"I don’t know what they mean about not hitting home runs. In the All-Star game two summers ago at Tiger Stadium, Clemente swung at my outside pitch and put it up in the center field bleachers."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Mickey Lolich, as quoted in "Roberto: Blended Dignity With Skill" by Watson Spoelstra, in The Detroit News (Tuesday, January 2, 1973), p. 1-D. The home run can be seen on Youtube.