carlos delgado - roberto clemente award winner

[west coast orange and black]

congratulations to carlos delgado, the 2006 recipient of the roberto clemente award, which is given to the player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team.

a few good men:

2006 carlos delgado
2005 john smoltz
2004 edgar martinez
2003 jamie moyer
2002 jim thome
2001 curt schilling
2000 al leiter
1999 tony gwynn
1998 sammy sosa
1997 eric davis
1996 kirby puckett
1995 ozzie smith
1994 dave winfield
1993 barry larkin
1992 cal ripken, jr.
1991 harold reynolds
1990 dave stewart
1989 gary carter
1988 dale murphy
1987 rick sutcliffe
1986 garry maddox
1985 don baylor
1984 ron guidry
1983 cecil cooper
1982 ken singleton
1981 steve garvey
1980 phil niekro
1979 andre thornton
1978 greg luzinski
1977 rod carew
1976 pete rose
1975 lou brock
1974 willie stargell
1973 al kaline
1972 brooks robinson
1971 willie mays

[IronMike]

Sammy Sosa got one....ew

[CanadianKid]

Congrats Carlos:dance I've always liked Delgado from his days in Toronto.

[ESPNFan]

On or off feild opinions of guys aside you have got to appreciate the efforts that some of these guys put forth to help people less fortunate as Roberto gave his life trying to do.

I see a number of sox at my job and what they do there is neither fun nor easy and doesn't get the credit or coverage it really deserves. Anything that spotlights this kind of service to the community IMO is great for all invovled.

Congrats to Carlos and keep up the good work!

[west coast orange and black]

delgado was thrilled to be named.
he wears #21; clemente has been his idol since boyhood.

[GiambiJuice]

Sammy Sosa got one....ew


.....and so did PETE ROSE :rolleyes:

[trosmok]

He is also planning to expand the foundation for underpriveledged youths in Puerto Rico to NYC soon. During the award ceremony he looked to be in some obvious pain from his recent wrist surgery, and must undergo another procedure before the healing process begins. Congrats to Senor Delgado for earning the highest honor (aside from WS rings for teams) bestowed on an individual in MLB.

Focus on the positive, guys! He joins Mets Al Leiter and Gary Carter as recipients, too.