According to the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death," which event takes place months before the author attends a party on New Year’s Eve 1972?
Roberto Clemente hits his 3,000th hit.
Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash.
Orlando Cepeda is named Most Valuable Player.
Orlando Cepeda is inducted into the Hall of Fame.
from the article "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico 40 Years after His Death." Three months before, we had been riveted by Clemente's pursuit of his 3,000th hit, a feat he accomplished on the last weekend of the 1972 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
