"Well, I'm sort of glad to see Pittsburgh win because that Clemente is so great."
— 1971 World Series

January 1, 1970

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, then United States , speaking with Richard Nixon on October 17, 1971, in response to the President's comment that the 1971 World Series "could have gone either way"; as quoted in "Nixon and the boys of summer 1971" by James Warren, The Chicago Tribune (July 8, 2001)