Was Clemente Really Slighted by MVP Voters in 1960?

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Was Clemente Really Slighted by MVP Voters in 1960?
Dave Rouleau Dave Rouleau posted 4/24/2008 from seamheads.com [flag]
Roberto Clemente called the 1960 N.L. MVP voting an "injustice," but was it really? The other night I was watching a documentary about Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame outfielder Roberto Clemente, which stated that Clemente was bitter about not being named N.L. MVP after the 1960 season [link]

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Seamheads: Lynch: Was Clemente Really Slighted by MVP Voters in 1960?
Published 4/25/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Seamheads: Lynch: Was Clemente Really Slighted by MVP Voters in 1960? Dunno...but how did Pancho Herrera manage one vote? The other night I was watching a documentary about Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame outfielder Roberto Clemente, which stated that Clemente was bitter about not being named N.L. MVP after the 1960 season, so much so that he refused to wear his World Series ring (what his ring had to do with the outcome of the MVP Award is beyond me, but I digress). Not only did Clemente feel snubbed by the voters, but he felt the outcome was racially biased, ...

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