While this Puerto Rican phenom never fulfilled the promise of being "the next Clemente," his personality, music, style, and influence carried across all of baseball, from Little League fields all the way to the White House. 

• Card 771 on Beckett
• Article on Ruben by Mark Shirk
• SABR Bio by Adam Ulrey
• "Rising to the Top of the Game" by Austin Murphy
• Album cover of "Imagen Viva" and the garden hose shot
• "Un Verdadero Hit" on Spotify
• 1988 Topps Spotify Playlist!