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ANNOUNCER:
Everybody's standing,

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and they want Bobby to get
that hit number 3,000.

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Matlack on the 0-1.

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Bobby hits the ball into
the gap in left center field.

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There she is.

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They respond.
Everybody's standing.

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A double for Roberto.

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This week, the week
that Roberto Clemente

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got his 3,000 hit,

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and joined the most elite circle
of baseball players in history,

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Joe Namath appeared on the cover
of Sports Illustrated.

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The article on Roberto Clemente
amounted to one line

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or I think two sentences

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on page 45 or 50
or something like that

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in the magazine.

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And it really
graphically portrays

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what you have talked about
for 18 years.

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You don't get
the kind of exposure

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that the other athletes do.

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ANNOUNCER: Pittsburgh,
they call him the great one.

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I always have a goal in my life,

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and I always try to bring
the name of Puerto Rico up.

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You know,
he was a very proud man.

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And to him,
his people were first.

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[speaking Spanish]

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The greatest right fielder
in the game of baseball,

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Roberto Clemente.

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Once told by a reporter

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that he threw and ran
like Willie Mays,

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Clemente retorted,

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nonetheless, I play
like Roberto Clemente.

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Here's that Clemente swing
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hitting off the front foot,
now a trademark.

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He just played at another level.

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You were just kind of in awe
of the skill set.

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However it is caught
by Clemente

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with a tremendous
running, sliding catch.

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He was so stylish,
so unmistakable.

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If he wore a generic uniform,
you would still know who he was.

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I remember him, like,
throwing fools out.

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His arm was supernatural.

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Oh.

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I'd never seen a throw
like that in my life.

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Man, the grace,
and with a body.

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Like, cool,
just cool as [s...].

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[speaking Spanish]

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Clemente set the bar
for Latino players.

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You cannot only
be a good player.

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You gotta be a great person
off the field as well.

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He wanted to represent
not only our people,

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but every person out there
that was suffering injustice.

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His heart was with the people
that were suffering.

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[speaking Spanish]

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On an island only 100 miles long
and 35 miles wide,

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what Puerto Rico lacks in size

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it more than makes up for
in the energy of its people.

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Puerto Rico, we are special.

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And I'm telling you,
don't mess with Puerto Ricans.

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Comprende, mi amigo?

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[laughs]

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My father was born in San
Antonio, Carolina, Puerto Rico,

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August 18, 1934.

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My memories of Puerto Rico
are paradisiacal.

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I remember my mom and I

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going to a local creek
to do the laundry,

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where we scrubbed
the clothing on rocks,

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and so did a bunch of ladies.

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And they yelled to each other
and laughed and sing songs.

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It was almost a cliche.

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Dad was the baby of the family.

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There were six before him.

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Anairis
was already five years old

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when my father was born,

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but Anairis used to ask
my grandfather

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for a baby brother

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and continue, continue
to ask for a baby brother.

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Hence, that's how
my father was born.

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Roberto was born in 1934
during the Depression,

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which was a depression
in Puerto Rico

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as well as the United States.

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It was rural.

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Dad's family was not poor.

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It was right below middle class,
if you will,

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right at that middle.

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They had enough money
to put food on the table

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and put clothes
on the children's back.

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But the parents didn't have
a lot of money for luxuries.

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My grandfather was a foreman
of the sugar plantation,

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and my grandmother
would fix lunch

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for the sugar cane
plantation workers.

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[speaking Spanish]

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My dad's older sister,
she was playing outside,

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and a spark
got to her silk dress,

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and the dress went up in flames.

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[speaking Spanish]

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That tragedy played out
again and again in his mind.

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Roberto would talk about
dreaming about Anairis

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being at his side at various
times during his life.

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She would approach him,
grab his hand,

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open his hand,
and would give three coins.

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The number three is a very
mystical number in his life.

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He had three sons,

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
home of Three Rivers Stadium,

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where he played in.

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And then you end up
with exactly 3,000 hits.

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Threes everywhere you look.

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My father was brought up
to be a hard worker,

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but any time
he had an opportunity,

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a chance to go to that empty lot
to play ball,

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that's what he did.

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Puerto Rico was very rich

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when it came
to the game of baseball.

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Santurce Crabbers,

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the Senators of San Juan,

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Ponce Lions.

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Puerto Ricans
have been playing baseball

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since the island existed.

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Every kid here in Puerto Rico
played baseball.

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There was nothing else to do.

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There was nothing,

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either go to a movie
or play baseball.

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Those were the only two things
that we had in Puerto Rico.

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The thing was to play.

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It didn't matter how,
the thing was to play ball.

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We'd take the shopping bags,

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and that's what we put
on our hands.

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We didn't have no gloves.
[laughs]

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It was a way of forgetting
about challenges

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that were going on at the time,

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and baseball united everyone.

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It still does.

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Dad would take the train
down to San Juan.

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That is where
the Negro Leaguers played.

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American ballplayers,
especially Black players,

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came here to develop their game.

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When they came down here,

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they didn't feel at all
any segregation.

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This was a very hard league.

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You had Major League
pitching here,

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you had Major League batting,
you had Major League everything.

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If you came down here
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next season you're gonna be up
in the big leagues.

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Dad's idol was Monte Irvin.

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One day he was roaming around

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and waiting for the players
to come in,

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and Monte saw him
and recognized him.

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So Monte opens his bag
and hands my father a glove.

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Now my father has

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his first, like,
real glove from Monte Irvin.

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[speaking Spanish]

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Dad says he got
a lot of his talent

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from my grandmother

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because she was very fast.

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If you have so many kids

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and you can get to your kids
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you're an athlete.

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It was funny how dad would say
he got a great arm from her.

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She would get a chancaleta
and just throw it

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and had a great arm.

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[speaking Spanish]

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Since he was a young boy,

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he would do things

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that no one at his age
would even think about.

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[speaking Spanish]

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REPORTER:
We asked Mr. Branch Rickey, Sr.

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what he looked for
in a young ballplayer,

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and this was his reply.

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That's a whale of a question.

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Can he throw hard?

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And can he run fast?

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Does he like to play?

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Branch Rickey is one of the more
important sociological figures

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in the 20th century.

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He was the general manager
of the Brooklyn Dodgers

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in the 1940s when he decided

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that it was the time
to integrate the game,

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to break the color line.

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He chose Jackie Robinson
for that purpose

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and really changed
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but American society
through that.

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He was fairly conservative

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and certainly had
his own prejudices.

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Boy, when you read
all of his scouting reports

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about different players,
you can see that in evidence.

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And yet he believed
in integrated society

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and not in discrimination
in that larger sense.

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At first,
Dad was playing softball.

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A scout for
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saw him playing shortstop
at a softball game.

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Santurce was the powerhouse
of the Puerto Rican league.

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They were the New York Yankees
of that league,

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and they signed him because
he was that good of a player.

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You know, the Grabbers
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from the states
to play Winter Ball.

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So you have this young kid,
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and next to him is Willie Mays.

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Imagine that.

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Branch Rickey sees Roberto
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playing next to Willie Mays,
and they're not that different.

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And so he knows he's good.

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And he's telling his scouts,
let's keep our eye on this guy.

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Now, there were actually other
teams that wanted him, too.

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He was pretty hotly
sought after.

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The New York Giants
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The Milwaukee Braves
made him an offer.

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So he had at least
three solid offers.

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But he ended up
going with the Dodgers,

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who gave him a large bonus
of more than $4,000,

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which was a really large bonus
for that time period.

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The Dodgers have no room for Dad
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so they sent him to AAA
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until they had space for Dad
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Roberto was in Montreal playing,

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and every time
that he would get a hit,

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they would take him
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because they didn't want him
to be in the media.

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He was unprotected
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and they couldn't move Roberto
to Brooklyn.

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They had no room for him
on the roster

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because the Brooklyn Dodgers
were the best team in baseball.

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And they didn't need him,
but they wanted to keep him.

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So he was hanging there
like low-hanging fruit.

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You know, there are almost
no photographs of my father

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in a Montreal uniform
because he never played.

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I mean,
he was always on the bench.

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By 1955,
Branch Rickey had moved on

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from the Dodgers to the Pirates,

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and Rickey,
he knew all about Clemente.

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[speaking Spanish]

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The valley of steel mills
and factories.

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In spite
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which made life and breath
treacherous for its citizens,

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Pittsburgh was often
picturesquely described

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by 19th-century writers
as resembling Vulcan,

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the mythical god of fire.

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Needless to say,
these writers didn't live there.

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It was a shock.

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It was a dirty, smoggy city.

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When my mother and I
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Puerto Rican culture
was deeply maligned.

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I remember being called
terrible names

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on my way to school.

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I was in deep shock
and very scared.

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Think of Pittsburgh in 1955.

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There weren't many Latinos,
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Certainly there are not
a lot of Latinos in baseball.

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So Roberto literally was alone.

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Occasionally
you would hear from older guys

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talking about sports,
the name Clemente would come up.

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Great. He's a great player.

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But, you know,
blah, blah, blah, blah.

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There was always the "but,"

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like, an unspoken "but"
in italics,

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you know, dot, dot, dot.

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00:19:57,208 --> 00:19:59,833
And I distinctly remember
someone said,

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I hear he carries a knife.

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00:20:01,708 --> 00:20:07,417
And to me, I'm going,
he's, like, one of my heroes.

260
00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:10,500
And I go, you know,
kind of inside my head,

261
00:20:10,625 --> 00:20:12,583
I'm thinking, what's that mean?

262
00:20:12,708 --> 00:20:13,875
Is he a bad man?

263
00:20:14,042 --> 00:20:15,958
As I get older and I think,

264
00:20:16,083 --> 00:20:18,875
I'm a black Puerto Rican
in Pittsburgh in the sixties,

265
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I might carry a knife.

266
00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:30,917
Dad often called himself
a double [n.....].

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From the white class,
he was black.

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On the Black side,
he was Latino.

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00:20:38,042 --> 00:20:39,958
He was not part of them either.

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He was right in the middle,

271
00:20:41,625 --> 00:20:44,792
and there was no middle
at the time.

272
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[speaking Spanish]

273
00:21:01,542 --> 00:21:04,542
There was a lot
of racial tension.

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If you looked like
you weren't white or black,

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people want to know
what you were.

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Roberto had people thinking

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he couldn't speak English
very well.

278
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He could speak English
perfectly.

279
00:21:21,333 --> 00:21:23,375
I said,
well, why do you pretend

280
00:21:23,542 --> 00:21:27,875
that you can't speak English
that well?

281
00:21:28,042 --> 00:21:32,292
And he said, because you can
find out how the person feels.

282
00:21:32,417 --> 00:21:34,833
Because thinking
you can't understand them,

283
00:21:34,958 --> 00:21:36,667
they will say anything,

284
00:21:36,833 --> 00:21:39,792
and you'll remember
what they say.

285
00:21:43,875 --> 00:21:47,542
Clemente is joining a team
that is A, not very good,

286
00:21:47,708 --> 00:21:53,750
and B, has a lot of faces
that don't look like him.

287
00:21:53,875 --> 00:21:56,500
You think of any ballplayer
who's Black or Latino

288
00:21:56,625 --> 00:21:59,167
playing baseball
throughout the 1950s,

289
00:21:59,292 --> 00:22:02,708
into the early to mid-1960s,

290
00:22:02,792 --> 00:22:08,792
they are faced with Jim Crow
segregation at its worst.

291
00:22:22,875 --> 00:22:25,500
The names that we got called
playing the game

292
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was just unbelievable.

293
00:22:27,333 --> 00:22:28,792
They call us LBJ Boys.

294
00:22:28,875 --> 00:22:33,833
The N-word
or "send them back to Africa."

295
00:22:33,958 --> 00:22:35,833
We're at the ballpark,

296
00:22:35,958 --> 00:22:38,667
and there's this guy
walking through the stands,

297
00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:41,708
and he's handing out
these flyers and leaflets,

298
00:22:41,833 --> 00:22:43,125
and here it was.

299
00:22:43,250 --> 00:22:45,750
It was an application
to join the Klan.

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00:22:45,833 --> 00:22:47,542
I'm saying, whoa!

301
00:22:52,708 --> 00:22:54,500
Roberto rolls into
spring training

302
00:22:54,583 --> 00:22:57,000
and doesn't know
what's about to hit him.

