"These are the best fans anywhere. They make all of this worthwhile. They are the reason I'm glad we won the World Series. They're the ones who deserve this championship."
— 1960 World Series

January 1, 1970

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Roberto Clemente, as quoted in "Change of Pace" by Bill Nunn, Jr., in The Pittsburgh Courier (October 22, 1960), p. 18; reproduced in 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates: Day by Day: A Special Season, an Extraordinary World Series (2010) by Rick Cushing, p. 326