Albert Pujols wins Clemente Award

[NewsWhore]

While it is possible, some say even probable, that within a month Albert Pujols will win his second Most Valuable Player Award, he received what is perhaps a more important award on Saturday: The Roberto Clemente Award for Outstanding Public Service. Because of Roberto Clemente's significance for all Latin baseball players, and because the prize is awarded by baseball commissioner Bud Selig and Clemente's widow Vera Clemente, this is one of the most authentic prizes awarded to these professional athletes. For those who don't remember Roberto Clemente, he was Puerto Rican born baseball superstar who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates and died in a plane crash off the Puerto Rican coast as he was taking humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua in 1972. Pujols has been instrumental in helping people with Downs Syndrome. The Clemente Award draws on both on-the-field efforts as well as community service as the two criteria for making the award.

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