303
00:22:58,208 --> 00:22:59,708
So imagine this.

304
00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:01,167
You end the game.

305
00:23:01,333 --> 00:23:02,917
Now you're starving.

306
00:23:03,042 --> 00:23:05,167
You expect to go eat,
but that place, that restaurant,

307
00:23:05,292 --> 00:23:06,958
does not accept you.

308
00:23:07,042 --> 00:23:09,833
You're in a bus for
whatever time they spend there.

309
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,375
You're sitting there
waiting to be brought food

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00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:14,167
like you're an animal
or something.

311
00:23:14,333 --> 00:23:15,333
I don't know.

312
00:23:15,542 --> 00:23:17,750
Dad did not accept that.

313
00:23:42,042 --> 00:23:46,000
He had to step forward
and really go against the grain.

314
00:23:46,125 --> 00:23:49,208
That's when he actually decided
to talk to management

315
00:23:49,375 --> 00:23:51,833
and say, we need
a station wagon or a vehicle

316
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,750
to go on our own

317
00:23:53,875 --> 00:23:56,542
where we can actually sit down
and eat as human beings.

318
00:23:56,667 --> 00:24:00,208
That station wagon,
it became a symbol

319
00:24:00,375 --> 00:24:03,375
of we don't need to abide
by those rules.

320
00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:04,833
Please, come on.

321
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,000
Absolutely not.

322
00:24:16,333 --> 00:24:20,833
The Pirates of the early fifties
were a pretty hapless crowd.

323
00:24:20,958 --> 00:24:25,500
It was a combination of players
who were on the fringes

324
00:24:25,583 --> 00:24:27,583
or very young or very old.

325
00:24:27,708 --> 00:24:30,833
And pretty boring.

326
00:24:30,958 --> 00:24:33,958
And really no definition
to them.

327
00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:47,625
From 1955
through the '59 season,

328
00:24:47,750 --> 00:24:51,333
he wasn't living up
to what he wanted to be.

329
00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:54,708
He definitely struggled
through the fifties.

330
00:24:54,833 --> 00:24:57,167
He's taken a while
to get his footing.

331
00:24:57,292 --> 00:24:58,875
He's hitting into
some double plays.

332
00:24:59,042 --> 00:25:00,500
He's frustrated.

333
00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:02,417
He's cracking
his batting helmets,

334
00:25:02,542 --> 00:25:04,500
where they start fining him
for doing that.

335
00:25:04,625 --> 00:25:06,500
In '57, he had an injury.

336
00:25:06,625 --> 00:25:09,333
But in '58, he gets drafted
into the Marines.

337
00:25:09,417 --> 00:25:10,958
He spends the whole winter,

338
00:25:11,083 --> 00:25:13,167
instead of playing Winter Ball
back in Puerto Rico,

339
00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:17,333
he goes to the Marines where
they work out and they drill

340
00:25:17,458 --> 00:25:19,000
and that's all they do.

341
00:25:19,083 --> 00:25:21,333
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER:
They are taught footwork

342
00:25:21,458 --> 00:25:24,792
and basic bayonet
attack movements by experts.

343
00:25:24,875 --> 00:25:26,500
He comes out of boot camp

344
00:25:26,625 --> 00:25:28,167
and jumps into spring training
with the team.

345
00:25:28,292 --> 00:25:29,875
He's in great shape,

346
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,250
and that's when his career
really starts off.

347
00:25:32,417 --> 00:25:35,083
ANNOUNCER:
Roberto Clemente comes to bat.

348
00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:39,542
He's finally hitting over .300
for the whole season,

349
00:25:39,708 --> 00:25:43,417
driving in runs,
playing great right field,

350
00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,792
winning ballgames
with game-winning hits.

351
00:25:45,875 --> 00:25:48,375
Roberto played with an abandon,
I felt like.

352
00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:52,208
When he would run the bases,
you could tell he ran full out.

353
00:25:52,292 --> 00:25:56,542
And when he would throw it,
he was so accurate and so fast.

354
00:25:56,667 --> 00:26:00,167
It was seeing something
that you've never seen before.

355
00:26:02,250 --> 00:26:06,083
He could catch a ball
running away or into the ivy.

356
00:26:06,208 --> 00:26:08,667
He was a weapon.

357
00:26:08,792 --> 00:26:11,833
It just would be so exciting

358
00:26:11,958 --> 00:26:16,625
if a runner tried
to outrun Roberto's arm.

359
00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:18,667
I would almost take
personal offense.

360
00:26:18,792 --> 00:26:21,208
You didn't test
Roberto Clemente's arm.

361
00:26:21,375 --> 00:26:25,167
He was one of the most vicious
hitters to the opposite field

362
00:26:25,292 --> 00:26:26,708
that ever played.

363
00:26:26,833 --> 00:26:28,583
And everything he did
was unorthodox.

364
00:26:28,708 --> 00:26:33,458
Dad was known for his unique way
of catching the ball,

365
00:26:33,542 --> 00:26:35,292
called the basket catch.

366
00:26:35,417 --> 00:26:37,000
ANNOUNCER:
Caught by Clemente.

367
00:26:37,083 --> 00:26:39,958
When he was growing up,
he would lay in bed,

368
00:26:40,042 --> 00:26:43,125
throw the ball against the wall
above his head

369
00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:45,083
and catch the ball.

370
00:26:45,208 --> 00:26:48,000
So he would throw and catch,
throw and catch.

371
00:26:48,167 --> 00:26:49,375
ANNOUNCER: Tremendous
running, sliding catch.

372
00:26:49,542 --> 00:26:51,167
He did things

373
00:26:51,250 --> 00:26:52,583
and you start to break it down
from a player standpoint,

374
00:26:52,708 --> 00:26:54,167
like, how did he do that?

375
00:26:54,333 --> 00:26:55,833
ANNOUNCER: Here's that
Clemente swing once again,

376
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000
hitting off the front foot.

377
00:26:58,167 --> 00:26:59,458
Look at that right foot.

378
00:26:59,583 --> 00:27:00,833
And his feet are in the air,

379
00:27:00,958 --> 00:27:03,167
and yet the ball
is still going very far.

380
00:27:03,292 --> 00:27:05,000
That's some athleticism
that you can't be taught.

381
00:27:05,167 --> 00:27:08,500
At the plate, Roberto
wasn't looking to walk.

382
00:27:08,625 --> 00:27:10,667
He was a notorious
bad ball hitter.

383
00:27:10,750 --> 00:27:12,667
Trying to pitch around him,
he might reach out

384
00:27:12,792 --> 00:27:14,667
and hit the ball
off the right field wall.

385
00:27:14,792 --> 00:27:17,125
I never laughed so much
when he's running.

386
00:27:17,208 --> 00:27:20,458
I mean, he's so funny
running the bases.

387
00:27:20,542 --> 00:27:24,667
[J....],
is he really running like that?

388
00:27:24,792 --> 00:27:26,875
All legs and arms
and all that.

389
00:27:28,667 --> 00:27:32,333
The way he played,
it was very electric.

390
00:27:32,542 --> 00:27:35,708
He was very coordinated,

391
00:27:35,792 --> 00:27:38,083
but looked very wild.

392
00:27:38,250 --> 00:27:40,917
He still looked like
he could throw the ball

393
00:27:41,042 --> 00:27:43,708
anywhere on the field
and you're was like, what?

394
00:27:43,875 --> 00:27:46,333
He was so beautiful.

395
00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:47,833
Man, the grace.

396
00:27:47,917 --> 00:27:49,708
And I can never tell
if he was aware

397
00:27:49,833 --> 00:27:52,167
of how [f......] cool he looked.

398
00:27:52,333 --> 00:27:53,542
You know what I mean?

399
00:27:53,708 --> 00:27:54,917
Did he know
he looked that cool?

400
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:06,833
Do you think the fact
that you are like you are

401
00:28:06,958 --> 00:28:10,458
in facial expression makes you
sometimes unapproachable?

402
00:28:10,625 --> 00:28:12,667
A reporter comes in
and sees Clemente,

403
00:28:12,750 --> 00:28:14,000
perhaps stalking
around the clubhouse

404
00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:16,500
with that particular expression
on his face

405
00:28:16,625 --> 00:28:17,917
and says, oh, my goodness,

406
00:28:18,042 --> 00:28:19,875
how can I go near
the great Roberto Clemente

407
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,792
when he doesn't look happy?

408
00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:41,000
The press
did not like my father.

409
00:28:41,167 --> 00:28:44,000
One of the problems
that Dad had with the media

410
00:28:44,083 --> 00:28:47,292
was the way that
they would quote him.

411
00:28:47,417 --> 00:28:50,792
He would say "hit"
like "heat."

412
00:28:50,875 --> 00:28:53,500
So they would spell H-E-E-T,

413
00:28:53,667 --> 00:28:56,083
and that really bothered him.

414
00:28:56,208 --> 00:29:01,417
That's where that contentious
relationship started to evolve

415
00:29:01,542 --> 00:29:04,542
because he's saying, you know
what I'm trying to say,

416
00:29:04,625 --> 00:29:08,208
but you're trying to make me
look like I'm not educated.

417
00:29:08,375 --> 00:29:14,875
Sports writers in Pittsburgh
were old school white guys,

418
00:29:15,042 --> 00:29:18,250
part of sort of
a clubby atmosphere.

419
00:29:18,333 --> 00:29:21,042
There was always
this sort of tension

420
00:29:21,167 --> 00:29:24,250
from this beautiful, proud,
talented Puerto Rican,

421
00:29:24,375 --> 00:29:28,167
and these older sports writers
who didn't know Spanish

422
00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:31,250
and didn't know
how to connect with him.

423
00:29:31,375 --> 00:29:33,875
His name was Roberto,
and yet a lot of people

424
00:29:34,042 --> 00:29:37,500
would refer to him
or would call him...

425
00:29:37,625 --> 00:29:38,958
ANNOUNCER:
[echoing] Bobby...

426
00:29:39,042 --> 00:29:40,792
Bob.

427
00:29:40,917 --> 00:29:42,833
They would try
to Americanize him.

428
00:29:42,958 --> 00:29:46,250
Dad was a very proud
Puerto Rican.

429
00:29:46,375 --> 00:29:48,167
That was his pride.

430
00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:49,792
His pride and joy
where he grew up,

431
00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:53,000
where his people were,
his food, his culture.

432
00:29:53,083 --> 00:29:55,833
He did not want to lose that

433
00:29:55,958 --> 00:29:58,500
and wanted to make sure
that people understood

434
00:29:58,625 --> 00:30:00,292
that his name was not Bob.

435
00:30:00,375 --> 00:30:01,625
His name was Roberto.

436
00:30:01,708 --> 00:30:03,958
He was born in Puerto Rico.

437
00:30:27,708 --> 00:30:30,500
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER:
Fans who waited 33 years

438
00:30:30,625 --> 00:30:32,458
since the home team's
last pennant

439
00:30:32,583 --> 00:30:34,833
swarm into
Pittsburgh's Forbes Field

440
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,000
as the Pirates open
against the New York Yankees.

441
00:30:40,542 --> 00:30:43,083
What a great contrast

442
00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:45,333
between the two teams
in the World Series.

443
00:30:45,417 --> 00:30:47,958
The Pittsburgh Pirates,
a secondary market

444
00:30:48,083 --> 00:30:49,833
versus the New York Yankees,

445
00:30:49,958 --> 00:30:51,833
the Bronx Bombers

446
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,208
of Mickey Mantle
and Yogi Berra and Roger Maris.

447
00:30:57,875 --> 00:30:59,917
The Yankees
were in the World Series

448
00:31:00,042 --> 00:31:02,667
every year in the 1950s

449
00:31:02,792 --> 00:31:04,708
except for 1954 and '59.

450
00:31:04,833 --> 00:31:07,750
The Pirates had not even
been in the World Series

451
00:31:07,875 --> 00:31:10,583
since they were swept
by the Yankees in 1927.

452
00:31:10,708 --> 00:31:13,125
The Yankees were clearly
the better team.

453
00:31:13,250 --> 00:31:15,833
The Pirates are a good team,

454
00:31:15,958 --> 00:31:18,292
but they're given
little to no chance

455
00:31:18,375 --> 00:31:20,833
of even being competitive
in the series.

