"At first, I didn't think it had a chance of going out. I even thought I could catch it. But it kept jumping, and when it did leave the park at that spot, I just couldn't believe it."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Jimmy Wynn, as quoted in "The Scoreboard: A Big Day For Two Pirates; Clemente's Friend Retrieves Ball" by Lester J. Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (Monday, June 6, 1966), p. 36