Major League Baseball will celebrate Roberto Clemente Day on September 15. Here’s how the league plans to honor the Pittsburgh Pirates legend.
But last season, MLB set September 15 as the official annual date of Roberto Clemente Day to coincide with the start of Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, celebrates Hispanic Americans who have positivelyAll players and coaches wear a No. 21 patch on their jersey sleeves on Roberto Clemente Day.to wear a No. 21 jersey on Roberto Clemente Day. All other players and coaches could request to wear the number, as well.
Current nominees for the Roberto Clemente Award, as well as previous winners of the award, also have the option of wearing No. 21. All players and coaches on the Pittsburgh Pirates began wearing No. 21 on Roberto Clemente Day in 2020. Members of the New York Mets will also do so this season when they play the Pirates on Sept. 15 at Citi Field, with the game airing on FOX.
Several former winners of the Roberto Clemente Award will be at Citi Field to participate in a food packaging volunteer event with Rise Against Hunger with commissioner Rob Manfred and the Mets. Tremendous move inviting former Roberto Clemente award winners in New York on Sept. 15 to celebrate Roberto Clemente Day on the 50th anniversary of his passing. Here are the award winners who will be present.
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