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January 2018 – Bleeding Royal Blue
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The mystery of Roberto Clemente's bat - NBC Sports
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EXCLUSIVE: Mystery of Roberto Clemente's 3000th-hit bat solved 50 years later
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Roberto Clemente records 3,000th hit in final regular-season at-bat
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Roberto Clemente's 3,000th Hit
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50 years ago: Roberto Clemente's 3,000th hit
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50 years ago: Roberto Clemente's 3,000th hit
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1981–1994 – SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee
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