However, counter-intuitively, many studies have found that premarital cohabitation is associated with increased risk of divorce, a lower quality of marriage, poorer marital communication, and higher levels of domestic violence.
Roberto Clemente. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Clemente and the second or maternal family name is Walker. Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (Spanish pronunciation: [roËÎ²eÉ¾to enËrike kleËmente (g)walËkeÉ¾]; August 18, 1934 â December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. Clemente spent 18 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons playing in the National League (NL) as a right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, becoming the first Latin American and Caribbean player to be enshrined.
âHe played a kind of baseball that none of us had ever seen beforeâ¦ As if it were a form of punishment for everyone else on the field.â â Roger Angell. The numbers he assembled over 18 big league seasons tell the story of a complete ballplayer. The story of Roberto Clemente, however, goes beyond mere numbers. Born Aug. 18, 1934, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Clemente excelled in athletics as a youngster â and at the age of 17 was playing for the Santurce Crabbers of the Puerto Rican Baseball League. The Dodgers signed him the following year, and by 1954 he was playing for their Triple-A team in Montreal.