456
00:31:22,375 --> 00:31:25,458
When the Yankees win,
they're blowouts.

457
00:31:27,208 --> 00:31:29,125
ANNOUNCER:
The Yankees roar back

458
00:31:29,208 --> 00:31:31,792
to a shattering 16-3 victory,

459
00:31:31,875 --> 00:31:33,833
and the fans go wild!

460
00:31:39,542 --> 00:31:40,625
When the Pirates win,

461
00:31:40,750 --> 00:31:42,542
they squeak out the victory

462
00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:45,000
by one or two or three runs.

463
00:31:48,458 --> 00:31:50,750
ANNOUNCER: And Clemente hits
a soft dribbler towards Scowron

464
00:31:50,875 --> 00:31:52,542
and nobody's gonna get over.

465
00:31:52,708 --> 00:31:53,958
Bases loaded.

466
00:31:54,083 --> 00:31:56,667
Clemente gets a hit
in every game.

467
00:31:56,708 --> 00:31:58,625
He's playing
a brilliant right field.

468
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,625
He's really
at the center of the action.

469
00:32:00,708 --> 00:32:03,583
Dad hit .310.

470
00:32:03,708 --> 00:32:06,333
He had nine hits
in 29 at bats.

471
00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:09,708
I mean, he did it all
on the field as well.

472
00:32:09,875 --> 00:32:13,125
No errors.
He was perfect.

473
00:32:13,208 --> 00:32:16,500
The Yankees and Pirates,

474
00:32:16,667 --> 00:32:19,875
they end up playing even
through the first six games.

475
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,667
ANNOUNCER:
Forbes Field in Pittsburgh,

476
00:32:22,833 --> 00:32:26,750
the seventh game
of the 1960 World Series.

477
00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:28,583
That sets up
this incredible game seven.

478
00:32:28,708 --> 00:32:30,833
The Yankees were my team

479
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,917
and my mother wanted me
to go to school

480
00:32:33,042 --> 00:32:34,917
and my father said,
no, he'll remember this

481
00:32:35,042 --> 00:32:36,708
longer than he'll remember
what happened at school.

482
00:32:36,833 --> 00:32:40,292
So many swings in momentum.

483
00:32:40,417 --> 00:32:42,583
Times where it looked like
the Yankees were gonna win.

484
00:32:42,708 --> 00:32:45,000
Times where it looked like
the Pirates were gonna win.

485
00:32:45,125 --> 00:32:47,500
It ends up being tied.

486
00:32:47,625 --> 00:32:52,000
Mazeroski comes up
leading off for the Pirates.

487
00:32:52,083 --> 00:32:54,375
ANNOUNCER: Sudden death now,
last of the ninth.

488
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:56,667
9-9.

489
00:33:07,917 --> 00:33:09,500
Ball one outside.

490
00:33:16,042 --> 00:33:18,292
There's a drive
into deep left field.

491
00:33:18,375 --> 00:33:19,750
Look out now.

492
00:33:19,875 --> 00:33:21,792
That ball is going...

493
00:33:21,917 --> 00:33:23,625
[cheering]

494
00:33:23,708 --> 00:33:26,375
Bill Mazeroski

495
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:29,042
hits it over the left field
fence for a home run!

496
00:33:29,167 --> 00:33:32,833
The Pirates win it 10-9
and win the World Series!

497
00:33:32,958 --> 00:33:34,375
Over the left field fence.

498
00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:39,167
Yogi Berra watches it fly out
of Forbes Field.

499
00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:42,167
It's one of the most dramatic
endings to a World Series,

500
00:33:42,292 --> 00:33:45,708
and it's one of the most
dramatic game sevens

501
00:33:45,833 --> 00:33:49,250
in the history
of the Fall Classic.

502
00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:52,708
The heart of the team,
under-recognized,

503
00:33:52,833 --> 00:33:54,792
was their most talented player

504
00:33:54,875 --> 00:33:57,542
who was finally
reaching his potential,

505
00:33:57,625 --> 00:34:01,375
and that was Roberto Clemente
in right field.

506
00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:04,250
I was crestfallen.

507
00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:06,500
I vowed not to speak,
which for me was quite a thing.

508
00:34:06,625 --> 00:34:07,792
Not only has my team lost,

509
00:34:07,917 --> 00:34:09,000
but they're not
supposed to lose.

510
00:34:09,083 --> 00:34:10,292
I'm eight years old.

511
00:34:10,417 --> 00:34:13,917
Baseball is all
I really care about.

512
00:34:14,042 --> 00:34:16,292
Clemente is part
of my eight-year-old pain.

513
00:34:18,292 --> 00:34:20,083
Clemente left the locker room.

514
00:34:20,208 --> 00:34:22,250
They were gonna try to do
some champagne and stuff

515
00:34:22,375 --> 00:34:24,708
in the locker room and hang out,
and he snuck out on his own.

516
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000
He just felt his people
were outside,

517
00:34:30,083 --> 00:34:31,792
and so he went out
into the streets

518
00:34:31,875 --> 00:34:32,958
and hung out with fans.

519
00:34:33,042 --> 00:34:35,125
How cool was that?

520
00:34:35,292 --> 00:34:37,167
So for the fans,
it was pretty awesome.

521
00:34:46,667 --> 00:34:49,333
I was coming home
from St. Malachy School.

522
00:34:49,417 --> 00:34:52,042
My brother,
he was jumping up and down

523
00:34:52,208 --> 00:34:53,500
and yelling, they won,
the Pirates won!

524
00:34:53,583 --> 00:34:54,667
The Buccos won!

525
00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:56,875
It was so thrilling.

526
00:34:57,042 --> 00:34:59,750
Roberto was from the Caribbean.

527
00:34:59,875 --> 00:35:02,208
Roberto was from Puerto Rico.

528
00:35:02,375 --> 00:35:04,708
It was a big, bloody deal.

529
00:35:11,208 --> 00:35:13,833
He's greeted in Puerto Rico
as this conquering hero,

530
00:35:13,958 --> 00:35:18,458
this migrant worker went up
to the mainland and prevailed.

531
00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:23,750
But then he gets a call about
the Most Valuable Player Award.

532
00:35:25,458 --> 00:35:27,333
Clemente didn't finish second,
third, fourth,

533
00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:29,125
fifth, sixth, or seventh.

534
00:35:29,208 --> 00:35:32,583
He finished eighth in the voting
and that hurt him.

535
00:35:36,167 --> 00:35:41,333
His teammate, Dick Groat,
ends up winning the MVP.

536
00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:43,875
Groat was an All American
basketball player at Duke,

537
00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:46,875
and sort of
an all-American stereotype.

538
00:35:47,042 --> 00:35:49,542
Clemente had no resentment
toward Groat,

539
00:35:49,667 --> 00:35:51,375
and he didn't want it
to be perceived

540
00:35:51,542 --> 00:35:56,042
that he was trying to say
that he was better than Groat.

541
00:35:56,167 --> 00:35:58,125
His whole argument, though,

542
00:35:58,208 --> 00:36:01,250
was I should have been voted
higher than eighth.

543
00:36:01,375 --> 00:36:05,500
He was behind a pitcher,
Lindy McDaniel,

544
00:36:05,583 --> 00:36:08,083
who was a relief pitcher
for the Cardinals.

545
00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:09,750
It doesn't even make any sense.

546
00:36:09,875 --> 00:36:13,667
The stats with Dick Groat
and Dad were very comparable.

547
00:36:17,333 --> 00:36:21,542
For him to see those stats
and come in eighth,

548
00:36:21,708 --> 00:36:24,667
that in itself
is, like, are you kidding me?

549
00:36:24,792 --> 00:36:26,042
I mean, why?

550
00:36:26,167 --> 00:36:31,208
He was furious,
absolutely furious.

551
00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:36,000
He knew the reason why
he was eighth in the voting

552
00:36:36,083 --> 00:36:39,167
is because of how he looked.

553
00:36:42,083 --> 00:36:45,250
I look at that winter
and that denial,

554
00:36:45,375 --> 00:36:49,375
that rejection
as the fuel that flamed him

555
00:36:49,542 --> 00:36:54,667
for the rest of that decade
as this unstoppable ball player.

556
00:36:54,792 --> 00:36:56,750
ANNOUNCER: Lines a drive
down the right field line.

557
00:36:56,875 --> 00:37:01,292
From that point on,
he was Clemente the Great One.

558
00:37:01,417 --> 00:37:03,083
ANNOUNCER: And what
a magnificent performance

559
00:37:03,208 --> 00:37:07,125
from Pittsburgh's right fielder,
the great Roberto Clemente.

560
00:37:07,208 --> 00:37:10,125
You'll see what I do.

561
00:37:10,250 --> 00:37:12,917
My name
will be across this nation.

562
00:37:30,583 --> 00:37:35,250
My mother, she was born
in Carolina, Puerto Rico,

563
00:37:35,375 --> 00:37:36,833
same town as my father.

564
00:37:38,708 --> 00:37:40,958
[speaking Spanish]

565
00:37:46,625 --> 00:37:49,958
You know, Carolina,
it's a small town.

566
00:37:50,083 --> 00:37:52,208
And one day in particular,

567
00:37:52,333 --> 00:37:55,292
my mother is going
to the pharmacy

568
00:37:55,417 --> 00:37:58,625
to pick up some meds
for my grandmother.

569
00:37:58,708 --> 00:38:01,667
When she walks
into the pharmacy,

570
00:38:01,833 --> 00:38:06,833
she was surprised
to see my father

571
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,000
sitting in front of the counter
reading the paper.

572
00:38:11,083 --> 00:38:17,083
She said when she saw him,
her heart skipped, you know.

573
00:38:17,208 --> 00:38:19,208
[laughs]

574
00:38:19,292 --> 00:38:21,000
[speaking Spanish]

575
00:38:21,125 --> 00:38:24,250
When he got home,
he told his mother,

576
00:38:24,375 --> 00:38:27,208
I met the girl
I'm gonna marry.

577
00:38:27,333 --> 00:38:30,500
And my grandma was, like,
but who is she?

578
00:38:30,667 --> 00:38:32,208
He said, I don't know,
but I'm marrying her.

579
00:38:32,333 --> 00:38:33,625
That's the one I'm marrying.

580
00:38:35,042 --> 00:38:37,875
[speaking Spanish]

581
00:38:54,625 --> 00:38:58,250
Dad was in Major League Baseball
for 10 years.

582
00:38:58,375 --> 00:39:02,000
He was a bachelor
in Major League Baseball,

583
00:39:02,083 --> 00:39:03,667
making money, good-looking.

584
00:39:03,792 --> 00:39:08,500
He could have had any woman
out there to be his wife.

585
00:39:08,583 --> 00:39:15,583
And it's a very shy,
gorgeous woman to grab him.

586
00:39:17,292 --> 00:39:19,833
[speaking Spanish]

587
00:39:27,125 --> 00:39:32,417
My parents go to a game,
and the game was rained out.

588
00:39:34,542 --> 00:39:36,542
And he goes,
well, let's go to lunch.

589
00:39:36,667 --> 00:39:38,375
And my mother goes, no,

590
00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:41,500
my father is listening
to the game on the radio.

591
00:39:41,625 --> 00:39:44,292
I must go home right now.

592
00:39:44,375 --> 00:39:46,375
There's no game.
I'm going home.

593
00:39:46,542 --> 00:39:50,750
The very next day,
he went to see my grandfather.

594
00:39:50,875 --> 00:39:54,708
He said, you're going
to see my daughter.

595
00:39:54,833 --> 00:39:57,833
You have two hours
two or three days a week

596
00:39:57,958 --> 00:39:59,000
to be able to go see her.

597
00:39:59,042 --> 00:40:00,458
And that was it.

598
00:40:00,542 --> 00:40:03,833
That's how
the courtship started.

599
00:40:09,083 --> 00:40:12,375
[speaking Spanish]

600
00:40:31,375 --> 00:40:34,667
[thunder]

601
00:40:34,792 --> 00:40:37,625
Sometimes there are just
these eerie coincidences

602
00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:39,500
and connections in life.

