View Single Post
  #293  
Old 03-28-2018, 01:56 AM
JollyElm's Avatar
JollyElm JollyElm is offline
D@rrΣn Hu.ghΣs
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 7,406
Default

I don't know very much about Clemente the specific person at all (except for the basic generalities often repeated), but that questionnaire seems to have been written by someone quite comfortable with (fluent in) English. Is that piece, in fact, known to have been actually written by him? Does the handwriting match? Or is it possible someone else wrote it up for him to sign? Again, not much knowledge here (and he was obviously bilingual), but I was always under the impression that he had a bit of a tough time speaking English effectively early in his career. Have I been just flat out wrong thinking that??
__________________
All the cool kids love my YouTube Channel:
Elm's Adventures in Cardboard Land

https://www.youtube.com/@TheJollyElm

Looking to trade? Here's my bucket:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/152396...57685904801706

“I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.”
Casey Stengel

Spelling "Yastrzemski" correctly without needing to look it up since the 1980s.

Overpaying yesterday is simply underpaying tomorrow.
Reply With Quote