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"He’s really something. He hits some other people pretty good too. He used to be able to hit Sandy."

— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Walter Alston, speaking with reporters after Clemente's two home runs and four RBI have beaten Drysdale and the Dodgers, 4-1, as quoted in "Clemente Blasts Wreck Dodgers" by Martin Kivel, in The Pasadena Independent (Monday, June 5, 1967), p. 14 — Comment: Koufax had recently retired; hence Alston's use of the past tense (i.e. "used to be able to hit Sandy").

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Walter Alston, speaking with reporters after Clemente's two home runs and four RBI have beaten Drysdale and the Dodgers, 4-1, as quoted in "Clemente Blasts Wreck Dodgers" by Martin Kivel, in The Pasadena Independent (Monday, June 5, 1967), p. 14 — Comment: Koufax had recently retired; hence Alston's use of the past tense (i.e. "used to be able to hit Sandy").