hat to a museum, the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The point: museums were held by my Dad at a reverential level of status in the community.
The revelation: The Baseball Hall of Fame is equally a museum, like the Art Museum or the Natural History Museum.

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