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- Updated: December 18, 2016
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The baseball world descended on the Enchanted Island this week to honor the past, help the sport’s future and celebrate the present.
“Peloteros Por Puerto Rico,” a star-studded Puerto Rico goodwill tour spearheaded by the Major League Baseball Players Association in conjunction with Major League Baseball, concluded Saturday evening with a gala honoring the legacy of Roberto Clemente and celebrating the future of baseball on the island.
“It’s been an amazing few days with everything that has been done on the island to honor Clemente and his legacy,” said former Major League pitcher Javier Vazquez, an international special assistant for MLBPA. “It’s been really fun to watch the guys interact with the kids. The players and the kids are having a good time and that’s what it’s all about.”
It was a busy final day. The players — the Astros’ Carlos Beltran (Puerto Rico), Nationals reliever Oliver Perez (Mexico), Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor (Puerto Rico), White Sox pitcher Jose Quintana (Colombia), Rays closer Alex Colome (Dominican Republic), Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (Venezuela), Cubs second baseman Javier Baez (Puerto Rico), Mariners closer Edwin Diaz (Puerto Rico) and Rays starter Chris Archer — conducted a baseball clinic for almost 200 kids in Salinas, located 50 miles south of San Juan, earlier in the afternoon.
They were joined this week by former Major League players Sandy Alomar Jr., Carlos Delgado, Alex Cora, Bernie Williams, Eduardo Perez, Bobby Bonilla, Jose Cruz Jr., Jose Cruz Sr., Dennis Martinez and Tom Walker, along with legends of the Puerto Rican winter …
