"I wish I had thrown the ball as hard as he hit it."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Robin Roberts, on Clemente's decisive, bases-clearing triple, as quoted in “Bob Clemente Making Good for Pirates” by Joe Reichler (AP), in The Gettysburg Times (Thursday, August 13, 1959), p. 5