"I wanted the big club to put him on the roster. I told Buzzie Bavasi he would be drafted if put at Montreal, that he was a big leaguer right from the start. I can’t divulge the reason he was left off the big club."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Al Campanis, as quoted in "Scout Say Dodgers Tried to HIde Clemente" by Frank Eck (uncredited; Associated Press), in The Ogdensburg Journal (Tuesday, October 19, 1971), p. 6 — Comment: Accessible under Eck's byline in somewhat disjointed form at Newspapers.com, as "Clemente Recalled; Impressive From Start", in The Somerset Daily American (Wednesday, October 20, 1971), p. 17