603
00:40:39,625 --> 00:40:41,333
As it turned out,

604
00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:44,833
the person who brought
the news of Anairis' death,

605
00:40:44,917 --> 00:40:49,208
Roberto's sister,
to the Clementes

606
00:40:49,375 --> 00:40:51,417
was the man
who would be the father

607
00:40:51,542 --> 00:40:54,875
of Vera Zabala Clemente,
Roberto's wife,

608
00:40:55,042 --> 00:40:57,833
long before there was any other
connection of the families.

609
00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:05,125
Roberto would tell Vera
about Anairis being at his side

610
00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:07,000
at various times
during his life.

611
00:41:07,125 --> 00:41:09,167
So it was sort of a motif of his

612
00:41:09,208 --> 00:41:14,917
perhaps playing into his sense
of destiny and fatalism

613
00:41:15,042 --> 00:41:20,542
of being haunted by this sister
he'd never really got to know.

614
00:41:20,708 --> 00:41:23,000
He would say things like,
I see her.

615
00:41:23,125 --> 00:41:24,875
She's at my side.

616
00:41:25,042 --> 00:41:29,000
I think it was
pushing him forward

617
00:41:29,125 --> 00:41:30,583
to accomplish things

618
00:41:30,708 --> 00:41:33,458
that his sister
would never be able to see.

619
00:41:44,375 --> 00:41:47,750
[bell chimes]

620
00:41:55,583 --> 00:41:58,750
[speaking Spanish]

621
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:22,000
Many years. [laughs]

622
00:42:22,125 --> 00:42:23,250
Many years.

623
00:42:59,250 --> 00:43:01,833
And they are old.

624
00:43:01,958 --> 00:43:03,292
Aye-yi-yi.

625
00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:09,000
Dad was really excited
to have children.

626
00:43:11,375 --> 00:43:13,000
When it was time,

627
00:43:13,125 --> 00:43:17,167
Dad said, Vera,
you're flying to Puerto Rico

628
00:43:17,250 --> 00:43:21,083
because my children are going
to be born in Puerto Rico.

629
00:43:21,208 --> 00:43:24,417
So mom had to fly back
to Puerto Rico.

630
00:43:24,542 --> 00:43:27,542
And then you had Ramiro Martinez

631
00:43:27,708 --> 00:43:31,125
with a recorder
in the delivery room

632
00:43:31,208 --> 00:43:33,917
to record my first cry

633
00:43:34,042 --> 00:43:36,292
so he can play that
after the game

634
00:43:36,375 --> 00:43:37,458
over the phone to my father.

635
00:43:37,583 --> 00:43:40,333
[speaking Spanish]

636
00:43:51,708 --> 00:43:56,250
When he was at the house,
he would be playing with us.

637
00:43:56,375 --> 00:43:57,917
He would be playing music.

638
00:43:58,042 --> 00:43:59,625
You know,
he played the harmonica.

639
00:43:59,750 --> 00:44:02,208
Oh, all the memories.
It was awesome.

640
00:44:04,042 --> 00:44:06,375
[speaking Spanish]

641
00:44:27,042 --> 00:44:32,500
Dad told mom quite a few times,
Vera, come sit down.

642
00:44:32,583 --> 00:44:35,000
I want you to learn
what I'm doing

643
00:44:35,125 --> 00:44:37,708
because I'm going to die young.

644
00:44:37,875 --> 00:44:40,917
[speaking Spanish]

645
00:44:51,458 --> 00:44:52,958
That connection with his sister

646
00:44:53,042 --> 00:44:56,000
had a lot to do
with the way he lived his life.

647
00:44:56,125 --> 00:44:58,417
Understanding
that it's not promised

648
00:44:58,542 --> 00:45:00,208
that you're gonna be here.

649
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,333
At any moment, you can be gone.

650
00:45:25,042 --> 00:45:28,333
After the '60 World Series
and the MVP,

651
00:45:28,458 --> 00:45:30,000
he was mad, he was upset.

652
00:45:30,125 --> 00:45:32,958
He just was, like,
I will show you.

653
00:45:33,042 --> 00:45:35,042
My ability
is gonna prove to you

654
00:45:35,208 --> 00:45:37,917
that you can't deny me
being MVP.

655
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:43,250
Clemente came out in '61,
he was a man on fire.

656
00:45:46,625 --> 00:45:48,292
He was the kind of guy

657
00:45:48,417 --> 00:45:53,667
that if you motivated him
by irritating him,

658
00:45:53,833 --> 00:45:55,125
he would get better.

659
00:45:57,750 --> 00:46:01,458
He was out to prove something,
out to play hard

660
00:46:01,542 --> 00:46:04,833
and show the world, you know,
what a great player he was.

661
00:46:08,500 --> 00:46:10,292
ANNOUNCER:
And what a hitter.

662
00:46:10,375 --> 00:46:14,000
So he came out in '61,
he wins his first batting title.

663
00:46:14,125 --> 00:46:15,917
ANNOUNCER: There's a rap
to right that Clemente comes on.

664
00:46:16,042 --> 00:46:17,667
The ball hangs up for him.

665
00:46:17,792 --> 00:46:20,375
He wins his first Gold Glove.

666
00:46:20,542 --> 00:46:22,167
ANNOUNCER:
Clemente lines a drive

667
00:46:22,292 --> 00:46:23,542
deep to right field.

668
00:46:23,708 --> 00:46:25,000
Henry Aaron
goes back, back, back

669
00:46:25,083 --> 00:46:26,708
and you can kiss it goodbye.

670
00:46:26,792 --> 00:46:29,167
It's gone for a home run
for Roberto.

671
00:46:29,333 --> 00:46:31,792
In '64, he wins
the batting title,

672
00:46:31,917 --> 00:46:34,583
In '65,
he wins the batting title.

673
00:46:34,708 --> 00:46:35,542
ANNOUNCER:
If Roberto can reach the ball,

674
00:46:35,667 --> 00:46:36,542
he'll swing at it.

675
00:46:36,667 --> 00:46:37,792
He went on a tear.

676
00:46:37,958 --> 00:46:39,458
He was unstoppable.

677
00:46:39,542 --> 00:46:44,333
He really went on a mission
to show who he was.

678
00:46:44,500 --> 00:46:46,125
ANNOUNCER:
Roberto Clemente,

679
00:46:46,250 --> 00:46:47,833
one of the outstanding
baseball players

680
00:46:47,917 --> 00:46:49,167
in the game today.

681
00:46:49,333 --> 00:46:51,792
He had one great season
after another.

682
00:46:51,917 --> 00:46:53,583
He played great right field,

683
00:46:53,750 --> 00:46:56,375
won the Gold Glove
almost every year.

684
00:46:58,708 --> 00:47:01,750
In 1966,
everything comes together.

685
00:47:01,875 --> 00:47:04,500
Everything just really meshed,

686
00:47:04,625 --> 00:47:06,792
and it was a major, major year.

687
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,542
In '66, he wins the MVP.

688
00:47:12,625 --> 00:47:14,167
He finally accomplished

689
00:47:14,292 --> 00:47:17,458
exactly what
he wanted to accomplish.

690
00:47:17,542 --> 00:47:19,542
For once, I'm recognized,

691
00:47:19,667 --> 00:47:21,875
and there's no buts
about this one.

692
00:47:22,042 --> 00:47:23,833
That gave him some hope

693
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:27,583
that he would be looked at
through the media the right way.

694
00:47:33,500 --> 00:47:35,250
I can't leave the show

695
00:47:35,375 --> 00:47:36,958
unless we talk about something
you touched upon,

696
00:47:37,042 --> 00:47:38,792
and that's your health,

697
00:47:38,917 --> 00:47:40,792
because that has been the area
of Roberto Clemente

698
00:47:40,917 --> 00:47:42,042
that's been the most criticized.

699
00:47:42,208 --> 00:47:44,208
People have called you
a hypochondriac.

700
00:47:47,958 --> 00:47:51,042
[speaking Spanish]

701
00:48:03,042 --> 00:48:05,917
He felt that
if you asked him a question,

702
00:48:06,042 --> 00:48:08,125
how are you feeling today?

703
00:48:08,250 --> 00:48:11,667
He thought
you were being serious

704
00:48:11,833 --> 00:48:13,958
in what you were asking.

705
00:48:23,708 --> 00:48:26,875
He felt that
in his neck and back.

706
00:48:26,958 --> 00:48:29,833
To me it wasn't fake.
He felt that.

707
00:48:29,917 --> 00:48:32,250
[speaking Spanish]

708
00:48:44,042 --> 00:48:46,167
Constantly
he needed to be massaged

709
00:48:46,292 --> 00:48:48,958
you know, to deal with
all those pains.

710
00:48:49,042 --> 00:48:51,208
Mom would do it at home.

711
00:49:03,167 --> 00:49:07,708
The truth is that Roberto
was a hypochondriac.

712
00:49:07,875 --> 00:49:09,750
Please, come on.

713
00:49:09,875 --> 00:49:11,958
It was not in his head.
It was for real.

714
00:49:14,375 --> 00:49:17,042
And the other truth is
he was an artist

715
00:49:17,167 --> 00:49:21,000
who had a very sensitive feeling
for his body.

716
00:49:21,167 --> 00:49:24,167
His body was his work of art.

717
00:49:24,250 --> 00:49:26,833
He used to tell me,
Mako, go to the top of my head.

718
00:49:26,958 --> 00:49:30,250
And I used to squeeze his neck
like this

719
00:49:30,375 --> 00:49:34,625
because he said that that
makes him look better,

720
00:49:34,792 --> 00:49:36,250
brighter.

721
00:49:36,375 --> 00:49:37,708
I don't know.

722
00:49:39,958 --> 00:49:41,333
Clemente went to L.A.

723
00:49:41,417 --> 00:49:45,667
and told Tony Bartirome,
get some goat milk.

724
00:49:45,792 --> 00:49:46,833
Has anybody said this?

725
00:49:46,875 --> 00:49:49,667
No. Get some goat milk.

726
00:49:49,750 --> 00:49:51,583
Rub me down with some goat milk.

727
00:49:51,708 --> 00:49:55,875
And Tony said, what the hell
are you talking about?

728
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,292
Went out and got
some goat milk.

729
00:49:57,375 --> 00:49:59,667
Rubbed him down.
Got four hits.

730
00:49:59,792 --> 00:50:01,708
Gets some goat milk
the next day.

731
00:50:03,542 --> 00:50:04,917
He had eight hits in L.A.

732
00:50:05,042 --> 00:50:06,583
So, [C.....], I went up to Tony

733
00:50:06,708 --> 00:50:07,667
and said, give me a gallon
of that goat milk.

734
00:50:07,833 --> 00:50:09,375
I'm in a slump.

735
00:50:11,458 --> 00:50:14,375
No. [laughs]

736
00:50:18,125 --> 00:50:20,917
Oh, you know about the punch.

737
00:50:21,042 --> 00:50:22,833
Yeah, I'll tell you
about the punch, yeah.

738
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,750
He put like 12 eggs
in that blender.

739
00:50:24,875 --> 00:50:27,208
Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,
pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop.

740
00:50:27,375 --> 00:50:30,500
And then I recall
it was grape juice.

741
00:50:30,625 --> 00:50:31,667
And I drank some of it,

742
00:50:31,833 --> 00:50:33,875
and he went, ooh, with his.

743
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:35,750
How was it?

744
00:50:35,875 --> 00:50:39,875
I couldn't break his heart
because of what he put into it.

745
00:50:40,042 --> 00:50:41,125
So I said,
man, that was great.

746
00:50:41,250 --> 00:50:42,417
That was the best.

747
00:50:42,542 --> 00:50:44,875
I lied to him.
I really didn't like it.

748
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:49,542
He would always make fun of
players that took hot showers.

749
00:50:49,667 --> 00:50:53,125
And you see steam
coming out of their head.

750
00:50:53,250 --> 00:50:57,875
He would ask them,
how do you pluck chickens?

751
00:50:58,042 --> 00:50:59,667
And make them think,

752
00:50:59,833 --> 00:51:01,083
well, if I'm taking
a hot shower,

753
00:51:01,208 --> 00:51:03,167
I can be losing my hair.

754
00:51:05,750 --> 00:51:07,333
Yeah, absolutely.

755
00:51:07,417 --> 00:51:09,667
Dad would say,
I don't drink anything

756
00:51:09,833 --> 00:51:14,000
after eating for an hour
because he always ate rice.

