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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Roberto Clemente Junior. How are you today, my friend.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I'm doing fantastic. How are you, Vinnie?
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I appreciate you taking the time to come on. You know,
we just got Clemente the documentary here in town.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I can't wait to check it out.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I'm a huge documentary fan, and this one just looks
like like.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
A classy affair.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I mean, you got Lebron James Richard link Later, you know,
as executive producers. I love the poster too, man, it's
really like Greeney and kind of seventies, which I'm sure
was intentional.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Absolutely, And the thing's just Vinnie, I don't know if
you've been to have you been to Pittsburgh.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
It's been a long time and only once, only once?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
And how long ago was that?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
You know what they want me to do? Maybe twenty years?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Oh no, see that's see that's the problem. People are
very surprised when they get to Pittsburgh. But that poster
that Greeny looked was very intentional. Yes, yeah, Pittsburgh is
a clean city. But there's a museum here in town,
the Clemente Museum, and every image of my father it
has that type of patina colored look, which is actually
(01:14):
beautiful and it's a classic look. Obviously, we love it.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
And some of the names that I'm seeing attached to
the documentary, I mean, I guess it just speaks to
the man, you know, it speaks to the notoriety, the popularity.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
The fame.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
But from Tom Morello over to Michael Keaton, I don't
understand some of the roles here. Why are some of
the people who are weighing in. I'm sure I'm gonna
find out when I watch it, but some it seems
to me some people have very interesting stories to share.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
That might not even have anything to do with baseball.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Listen, Vinny. The thing about you know, Clemente, is that
everyone has a story. Everyone has something to share about,
you know, what they feel and when they talk about Clemente.
And that's what's happening here. I've had the privilege of
meeting every president of the US and Jimmy Carter and
(02:16):
every one of them is a huge Clemente fan. I mean,
it's it's it. I mean, it doesn't matter who you are.
I mean, for Muhammad Ali to I mean, go down
the whole list. They everyone somehow they had a connection
to my father. Yes, and it's amazing. It's truly amazing that,
(02:36):
you know, we have so many, so many people that
are our big, big, big shots, big big. My dad
used to call him big shots, but it's actually when
you look at his close knit friends, close knit circle
was actually just regular people. Every day people were actually
our closest friends.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Robbed from us. I was five years old. I don't
know how old you were when you lost your dad. Yeah, yeah,
so we're close to the same age. And if I'm remembering,
I remember my father going on and on as big
baseball fans are going on and on about that year.
But at the same time, it was a year where
there were a couples like was that the same year
(03:17):
I feel like it was in my childhood when we
lost It's gonna sound crazy, but Jim Crochey in a
plane crash or a helicopter crawd like we were losing.
There were we lost a lot of people that year,
Am I right?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Correct? Yeah? There were a few accidents, Yeah, a few
accidents happened that year. We lost some people that yes,
those in those years.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Correct, and your dad being one of them. And uh
does the documentary Clemente which again here as far as
Connecticut's concerned. We're getting it this weekend. I'm glad that
we are. You know, distribution for films these days can
be tricky stuff. But we're getting the birth from birth
to death, you know, front back.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Oh, you're getting. Yes, you're definitely getting from front to back.
Absolutely everything you're getting. You're getting deep into how he
actually was born because my aunt I never met her,
but I will kind of give you a little hint.
(04:23):
My father was born because of her and there was
a relationship. We lost her, but there was a relationship
there between those two and it's pretty special.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
And Clementa, I mean, is it safe to say what
Jackie Robinson did for, you know, young black kids who
wanted to play ball, your dad did for young Puerto
Rican kids who wanted to play ball.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
I think it's safe to say.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Right, absolutely, another of the Puerto Ricans. I mean all
the Latino I mean, you talk about being like the
first Latino superstar, being the first player to ever speak Spanish,
any national live primetime broadcast that galvanized the Hispanic community
(05:08):
all over the world. That was a big deal. I mean,
he was speaking to them, he was speaking their language
and for the first time, they hear their language on TV.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Yeah, that was a big deal.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah, yeah, that's big and I just I can't wait
to see the film again. It's Clemente. I love it too,
iconoclass artist, trailblazer.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Father. Did you want to say at one point too?
I mean your year his namesake? Did you want to say?
Can we bump father up a little? You got it
fifth on the poster? Can we put it second? I'll
take Icona class first. Let's put Father second. Did you
weigh in on that at all? ROBERTA, No, you know, I.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Kind of let it fly. I know that. You know.
What do you watch once you watch his doc?
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Is?
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Actually everything is so unbelievably together. It makes it.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
It makes sense. Yeah, I love it. And like I said,
I don't know why, but I'm fascinated by this poster.
It was really something speaking with you, I wish my
dad were still with us.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
He's been going a.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Long time too, not nearly long as yours, but over
twenty years. The easy I went to Pittsburgh with the
one time that I went, I wish you were around
to see the film and to hear me talking to you.
