Starbucks Puerto Rico mug: Discovery Series
The Puerto Rico mug from Starbucks' Discovery Series sets PUERTO RICO in blue over a dark green circle, with a baseball batter, a parrot, a surfboard and a hibiscus flower. A dancer, a yellow building and a domed building wrap the other sides.
- Series
- Discovery Series
- Place
- Puerto Rico, USA
- Type
- Mug
- Released
- Not confirmed
- Capacity
- 14 fl ozstandard mug size
- SKU
- Not confirmed
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The error call that made Clemente wait a day for hit 3,000
The day before Roberto Clemente got his 3,000th hit, he chopped a ball up the middle against Tom Seaver, and the second baseman bobbled it. The official scorer ruled it an error [1]. Clemente complained about the call afterward. On 30 September 1972, leading off the fourth inning against Jon Matlack, he hit a double into the Pittsburgh outfield, number 3,000 [2]. The crowd stood, and he raised his cap [3]. It was his last regular-season hit. After an earthquake hit Managua that December, he organized relief supplies and decided to go on one of the cargo planes carrying them to Nicaragua [4]. On New Year's Eve the plane crashed into the Atlantic about a mile off Puerto Rico's coast [5]. Baseball writers held a special election on 20 March 1973, and Clemente became only the second player to have the five-year waiting period waived [6]. The batter on the left of the lettering on the Puerto Rico mug (2) may be meant as him.
The mug does not label its drawings, so connecting this one to the story is our reading.
What's on the mug
- 1PUERTO RICO lettering
PUERTO RICO in blue capitals over a dark green circle.
- 2Baseball batter
A batter in a red top and green helmet swings a bat on the left of the lettering.
- 3Parrot
A green parrot with orange wings perches above the word RICO.
- 4Surfboard
An orange surfboard with a yellow stripe leans across the top right.
- 5Hibiscus flower
A large orange and red hibiscus flower with blue petals blooms to the right of the lettering.
- 6Monument
A tall slim monument on a stepped yellow base stands below the lettering.
- 7Dancer Side view
A dancer in a swirling orange-and-red skirt reaches up on the left of the side face.
- 8Yellow building Side view
A yellow and orange two-storey building with balconies sits above a tiled red plaza.
- 9Baseball Side view
A baseball with speed lines flies above the building.
- 10Drum Side view
A yellow drum sits under the dancer's feet.
- 11Mossy rock Side view
A mossy green rock with an orange mouth-like opening and a person standing in front fills the lower middle.
- 12Domed building Back view
An orange-and-red building with a dome and green door arches stands at the lower middle of the back face.
- 13Blue lagoon Back view
A blue lagoon with an orange shore and green trees curves at the left of the back face.
- 14Spiky starburst figure Back view
A spiky orange and green shape with a face-like centre sits at the top right of the back face.
- 15Orange rocks and waterfall Back view
Orange rock formations with a thin waterfall and a tiny hiker stand at the right of the back face.
The three photos together cover most of the outside of the mug. The area behind the handle is out of view.
Collector notes
- The inside of this mug is light green, which shows in all three photos, so it is easy to tell from a look-alike with a different inside colour.
- The batter appears on both the front and the side of the mug, while the dancer and the yellow building are on the side and the domed building is on the back, so a front-only listing photo misses most of the scene. The box prints the series name in English and French.
Before you buy
The inside of this mug is light green, and the batter appears on both the front and the side, so a front-only photo misses part of the scene. Puerto Rico also appears in the Been There and Icon series, so check the series name on the box, which is printed in English and French.