757
00:51:14,083 --> 00:51:16,792
What happens with rice
when you put water to it?

758
00:51:16,875 --> 00:51:18,750
It expands.

759
00:51:18,875 --> 00:51:23,500
That's why
he had a size 30 waist.

760
00:51:23,625 --> 00:51:26,000
Clemente was as human
as we all are.

761
00:51:26,208 --> 00:51:28,667
And I never pretended
to canonize him.

762
00:51:28,833 --> 00:51:30,583
But I believe that being human

763
00:51:30,708 --> 00:51:34,125
gives you space
to have your ups and downs.

764
00:51:35,958 --> 00:51:38,167
Dad was hot tempered.

765
00:51:38,333 --> 00:51:40,208
He would get mad.

766
00:51:40,333 --> 00:51:42,958
He fought.
He actually got into fights.

767
00:51:43,083 --> 00:51:44,583
I'll give you some dirt,
all right?

768
00:51:44,708 --> 00:51:47,875
You want some dirt?
I'll give you some dirt.

769
00:51:48,042 --> 00:51:50,000
ANNOUNCER:
Clemente comes up firing.

770
00:51:50,083 --> 00:51:55,625
There was a time
where Bob Gibson struck him out.

771
00:51:57,208 --> 00:51:59,667
And he yelled something
from the mound,

772
00:51:59,792 --> 00:52:02,458
something like, go back
to where you came from

773
00:52:02,542 --> 00:52:04,917
type of deal.

774
00:52:05,042 --> 00:52:10,208
Dad goes back to the dugout
fuming.

775
00:52:10,375 --> 00:52:12,500
He tells Jose Pagan,

776
00:52:12,667 --> 00:52:15,292
he says, next at bat,

777
00:52:15,375 --> 00:52:16,583
I'm going to kill him.

778
00:52:18,542 --> 00:52:20,458
ANNOUNCER:
Here is Roberto Clemente.

779
00:52:20,542 --> 00:52:25,292
So he decides
to just wait for a pitch.

780
00:52:27,083 --> 00:52:29,708
A bullet.

781
00:52:29,875 --> 00:52:32,000
He ended up breaking his leg.

782
00:52:32,042 --> 00:52:34,958
There you go.
You got some dirt on Dad.

783
00:52:35,083 --> 00:52:37,750
He hit Bob Gibson on purpose.

784
00:52:49,625 --> 00:52:52,500
ANNOUNCER: Clemente
keeps Belanger from scoring.

785
00:52:52,583 --> 00:52:54,292
He might have gotten beaten up
by the writers,

786
00:52:54,375 --> 00:52:55,792
and he might have
gotten beaten up

787
00:52:55,958 --> 00:52:58,083
by other managers and players
around the league,

788
00:52:58,208 --> 00:53:00,875
but he played all out
and Pittsburghers loved him.

789
00:53:05,375 --> 00:53:08,292
He was giving you his all.

790
00:53:08,375 --> 00:53:11,417
That was the most
important thing to do.

791
00:53:11,542 --> 00:53:15,875
If someone is willing to spend
their hard-earned money

792
00:53:16,042 --> 00:53:17,458
to watch a baseball game,

793
00:53:17,583 --> 00:53:21,708
you have no idea
what sacrifice that person made

794
00:53:21,833 --> 00:53:23,750
to be in that stadium.

795
00:53:31,875 --> 00:53:35,458
His fondness for Pittsburgh
came from the people,

796
00:53:35,542 --> 00:53:39,625
and the people in the classic
sense of regular people.

797
00:53:39,708 --> 00:53:43,542
Over the course of the years,
he became more and more beloved,

798
00:53:43,667 --> 00:53:47,625
especially by the kids
of Pittsburgh.

799
00:53:47,750 --> 00:53:51,958
Dad thought that was
the most important thing to do,

800
00:53:52,083 --> 00:53:57,833
was to be able to take the time
to give an autograph.

801
00:53:57,958 --> 00:54:03,833
He would not leave the stadium
until he signed every autograph

802
00:54:03,958 --> 00:54:05,625
for every kid standing there.

803
00:54:05,708 --> 00:54:09,208
Sometimes the bus to go
to the airport would leave him.

804
00:54:14,875 --> 00:54:17,542
I was able to see the Pirates

805
00:54:17,708 --> 00:54:21,292
for the first time in person
on a Father's Day.

806
00:54:23,208 --> 00:54:25,208
That day, after the game,

807
00:54:25,333 --> 00:54:28,333
players came out
and there was that excitement.

808
00:54:28,417 --> 00:54:32,208
I saw Roberto, so I just said,

809
00:54:32,333 --> 00:54:34,250
you know,
may I have your autograph?

810
00:54:34,375 --> 00:54:38,667
He wrote "Best Wishes,
Roberto Clemente."

811
00:54:38,833 --> 00:54:42,875
Some people were shouting,
"the bus left for the airport."

812
00:54:43,042 --> 00:54:45,583
And it seemed like they were
all trying to figure out,

813
00:54:45,708 --> 00:54:46,458
like, now what?

814
00:54:46,542 --> 00:54:48,167
Who's gonna get a taxi?

815
00:54:48,375 --> 00:54:50,208
I said, wait a minute,
just stay here.

816
00:54:50,333 --> 00:54:51,792
I'll go get my dad.

817
00:54:54,042 --> 00:54:55,500
And I said,
Dad, come on, hurry up.

818
00:54:55,583 --> 00:54:57,500
We have to go.
I'll tell you the story later.

819
00:54:57,583 --> 00:55:00,375
Just come on with me.
And so we run back.

820
00:55:00,542 --> 00:55:02,250
I just said, Mr. Clemente,

821
00:55:02,375 --> 00:55:04,667
my dad has the car
right outside.

822
00:55:04,792 --> 00:55:06,125
We get into the car.

823
00:55:06,250 --> 00:55:08,333
There's fans jumping on the car

824
00:55:08,417 --> 00:55:11,083
and yelling,
Mr. Clemente, Mr. Clemente.

825
00:55:11,208 --> 00:55:14,167
And my dad says,
in very colorful language,

826
00:55:14,333 --> 00:55:16,792
like, what the F
is happening, you know? [laughs]

827
00:55:18,792 --> 00:55:21,292
I said, well, Dad,
let me introduce you.

828
00:55:21,458 --> 00:55:24,875
This is Mr. Clemente.

829
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:26,708
He and my dad started talking

830
00:55:26,875 --> 00:55:29,333
and Roberto asked him,
like, you know,

831
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:31,667
where he was from,
what did he do?

832
00:55:31,750 --> 00:55:35,708
They instantly just, I mean,
they talked, you know,

833
00:55:35,833 --> 00:55:37,750
back and forth
like they had known each other

834
00:55:37,875 --> 00:55:39,167
their whole lives.

835
00:55:39,292 --> 00:55:41,833
I do remember Roberto
asking me, like,

836
00:55:41,917 --> 00:55:43,167
what was I gonna be doing?

837
00:55:43,292 --> 00:55:44,542
What was I, you know,

838
00:55:44,667 --> 00:55:46,500
what was I gonna be doing
in the future?

839
00:55:46,583 --> 00:55:49,042
And I said, I wanted
to maybe join the Peace Corps

840
00:55:49,042 --> 00:55:51,208
And that just thrilled him.

841
00:55:51,208 --> 00:55:51,792
and wanted to help
marginalized children.

842
00:55:54,208 --> 00:55:57,333
We got to the airport.

843
00:55:57,417 --> 00:56:00,083
He gave my dad
two slips of papers,

844
00:56:00,208 --> 00:56:03,833
and one said, "call me collect,"
and he wrote his number

845
00:56:03,958 --> 00:56:06,125
and he asked my dad
for his phone number,

846
00:56:06,208 --> 00:56:07,792
so they did the exchange.

847
00:56:07,875 --> 00:56:12,375
And we said our goodbyes
and he thanked us so much.

848
00:56:12,500 --> 00:56:15,458
My dad and I, you know,
went back to the car.

849
00:56:15,583 --> 00:56:18,375
And driving home,
we just said, oh, my God.

850
00:56:18,542 --> 00:56:20,792
Like, how did this happen?

851
00:56:23,125 --> 00:56:30,042
What was born is a 56-year
friendship of two families.

852
00:56:30,167 --> 00:56:33,167
It's the most incredible
relationship

853
00:56:33,208 --> 00:56:34,542
certainly in my life.

854
00:56:34,708 --> 00:56:38,542
If you look at
all of his best friends

855
00:56:38,708 --> 00:56:41,167
and closest friends,
we were all nobodies.

856
00:56:41,292 --> 00:56:43,125
We were not the celebrities.

857
00:56:43,208 --> 00:56:45,917
We were not the rich,
the famous.

858
00:56:46,042 --> 00:56:48,167
So when we got together,
we felt the warmth.

859
00:56:48,292 --> 00:56:50,500
You felt the connection.

860
00:56:50,583 --> 00:56:51,958
Those are the values

861
00:56:52,083 --> 00:56:56,125
that just seemed to be
in everything he did.

862
00:57:05,958 --> 00:57:08,917
[speaking Spanish]

863
00:57:19,083 --> 00:57:21,042
When he would go back
to his native Puerto Rico

864
00:57:21,167 --> 00:57:23,250
after each season,

865
00:57:23,375 --> 00:57:26,583
he would hold baseball clinics,

866
00:57:26,708 --> 00:57:30,500
and these were for kids
who didn't have any money,

867
00:57:30,625 --> 00:57:32,000
and he would do it for free.

868
00:57:32,125 --> 00:57:35,542
[speaking Spanish]

869
00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:52,542
Dad would gather the kids around

870
00:57:52,667 --> 00:57:54,125
and take them
to different stations

871
00:57:54,250 --> 00:57:56,500
and start talking about life.

872
00:57:56,583 --> 00:57:59,833
He would incorporate
life lessons into the clinic,

873
00:57:59,958 --> 00:58:02,833
and not only for them,
but also for the parents.

874
00:58:02,917 --> 00:58:04,792
[speaking Spanish]

875
00:58:27,458 --> 00:58:30,583
[speaking Spanish]

876
00:58:35,333 --> 00:58:37,875
[Jerry Morales
speaking Spanish]

877
00:59:05,542 --> 00:59:10,375
Dad loved kids,
and I know that it had to do

878
00:59:10,500 --> 00:59:12,375
with experiencing how it felt

879
00:59:12,500 --> 00:59:15,458
to watch Monte Irving
on the field,

880
00:59:15,583 --> 00:59:18,958
understanding that feeling
of being young,

881
00:59:19,083 --> 00:59:20,333
having an idol

882
00:59:20,458 --> 00:59:23,333
and understanding
that he had become someone

883
00:59:23,458 --> 00:59:25,167
that those kids
were looking up to,

884
00:59:25,292 --> 00:59:29,000
making sure that
he gave the time to inspire them

885
00:59:29,125 --> 00:59:31,042
the same way Monte did.

886
00:59:36,708 --> 00:59:38,667
There's one thing
that I didn't like

887
00:59:38,708 --> 00:59:41,167
about Clemente
teaching baseball.

888
00:59:42,792 --> 00:59:45,458
He wants some of the kids
to be like Clemente.

889
00:59:45,542 --> 00:59:48,042
I say, no way.

890
00:59:48,208 --> 00:59:50,083
You can teach 'em baseball,

891
00:59:50,208 --> 00:59:51,958
you can teach 'em how to hit
and all that.

892
00:59:54,042 --> 00:59:56,667
To be like Clemente,
forget it.

893
00:59:57,792 --> 01:00:01,083
There will never be
another Roberto Clemente.

894
01:00:03,500 --> 01:00:05,625
The first half of the sixties,

895
01:00:05,750 --> 01:00:09,333
he was not the leader
of the team.

896
01:00:09,500 --> 01:00:13,083
By '65, '66,

897
01:00:13,208 --> 01:00:15,708
it was evident that he was

898
01:00:15,833 --> 01:00:19,708
more and more every year
from then on.

899
01:00:19,875 --> 01:00:23,750
It partly was a transition
of the team

900
01:00:23,875 --> 01:00:29,375
from a group of players
from the fifties, mostly white,

901
01:00:29,500 --> 01:00:31,000
to a team that was becoming

902
01:00:31,083 --> 01:00:33,333
increasingly Latino
and African American.