God bless and continued success with your broadcasting career and
I hope this movie does well.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Thank you, Vinnie, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Take care,
Roberto Clemente Junior. How are you today, my friend.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I'm doing fantastic. How are you, Vinnie?
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I appreciate you taking the time to come on. You know,
we just got Clemente the documentary here in town.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I can't wait to check it out.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I'm a huge documentary fan, and this one just looks
like like.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
A classy affair.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I mean, you got Lebron James Richard link Later, you know,
as executive producers. I love the poster too, man, it's
really like Greeney and kind of seventies, which I'm sure
was intentional.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Absolutely, And the thing's just Vinnie, I don't know if
you've been to have you been to Pittsburgh.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
It's been a long time and only once, only once?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
And how long ago was that?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
You know what they want me to do? Maybe twenty years?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Oh no, see that's see that's the problem. People are
very surprised when they get to Pittsburgh. But that poster
that Greeny looked was very intentional. Yes, yeah, Pittsburgh is
a clean city. But there's a museum here in town,
the Clemente Museum, and every image of my father it
has that type of patina colored look, which is actually
(01:14):
beautiful and it's a classic look. Obviously, we love it.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
And some of the names that I'm seeing attached to
the documentary, I mean, I guess it just speaks to
the man, you know, it speaks to the notoriety, the popularity.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
The fame.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
But from Tom Morello over to Michael Keaton, I don't
understand some of the roles here. Why are some of
the people who are weighing in. I'm sure I'm gonna
find out when I watch it, but some it seems
to me some people have very interesting stories to share.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
That might not even have anything to do with baseball.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Listen, Vinny. The thing about you know, Clemente, is that
everyone has a story. Everyone has something to share about,
you know, what they feel and when they talk about Clemente.
And that's what's happening here. I've had the privilege of
meeting every president of the US and Jimmy Carter and
(02:16):
every one of them is a huge Clemente fan. I mean,
it's it's it. I mean, it doesn't matter who you are.
I mean, for Muhammad Ali to I mean, go down
the whole list. They everyone somehow they had a connection
to my father. Yes, and it's amazing. It's truly amazing that,
(02:36):
you know, we have so many, so many people that
are our big, big, big shots, big big. My dad
used to call him big shots, but it's actually when
you look at his close knit friends, close knit circle
was actually just regular people. Every day people were actually
our closest friends.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Robbed from us. I was five years old. I don't
know how old you were when you lost your dad. Yeah, yeah,
so we're close to the same age. And if I'm remembering,
I remember my father going on and on as big
baseball fans are going on and on about that year.
But at the same time, it was a year where
there were a couples like was that the same year
(03:17):
I feel like it was in my childhood when we
lost It's gonna sound crazy, but Jim Crochey in a
plane crash or a helicopter crawd like we were losing.
There were we lost a lot of people that year,
Am I right?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Correct? Yeah? There were a few accidents, Yeah, a few
accidents happened that year. We lost some people that yes,
those in those years.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Correct, and your dad being one of them. And uh
does the documentary Clemente which again here as far as
Connecticut's concerned. We're getting it this weekend. I'm glad that
we are. You know, distribution for films these days can
be tricky stuff. But we're getting the birth from birth
to death, you know, front back.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Oh, you're getting. Yes, you're definitely getting from front to back.
Absolutely everything you're getting. You're getting deep into how he
actually was born because my aunt I never met her,
but I will kind of give you a little hint.
(04:23):
My father was born because of her and there was
a relationship. We lost her, but there was a relationship
there between those two and it's pretty special.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
And Clementa, I mean, is it safe to say what
Jackie Robinson did for, you know, young black kids who
wanted to play ball, your dad did for young Puerto
Rican kids who wanted to play ball.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
I think it's safe to say.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Right, absolutely, another of the Puerto Ricans. I mean all
the Latino I mean, you talk about being like the
first Latino superstar, being the first player to ever speak Spanish,
any national live primetime broadcast that galvanized the Hispanic community
(05:08):
all over the world. That was a big deal. I mean,
he was speaking to them, he was speaking their language
and for the first time, they hear their language on TV.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Yeah, that was a big deal.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah, yeah, that's big and I just I can't wait
to see the film again. It's Clemente. I love it too,
iconoclass artist, trailblazer.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
Father. Did you want to say at one point too?
I mean your year his namesake? Did you want to say?
Can we bump father up a little? You got it
fifth on the poster? Can we put it second? I'll
take Icona class first. Let's put Father second. Did you
weigh in on that at all? ROBERTA, No, you know, I.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Kind of let it fly. I know that. You know.
What do you watch once you watch his doc?
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Is?
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Actually everything is so unbelievably together. It makes it.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
It makes sense. Yeah, I love it. And like I said,
I don't know why, but I'm fascinated by this poster.
It was really something speaking with you, I wish my
dad were still with us.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
He's been going a.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Long time too, not nearly long as yours, but over
twenty years. The easy I went to Pittsburgh with the
one time that I went, I wish you were around
to see the film and to hear me talking to you.
God bless and continued success with your broadcasting career and
I hope this movie does well.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Thank you, Vinnie, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Take care,
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