"Yogi, and all the Yankees, for that matter. But I saw Clemente when I was coaching for the Mets. I believe he was the best I saw."
— Roberto Clemente

January 1, 1970

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Eddie Yost, lead-off man par excellence, whose patience at the plate earned him the nickname "Walking Man," citing Clemente and Yogi Berra, two of baseball's premier bad ball hitters, as the two players who really stood out during Yost's 40 years in baseball, as quoted in Baseball Stars of the 1950s: Interviews With All-Stars of the Game’s Golden Era (1993) by Brent Kelley, p. 187