903
01:00:37,500 --> 01:00:38,667
Part of it was just

904
01:00:38,875 --> 01:00:41,500
the continued excellence
of his playing

905
01:00:41,667 --> 01:00:44,833
and part of it
was his own confidence

906
01:00:44,958 --> 01:00:47,000
and exuding leadership.

907
01:00:48,583 --> 01:00:52,042
Dad always said,
we as Latinos,

908
01:00:52,208 --> 01:00:57,833
we are treated
as third class citizens.

909
01:00:58,000 --> 01:00:59,917
He thought it was very important

910
01:01:00,042 --> 01:01:05,167
that we elevate
our way of carrying ourselves.

911
01:01:05,292 --> 01:01:07,542
All the eyes are on us,

912
01:01:07,708 --> 01:01:10,292
and we have to work harder
than anyone else

913
01:01:10,375 --> 01:01:12,500
to be successful.

914
01:01:12,667 --> 01:01:15,167
He would check on
the other Latino players

915
01:01:15,333 --> 01:01:16,792
that were up and coming.

916
01:01:16,958 --> 01:01:19,083
He was a voice of knowledge
to them.

917
01:01:21,250 --> 01:01:25,333
For example, Manny Sanguillen,
he took him under his wing.

918
01:01:25,500 --> 01:01:29,208
ANNOUNCER: Number 35.

919
01:01:29,375 --> 01:01:31,667
Roberto said if I had
Manny Sanguillen's smile,

920
01:01:31,792 --> 01:01:34,583
I'd be the most popular person
on earth.

921
01:01:34,708 --> 01:01:37,083
ANNOUNCER: Batting fifth,

922
01:01:37,208 --> 01:01:39,375
catching for Pittsburgh,
Manny Sanguillen.

923
01:01:39,500 --> 01:01:41,333
[laughs]

924
01:04:20,125 --> 01:04:23,667
The house that we lived in
when I was a child

925
01:04:23,792 --> 01:04:26,250
was near Three Rivers Stadium.

926
01:04:26,375 --> 01:04:29,333
One particular Sunday
I went to the Pirate game

927
01:04:29,500 --> 01:04:33,333
and afterwards went home
and got my rubber ball out,

928
01:04:33,458 --> 01:04:36,083
and I was out front throwing
the rubber ball off the wall.

929
01:04:36,208 --> 01:04:37,708
After an hour,
hour and a half,

930
01:04:37,875 --> 01:04:39,750
I looked up
and I saw the green El Dorado

931
01:04:39,875 --> 01:04:42,083
coming down the drive
from the stadium,

932
01:04:42,208 --> 01:04:44,042
and I knew
that was Roberto's car.

933
01:04:44,167 --> 01:04:48,042
So I waved to him
and he beeped.

934
01:04:48,208 --> 01:04:49,625
He got out of the car
and he said, okay,

935
01:04:49,708 --> 01:04:51,125
let's see what you got.

936
01:04:51,208 --> 01:04:53,833
So I started playing catch
with Roberto.

937
01:04:58,417 --> 01:05:01,083
My father, who was
a very hard man to impress,

938
01:05:01,208 --> 01:05:02,833
I remember he came
to the front door

939
01:05:02,958 --> 01:05:05,083
and he was watching us,

940
01:05:05,208 --> 01:05:06,792
and I remember him
calling to my mother,

941
01:05:06,917 --> 01:05:10,958
saying, hey, Sadie,
come look at your kid.

942
01:05:11,083 --> 01:05:13,083
And I think
that was the first time

943
01:05:13,250 --> 01:05:15,125
I ever impressed my father.

944
01:05:17,417 --> 01:05:20,292
My mom was in the midst
of cooking a Sunday dinner

945
01:05:20,375 --> 01:05:21,833
and she comes out
and she says, Roberto, Roberto,

946
01:05:21,917 --> 01:05:23,417
it's such a pleasure
to meet you.

947
01:05:23,542 --> 01:05:24,750
You're Harry's favorite.

948
01:05:24,875 --> 01:05:26,208
Come on, you gotta
come in the house.

949
01:05:26,375 --> 01:05:27,833
You gotta come in,
we're just having dinner.

950
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:29,333
And he's like,
oh, no, no, no,

951
01:05:29,500 --> 01:05:31,333
I don't want to intrude,
I don't want to intrude.

952
01:05:31,500 --> 01:05:33,458
And my mom's tugging
on his sleeve.

953
01:05:33,583 --> 01:05:35,167
So he's, okay.

954
01:05:35,333 --> 01:05:37,083
He comes in and he sits down

955
01:05:37,208 --> 01:05:39,792
and we had burgers
and crinkle cut fries

956
01:05:39,917 --> 01:05:41,500
and iced teas
and Roberto sat there

957
01:05:41,625 --> 01:05:45,042
and he was just so personable
and just so down to earth.

958
01:05:45,208 --> 01:05:47,000
He just carried himself
so differently

959
01:05:47,125 --> 01:05:49,000
and he spoke differently

960
01:05:49,125 --> 01:05:52,458
and everything about him
was royalty.

961
01:05:52,542 --> 01:05:54,333
I've never had the feeling

962
01:05:54,500 --> 01:05:57,958
that I did
when I met Roberto Clemente,

963
01:05:58,042 --> 01:06:01,167
and I've never met anyone
like him since.

964
01:06:05,208 --> 01:06:07,000
One of the things
Dad always received

965
01:06:07,167 --> 01:06:08,917
was a lot of fan mail,

966
01:06:09,042 --> 01:06:12,000
and they came in in sacks.

967
01:06:12,167 --> 01:06:14,875
As a kid, you want to have some
connection to the ballplayers.

968
01:06:15,042 --> 01:06:16,333
So I would find pictures

969
01:06:16,458 --> 01:06:19,167
in Sports Illustrated
sports magazine,

970
01:06:19,250 --> 01:06:21,083
and I would send them a letter
with the picture,

971
01:06:21,208 --> 01:06:22,667
just asking
for their autograph.

972
01:06:22,833 --> 01:06:25,000
And hardly anyone ever got back.

973
01:06:25,125 --> 01:06:26,958
You know, it didn't,
especially the superstars.

974
01:06:27,042 --> 01:06:30,583
I was just this fourth grader,
you know,

975
01:06:30,708 --> 01:06:34,042
sending, "Dear Mr. Clemente,
you're my favorite player.

976
01:06:34,167 --> 01:06:36,083
I saw this picture,
if you could sign it."

977
01:06:36,208 --> 01:06:37,833
It was always just a needle
in a haystack.

978
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:39,833
Like, how would this
ever get to him?

979
01:06:39,958 --> 01:06:41,333
Would they really sign it?

980
01:06:41,458 --> 01:06:45,500
But damned if one day
showed up a letter.

981
01:06:45,625 --> 01:06:46,708
It's from the Pirates.

982
01:06:46,875 --> 01:06:47,917
I was, like,
what, the Pirates?

983
01:06:48,083 --> 01:06:49,417
So I open it up carefully.

984
01:06:49,542 --> 01:06:52,708
There's that beautiful picture
of Clemente

985
01:06:52,875 --> 01:06:55,000
behind the batting cage
just looking.

986
01:06:55,125 --> 01:06:56,917
And in the corner,

987
01:06:57,042 --> 01:07:01,292
to Rick, best wishes,
Roberto Clemente.

988
01:07:03,083 --> 01:07:08,000
He's, like, the only superstar
who ever got back.

989
01:07:11,833 --> 01:07:13,875
He would show up
at children's hospitals

990
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:19,667
and just walk into the hospital
and wanted to go visit kids.

991
01:07:22,958 --> 01:07:26,667
There's not many people
doing as much work.

992
01:07:26,792 --> 01:07:28,625
I'm not saying that guys
didn't go to hospitals,

993
01:07:28,750 --> 01:07:30,167
because they did.

994
01:07:30,250 --> 01:07:32,375
Babe Ruth did. Ted Williams did.
Willie Mays did.

995
01:07:32,500 --> 01:07:35,792
They did it,
but did they do it as much?

996
01:07:35,917 --> 01:07:37,333
And no one knew about it,

997
01:07:37,417 --> 01:07:39,042
because he wouldn't allow
the media to come.

998
01:07:39,167 --> 01:07:41,500
He would tell everybody,
don't tell anyone.

999
01:07:41,708 --> 01:07:45,500
So think of what we do know,
think of what we don't know.

1000
01:07:52,208 --> 01:07:54,625
[chanting]
The whole world's watching!

1001
01:07:54,708 --> 01:07:56,458
The whole world's watching!

1002
01:07:56,583 --> 01:07:58,167
REPORTER:
The demonstrators came.

1003
01:07:58,375 --> 01:08:01,167
Their positions on the war,
racial discrimination,

1004
01:08:01,333 --> 01:08:04,167
and other political issues
were made known.

1005
01:08:04,250 --> 01:08:08,167
Throughout the rally, officers
of the Metropolitan Police

1006
01:08:08,292 --> 01:08:11,167
were directed to maintain
a low visibility profile.

1007
01:08:16,208 --> 01:08:20,500
It was a period of unease
in America.

1008
01:08:20,667 --> 01:08:24,000
The Vietnam War
was still going on.

1009
01:08:24,083 --> 01:08:25,583
The Civil Rights Movement

1010
01:08:25,708 --> 01:08:28,833
had moved from integration
to Black Power.

1011
01:08:36,250 --> 01:08:40,042
You know, there's always
divisiveness in America.

1012
01:08:40,167 --> 01:08:42,833
'71 was one of those periods.

1013
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:45,417
It was a funky time,

1014
01:08:45,542 --> 01:08:48,750
and those Pirates reflected that
in every way.

1015
01:08:52,625 --> 01:08:57,458
ANNOUNCER: Number 21,
Roberto Clemente.

1016
01:08:57,542 --> 01:08:58,667
[cheering]

1017
01:08:58,750 --> 01:09:02,667
The 1971 Pirates
were a very good team.

1018
01:09:02,833 --> 01:09:05,292
You know, just talent
oozing all over the place,

1019
01:09:05,375 --> 01:09:10,000
with young stars like
Willie Stargell and Al Oliver,

1020
01:09:10,125 --> 01:09:12,333
Manny Sanguillen.

1021
01:09:12,458 --> 01:09:14,500
They had a lot of great players,

1022
01:09:14,667 --> 01:09:17,208
with Clemente as the leader
and the oldest of the group.

1023
01:09:17,333 --> 01:09:19,375
In some ways,
they were almost like

1024
01:09:19,542 --> 01:09:21,500
this great boy band of a team.

1025
01:09:21,583 --> 01:09:24,417
Like, there's the bad boy
and there's the cute one

1026
01:09:24,542 --> 01:09:27,417
and there's the slightly
rough around the edges,

1027
01:09:27,542 --> 01:09:29,750
but approachable one.
[laughs]

1028
01:09:35,542 --> 01:09:37,250
Yeah, we had a little thing
in the clubhouse

1029
01:09:37,375 --> 01:09:38,917
called the Kangaroo Court.

1030
01:09:39,083 --> 01:09:41,833
It was set up
to take guys to court

1031
01:09:41,958 --> 01:09:43,667
that did things
that were out of the ordinary.

1032
01:09:43,875 --> 01:09:46,000
Put it that way.

1033
01:09:46,125 --> 01:09:47,333
Put your hat on backwards

1034
01:09:47,458 --> 01:09:49,458
or miss a belt loop
in your pants.

1035
01:09:49,542 --> 01:09:52,375
Throwing a bat, getting
thrown out of the game.

1036
01:09:52,500 --> 01:09:54,417
Not buying someone a beer
after the game.

1037
01:09:54,542 --> 01:09:56,792
And you would get tried
in front of your peers.

1038
01:10:02,208 --> 01:10:05,167
If you went to a Kangaroo Court,

1039
01:10:05,250 --> 01:10:07,458
you were guilty no matter what.

1040
01:10:07,542 --> 01:10:08,958
Yeah, you do that
in the big leagues now,

1041
01:10:09,042 --> 01:10:10,417
there's a fist fight.

