"Clemente and Ted Williams are the only two batters I ever saw who get good wood on the ball almost every time up. Every ball he hits seems shot out of a cannon."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Johnny Pesky (longtime teammate of Ted Williams who served as Pirates batting coach from 1965 to 1967), as quoted in "Veale's Theft Insurance Pays Off; Bob Ties Up Wills, Beats Dodgers, 4-1" by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (Saturday, July 10, 1965), p. 6