"Yogi, and all the Yankees, for that matter. But I saw Clemente when I was coaching for the Mets. I believe he was the best I saw."
— Yogi Berra

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Eddie Yost (aka baseball's "Walking Man"), singling out two of the most celebrated bad-ball hitters in MLB history as the best players he'd ever seen, as quoted in Baseball Stars of the 1950s: Interviews With All-Stars of the Game’s Golden Era (1993) by Brent Kelley, p. 187