1042
01:10:13,958 --> 01:10:16,333
The characters we had,

1043
01:10:16,500 --> 01:10:18,000
and Clemente
was right in the mix.

1044
01:10:18,125 --> 01:10:20,500
Dave Giusti would scream at him
in Italian,

1045
01:10:20,625 --> 01:10:22,375
Clemente would holler back
in Spanish,

1046
01:10:22,542 --> 01:10:25,333
and then Manny Sanguillen
would try to interpret.

1047
01:10:25,417 --> 01:10:26,875
Now, you would have bought
a ticket to that.

1048
01:10:27,042 --> 01:10:29,500
And that was in our clubhouse.

1049
01:10:42,667 --> 01:10:45,458
We had a milestone
that happened in baseball

1050
01:10:45,583 --> 01:10:47,417
that very few people talk about.

1051
01:10:54,500 --> 01:10:57,708
September the 1st, 1971.

1052
01:10:57,875 --> 01:11:00,375
September 1st, 1971.

1053
01:11:00,458 --> 01:11:02,500
I always got
to the ballpark early

1054
01:11:02,625 --> 01:11:04,167
the days I knew
that I was playing.

1055
01:11:04,292 --> 01:11:06,708
The lineup had been posted,

1056
01:11:06,875 --> 01:11:08,167
and I knew I was in there.

1057
01:11:08,292 --> 01:11:10,458
And I remember
our little bat boy,

1058
01:11:10,542 --> 01:11:15,333
he makes the comment that
the Homestead Grays are in town.

1059
01:11:15,458 --> 01:11:17,833
And I kept saying,

1060
01:11:17,917 --> 01:11:20,542
Homestead Grays are
one of the Negro League teams.

1061
01:11:20,708 --> 01:11:22,833
And it just
kind of like, pssht,

1062
01:11:22,958 --> 01:11:24,083
went right over my shoulders.

1063
01:11:24,208 --> 01:11:25,500
Didn't think too much about it.

1064
01:11:25,667 --> 01:11:26,792
ANNOUNCER:
And for the Bucs,

1065
01:11:26,875 --> 01:11:28,292
who get a fine ovation now

1066
01:11:28,417 --> 01:11:30,000
as they come out of the dugout

1067
01:11:30,125 --> 01:11:32,292
and head on to the field.

1068
01:11:32,375 --> 01:11:35,375
I played third base
that night,

1069
01:11:35,542 --> 01:11:37,542
and Rennie played second.

1070
01:11:37,667 --> 01:11:40,375
Jackie played short.
Scoop played first.

1071
01:11:40,458 --> 01:11:42,208
Clemente was in right.

1072
01:11:42,333 --> 01:11:45,500
Gene was in center.
Willie was in left.

1073
01:11:45,583 --> 01:11:47,375
And Sanguillen was catching.

1074
01:11:48,417 --> 01:11:50,333
I'm out there in center field,

1075
01:11:50,500 --> 01:11:53,167
and I'm thinking about
what the bat boy had said.

1076
01:11:53,292 --> 01:11:55,708
Then I looked to my left
and there was Stargell.

1077
01:11:55,875 --> 01:11:58,500
Then I looked to my right
and there was Clemente.

1078
01:11:58,667 --> 01:12:02,625
And then I kind of turned around
and then I start...

1079
01:12:04,958 --> 01:12:06,500
I looked at Al.

1080
01:12:06,625 --> 01:12:09,708
I said, Al, man,
there's all brothers out here.

1081
01:12:09,875 --> 01:12:12,667
And he said,
yeah, I guess you're right.

1082
01:12:18,292 --> 01:12:21,208
That day,
the Pittsburgh Pirates

1083
01:12:21,375 --> 01:12:25,333
fielded the only
minority starting lineup

1084
01:12:25,458 --> 01:12:26,583
in baseball history.

1085
01:12:28,833 --> 01:12:29,917
And we did win.

1086
01:12:31,917 --> 01:12:36,833
It wasn't about having
nine black and Latino players.

1087
01:12:36,958 --> 01:12:40,042
It was about having
a group of guys out there

1088
01:12:40,167 --> 01:12:42,708
with the same mindset
of winning.

1089
01:12:50,875 --> 01:12:53,208
ANNOUNCER: The Baltimore Orioles
make the World Series scene

1090
01:12:53,375 --> 01:12:55,000
for the third straight year.

1091
01:12:55,167 --> 01:12:57,583
And they're heavily favored
to win as they did a year ago.

1092
01:13:02,250 --> 01:13:04,250
There was a Baltimore newspaper

1093
01:13:04,375 --> 01:13:06,917
that ran up a headline
before the series,

1094
01:13:07,083 --> 01:13:08,458
predicting that the Orioles

1095
01:13:08,542 --> 01:13:11,458
are gonna win the series
in three games.

1096
01:13:11,542 --> 01:13:14,292
Of course,
that's impossible to do.

1097
01:13:14,417 --> 01:13:16,292
But it was an insult
to the Pirates,

1098
01:13:16,417 --> 01:13:18,083
saying
you Pirates have no chance.

1099
01:13:18,208 --> 01:13:20,042
The deck appeared
to be stacked once again

1100
01:13:20,167 --> 01:13:22,542
against the Pirates in '71.

1101
01:13:22,667 --> 01:13:24,417
The Orioles were truly

1102
01:13:24,583 --> 01:13:26,458
one of the great teams
in baseball history.

1103
01:13:26,625 --> 01:13:29,167
The Pirates, in a World Series
for the first time in 11 years,

1104
01:13:29,250 --> 01:13:30,792
start Dock Ellis.

1105
01:13:30,875 --> 01:13:33,833
And the Orioles, with a choice
of four 20-game winners,

1106
01:13:33,958 --> 01:13:35,292
pick Dave McNally.

1107
01:13:35,417 --> 01:13:37,500
Baltimore had four
20-game winners.

1108
01:13:37,625 --> 01:13:38,917
Four 20-game winners.

1109
01:13:39,042 --> 01:13:40,042
Four 20-game winners.

1110
01:13:40,208 --> 01:13:41,458
It's very odd

1111
01:13:41,583 --> 01:13:45,250
to have four pitchers
on your team

1112
01:13:45,375 --> 01:13:47,833
that each one of them
won 20 games.

1113
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,333
Game one,
they didn't give us a chance.

1114
01:13:50,500 --> 01:13:51,458
They had a devastating team.

1115
01:13:51,542 --> 01:13:53,333
They had Frank Robinson,

1116
01:13:53,458 --> 01:13:55,333
the Most Valuable Player
in both leagues.

1117
01:13:55,417 --> 01:13:57,625
Boog Powell, 30 home runs.

1118
01:13:57,708 --> 01:13:59,583
Brooks Robinson, probably one
of the greatest third basemen

1119
01:13:59,708 --> 01:14:01,292
ever to play the game.

1120
01:14:01,375 --> 01:14:04,667
ANNOUNCER: Brooks Robinson
goes into his act.

1121
01:14:09,375 --> 01:14:11,625
It's beyond
Stargell's desperate leap.

1122
01:14:11,708 --> 01:14:14,125
The Orioles lead 4-3.

1123
01:14:15,917 --> 01:14:18,333
The impact
sends Sanguillen spinning.

1124
01:14:18,458 --> 01:14:19,750
Buford in the fifth.

1125
01:14:21,500 --> 01:14:23,333
In so many ways,

1126
01:14:23,458 --> 01:14:25,167
the Orioles are reminiscent
of the Yankees

1127
01:14:25,292 --> 01:14:26,542
of a generation ago.

1128
01:14:26,708 --> 01:14:28,833
Baltimore 5, Pittsburgh 3.

1129
01:14:28,958 --> 01:14:32,667
In that World Series,
I mean, I was a nervous wreck.

1130
01:14:32,792 --> 01:14:34,500
I was probably shaking
like a leaf,

1131
01:14:34,625 --> 01:14:36,500
I'd just put a uniform on it,
I went out there,

1132
01:14:36,667 --> 01:14:37,917
and said, here I am
in the big leagues.

1133
01:14:40,083 --> 01:14:41,667
ANNOUNCER: Now Willie Stargell,

1134
01:14:41,792 --> 01:14:43,083
the home run king of the majors.

1135
01:14:45,625 --> 01:14:48,292
And when Oliver
fumbles and falls,

1136
01:14:48,375 --> 01:14:51,125
three birds
are sent into orbit.

1137
01:14:51,208 --> 01:14:53,167
Guys were mad.

1138
01:14:53,250 --> 01:14:54,417
That was embarrassing to us.

1139
01:14:54,542 --> 01:14:57,333
Baltimore 11,
Pittsburgh 3.

1140
01:14:57,500 --> 01:14:59,833
They kicked our butts
pretty good.

1141
01:14:59,958 --> 01:15:02,542
We got pounded, you know,
we got beat.

1142
01:15:02,708 --> 01:15:04,333
We were just frustrated
and mad

1143
01:15:04,417 --> 01:15:07,333
because we didn't represent
the true Pirates at the time,

1144
01:15:07,500 --> 01:15:09,542
and that was embarrassing to us.

1145
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,917
They looked like they
didn't belong on the same field.

1146
01:15:21,042 --> 01:15:24,000
And a lot of people
gave up on the Pirates

1147
01:15:24,125 --> 01:15:25,500
after those first two games.

1148
01:15:25,708 --> 01:15:27,917
Now we're coming back
to Three Rivers,

1149
01:15:28,042 --> 01:15:30,042
and I know the fans
of Pittsburgh

1150
01:15:30,167 --> 01:15:31,000
were starting to panic.

1151
01:15:35,625 --> 01:15:37,792
You can't lose the third game

1152
01:15:37,875 --> 01:15:41,125
and go down three to nothing
to the Baltimore Orioles,

1153
01:15:41,292 --> 01:15:44,667
who had won 100 games
coming into the World Series,

1154
01:15:44,750 --> 01:15:48,833
had a 16-game winning streak
coming into game three.

1155
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:50,833
ANNOUNCER:
Game three comes to Pittsburgh's

1156
01:15:50,958 --> 01:15:52,708
magnificent
Three Rivers Stadium.

1157
01:15:52,833 --> 01:15:54,875
They're down two games to none,

1158
01:15:55,042 --> 01:15:58,167
and the Pirates
are in a close one-run game.

1159
01:15:58,292 --> 01:15:59,958
They're facing Mike Cuellar,

1160
01:16:00,042 --> 01:16:03,333
one of the four 20-game winners
on the Orioles staff.

1161
01:16:03,458 --> 01:16:05,833
He threw me
a first-pitch screwball,

1162
01:16:05,917 --> 01:16:08,042
and I hit it down
the left field line for a double

1163
01:16:08,167 --> 01:16:09,167
to start the game.

1164
01:16:09,292 --> 01:16:11,125
ANNOUNCER: Now Clemente.

1165
01:16:11,208 --> 01:16:12,667
Clemente's the next hitter.

1166
01:16:16,875 --> 01:16:20,667
I want to go back
to one play in particular.

1167
01:16:20,792 --> 01:16:24,167
Clemente hits a routine bouncer.

1168
01:16:24,333 --> 01:16:26,875
Easy play for Cuellar.

1169
01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:32,583
But instead of, you know,
just jogging to first,

1170
01:16:32,708 --> 01:16:34,667
assuming it was
gonna be an out,

1171
01:16:34,792 --> 01:16:37,708
Clemente busts out
of the batter's box.

1172
01:16:37,833 --> 01:16:40,292
ANNOUNCER:
Roberto's 37-year-old legs

1173
01:16:40,375 --> 01:16:42,125
beat the relay to first,

1174
01:16:42,250 --> 01:16:43,750
and Cash scored.

1175
01:16:43,875 --> 01:16:45,292
Every time Clemente
hit a ground ball to anybody,

1176
01:16:45,375 --> 01:16:48,583
he was full speed
all the way through first base.

1177
01:16:48,708 --> 01:16:50,542
He set the standard,
and we tried to emulate it.

1178
01:16:50,708 --> 01:16:52,042
ANNOUNCER: Should have been
over on first base now.

1179
01:16:52,167 --> 01:16:54,333
We should have two out.
You nervous a little bit?

1180
01:16:54,458 --> 01:16:56,750
Right then,
it was game on, okay?

