"They've been knocking me down all season in the National League and I've still gotten my share of base hits."
— 1960 World Series

January 1, 1970

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Roberto Clemente, responding to leaked Yankee scouting report ("Knock him down the first time up and forget him"); as quoted in "Change of Pace" by Bill Nunn, Jr., in The Pittsburgh Courier (October 8, 1960), p. 26