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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 ClementeWith most hitters, if a pitcher puts a pitch exactly where he wants it — Roberto Clemente
"With most hitters, if a pitcher puts a pitch exactly where he wants it, the hitter hasnt got a chance. But Clemente, Ive given him my best pitch, put it in the right spot and he still gets a base hit. Only the really great ones can do that."
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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 am having a plaque put on the front of my house. It will say, "To God, Mother, Father and Baseball."
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