English

Kieran Garza

5 July, 09:15

Label each detail from the passage as implicit and

explicit

Clemente had 3,000 hits

Latino baseball players were rare in America in 1972

Three months before, we had been riveted by Clemente's

pursuit of his 3,00oth hit, a feat he accomplished on the

last weekend of the 1972 season with the Pittsburgh

Pirates. He became the 11th player and first Latino to

reach the coveted mark, and the residents of this U. S.

territory swelled with pride.

- "Clemente's Impact Wanes in Puerto Rico

40 Years after His Death," Jorge Ortiz

The "U. S. territory" mentioned in the final line is Puerto

Rico

Getting 3,000 hits is something most players don't do