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"I hear people say I swing at bad pitches. What is a bad pitch? If I can hit it, its not a bad pitch."
Roberto ClementeI knew he was good when we won the World Series in 60, but I didnt kno — Roberto Clemente
"I knew he was good when we won the World Series in 60, but I didnt know he was going to have the career he ended up having. He could do anything. He could hit, he could hit with power, he could run, he could field and he could throw with the best of them. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. But I dont think he shouldve gone in when he did. He shouldve waited the required five years like everyone else. His kids were too young to appreciate the accomplishment."
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Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. On December 31, 1972, Clemente was killed when his Douglas DC-7 airplane, which he had chartered for a flight to take and deliver emergency relief goods for the survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua,
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"I played with Willie Mays and I played with Roberto Clemente, and what I see in Barry is the same ability I saw in Willie and Roberto. I see a guy who trusts himself at the plate and in the field. If I managed against Barry, I wouldnt let him beat me. I wouldnt give him the opportunity."
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"I am having a plaque put on the front of my house. It will say, "To God, Mother, Father and Baseball."
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