1181
01:16:56,875 --> 01:16:59,792
They knew that we were here
to play some baseball.

1182
01:17:01,375 --> 01:17:03,000
Sanguillen's hit
is to right center,

1183
01:17:03,125 --> 01:17:06,250
and the smiling Panamanian
dives into second with a double.

1184
01:17:11,458 --> 01:17:12,875
In that World Series,

1185
01:17:13,042 --> 01:17:15,500
Clemente showed the world
what he could do.

1186
01:17:15,625 --> 01:17:18,000
I mean, the way he run,
the way he slid,

1187
01:17:18,167 --> 01:17:20,167
the way he caught balls,

1188
01:17:20,292 --> 01:17:21,833
the way he threw runners out.

1189
01:17:21,958 --> 01:17:25,167
You can go on
and on and on.

1190
01:17:25,250 --> 01:17:26,792
ANNOUNCER:
And when the last out is made,

1191
01:17:26,917 --> 01:17:29,667
the Orioles win streak
ends at 15,

1192
01:17:29,833 --> 01:17:33,667
and the final score,
Pittsburgh 5, Baltimore 1.

1193
01:17:33,833 --> 01:17:36,792
Game three
was like a stepping stone.

1194
01:17:36,917 --> 01:17:39,167
Like, hey, we got
part of the job done.

1195
01:17:39,250 --> 01:17:42,125
We'll take one game at a time
and see what happens.

1196
01:17:42,250 --> 01:17:44,583
ANNOUNCER: Game four,
the first night game

1197
01:17:44,708 --> 01:17:46,625
in World Series history,

1198
01:17:46,708 --> 01:17:48,000
and the tranquility
of the riverboat

1199
01:17:48,208 --> 01:17:51,000
belies the excitement
of the occasion.

1200
01:17:51,083 --> 01:17:53,583
On the field, Stan Musial
joined by the Misses

1201
01:17:53,708 --> 01:17:55,833
and Pittsburgh Vice President
Bing Crosby,

1202
01:17:55,958 --> 01:17:58,875
who also has a few hits
to his credit.

1203
01:18:01,792 --> 01:18:04,917
And quickly, the Pirates
get back in the ballgame.

1204
01:18:12,583 --> 01:18:15,333
And the kangaroo bounce
off the synthetic grass

1205
01:18:15,500 --> 01:18:17,042
makes it a two-base hit.

1206
01:18:18,667 --> 01:18:20,167
Clemente settles for a single,

1207
01:18:20,292 --> 01:18:23,333
a 10th straight series game
in which he's hit safely.

1208
01:18:23,500 --> 01:18:24,708
When we needed a hit,

1209
01:18:24,875 --> 01:18:27,667
Roberto came through
every time.

1210
01:18:27,792 --> 01:18:29,417
As a teammate,
when you see him do that,

1211
01:18:29,542 --> 01:18:31,292
we're gonna do it as well.

1212
01:18:31,375 --> 01:18:33,833
ANNOUNCER: Now the Bucks call
on Dave Giusti to lock it up,

1213
01:18:33,958 --> 01:18:36,208
and Powell's foul pop
tells it all.

1214
01:18:36,375 --> 01:18:38,792
The World Series is all tied up.

1215
01:18:40,125 --> 01:18:42,500
Clemente said,
we're gonna go home,

1216
01:18:42,625 --> 01:18:43,833
we're gonna win this series,

1217
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:47,083
and the other Pirates
believed him.

1218
01:18:50,917 --> 01:18:53,458
They thought
that that four 20-game winners

1219
01:18:53,583 --> 01:18:55,833
was gonna handle our lineup.

1220
01:18:55,958 --> 01:18:58,042
Uh-uh.
You better get more than that.

1221
01:18:58,208 --> 01:19:01,125
ANNOUNCER: The Pirates
taking the World Series lead,

1222
01:19:01,208 --> 01:19:04,833
holding the Birds to nine hits
in 27 innings,

1223
01:19:04,875 --> 01:19:07,042
showing the kind of pitching
and defense

1224
01:19:07,208 --> 01:19:10,833
that Baltimore is endowed with,
but has not unveiled so far.

1225
01:19:13,708 --> 01:19:15,958
Three games in a row.

1226
01:19:20,375 --> 01:19:23,333
What was so clutch about Roberto
in the World Series

1227
01:19:23,417 --> 01:19:25,292
was his power.

1228
01:19:25,375 --> 01:19:29,000
He showed power that a lot of
people didn't think that he had.

1229
01:19:29,083 --> 01:19:30,167
ANNOUNCER: Fans might
want to take a look

1230
01:19:30,292 --> 01:19:31,792
at the body of this man.

1231
01:19:31,875 --> 01:19:33,458
You can almost put your hands
around his waist.

1232
01:19:33,583 --> 01:19:35,625
He weighs about 185.

1233
01:19:35,750 --> 01:19:37,667
If you've seen him stripped
from the waist up,

1234
01:19:37,792 --> 01:19:39,333
a marvelous chest and shoulders,

1235
01:19:39,458 --> 01:19:41,167
long, limber muscles.

1236
01:19:41,250 --> 01:19:43,958
I call it almost
the perfect body for an athlete.

1237
01:19:46,375 --> 01:19:49,000
Clemente, who tagged Palmer
for a single and double

1238
01:19:49,125 --> 01:19:50,833
the first two times
they met up with each other,

1239
01:19:50,958 --> 01:19:53,208
improves on that.

1240
01:19:53,333 --> 01:19:55,667
I always tell people
that haven't ever had a chance

1241
01:19:55,708 --> 01:19:58,500
to see Clemente
play in the field,

1242
01:19:58,583 --> 01:19:59,500
watch some of the highlights
of him

1243
01:19:59,625 --> 01:20:01,833
from the 1971 World Series.

1244
01:20:01,958 --> 01:20:04,583
ANNOUNCER:
Roberto going with the pitch

1245
01:20:04,708 --> 01:20:06,958
and sailing it
over Frank Robinson's head.

1246
01:20:07,083 --> 01:20:10,458
It's his 11th hit
and first homer of the series.

1247
01:20:10,542 --> 01:20:13,167
And the Pirates lead 2-0.

1248
01:20:15,167 --> 01:20:17,875
In the ninth, the Orioles
go for the tiebreaker.

1249
01:20:18,042 --> 01:20:21,250
Buford with Belanger
on first and two out.

1250
01:20:21,375 --> 01:20:25,500
And only a good play by Clemente
keeps Belanger from scoring.

1251
01:20:25,625 --> 01:20:28,333
We're going into extra innings.

1252
01:20:37,375 --> 01:20:38,875
Rettenmund up next.

1253
01:20:45,708 --> 01:20:47,833
And he bounces one though.

1254
01:20:48,000 --> 01:20:50,958
And look at Frank Robinson
shift into high gear.

1255
01:20:53,000 --> 01:20:56,833
Frank Robinson
made the play of the game,

1256
01:20:56,958 --> 01:20:58,333
and it set up a situation

1257
01:20:58,417 --> 01:21:01,042
where they had first and third
and one out.

1258
01:21:01,167 --> 01:21:02,625
ANNOUNCER: Puts runners
on first and third.

1259
01:21:02,750 --> 01:21:05,833
The infield,
the outfield drawn in.

1260
01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:08,875
We got a fly ball
to center field.

1261
01:21:09,042 --> 01:21:11,167
ANNOUNCER: Davalillo's under it
and shallow.

1262
01:21:11,333 --> 01:21:12,875
Davalillo's got it,
Frank is coming.

1263
01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:14,208
Here comes the throw!

1264
01:21:21,125 --> 01:21:24,333
He scores
and the Orioles win!

1265
01:21:26,917 --> 01:21:29,083
And the final score
in 10 innings,

1266
01:21:29,208 --> 01:21:32,125
Baltimore three runs,
two runs Pittsburgh.

1267
01:21:35,292 --> 01:21:37,167
They walked us off the field.

1268
01:21:37,208 --> 01:21:40,792
We had to walk off the field
with our tails between our legs.

1269
01:21:40,917 --> 01:21:42,125
But we still had
one game to play.

1270
01:21:46,125 --> 01:21:49,000
ANNOUNCER:
Roberto Clemente in right field,

1271
01:21:49,042 --> 01:21:51,542
and behind the plate,
we have Manny Sanguillen.

1272
01:21:51,667 --> 01:21:55,833
And on the mound, Steve Blass.

1273
01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:57,458
Two strikes to Powell.

1274
01:21:57,583 --> 01:21:59,958
One out, Buford at first.

1275
01:22:01,667 --> 01:22:04,417
Look out. One and two.

1276
01:22:09,458 --> 01:22:15,375
Well, it has been strictly
a home team World Series so far.

1277
01:22:15,542 --> 01:22:18,375
The Pirates have won every game
played in Pittsburgh.

1278
01:22:18,542 --> 01:22:21,667
The Orioles have won every game
played in Baltimore.

1279
01:22:21,833 --> 01:22:25,333
And now time,
Earl Weaver is on his way.

1280
01:22:25,417 --> 01:22:26,792
Earl Weaver: 8.01.

1281
01:22:26,875 --> 01:22:28,750
Rule 8.01 says
he's got to take us--

1282
01:22:28,875 --> 01:22:30,292
He's got the pitch
from in front,

1283
01:22:30,375 --> 01:22:33,708
on the rubber in front
and not on the side.

1284
01:22:33,875 --> 01:22:35,583
This is a lot of tricky stuff.

1285
01:22:35,708 --> 01:22:38,375
Rule 8.01. 8.01.

1286
01:22:38,542 --> 01:22:40,000
He's not lined up properly
on the rubber.

1287
01:22:40,167 --> 01:22:41,792
Stopped the game.

1288
01:22:41,875 --> 01:22:44,833
Came out in an effort
to distract me.

1289
01:22:44,958 --> 01:22:47,000
ANNOUNCER: Now here
is a good close up shot.

1290
01:22:47,125 --> 01:22:48,458
And quite obviously,

1291
01:22:48,542 --> 01:22:50,000
Blass is exactly
where he is supposed to be

1292
01:22:50,125 --> 01:22:51,375
in contact with the rubber.

1293
01:22:54,208 --> 01:22:56,667
And this is the payoff.
3-2 pitch to Powell.

1294
01:22:56,750 --> 01:22:58,167
Buford at first and one out.

1295
01:22:58,292 --> 01:23:00,000
They hold Buford
and Powell strikes out.

1296
01:23:00,125 --> 01:23:02,667
What he didn't realize
I got so upset with him

1297
01:23:02,792 --> 01:23:05,292
that I forgot how nervous I was.

1298
01:23:05,375 --> 01:23:08,917
ANNOUNCER: So now pitching
from in front of the rubber,

1299
01:23:09,042 --> 01:23:10,542
Steve Blass.

1300
01:23:10,667 --> 01:23:13,167
Rule 8.01.

1301
01:23:13,292 --> 01:23:17,708
Roberto was the guy that said,
I will lead you guys.

1302
01:23:17,875 --> 01:23:20,167
Just give me a little help,
and I'll take care of the rest.

1303
01:23:20,250 --> 01:23:23,167
ANNOUNCER: And speaking
of problems to contend with,

1304
01:23:23,333 --> 01:23:26,333
Baltimore has had its hands full
and then some

1305
01:23:26,458 --> 01:23:29,833
trying to handle
Roberto Clemente.

1306
01:23:29,917 --> 01:23:32,500
Three scoreless innings
with less trouble.

1307
01:23:32,667 --> 01:23:34,250
But with two out in the fourth,

1308
01:23:34,375 --> 01:23:37,292
Clemente,
the unsinkable Pirate.

1309
01:23:39,417 --> 01:23:41,833
2nd ANNOUNCER:
A Clemente home run,

1310
01:23:41,958 --> 01:23:43,708
and the Pirates lead 1-0.

1311
01:23:43,875 --> 01:23:46,333
1st ANNOUNCER:
The Pirates lead 1-0.

1312
01:23:51,708 --> 01:23:53,542
We could not let him down.

1313
01:23:53,667 --> 01:23:56,708
ANNOUNCER: Pittsburgh 2
and Baltimore 1.

1314
01:23:58,583 --> 01:24:01,083
Blass has struck out five.

1315
01:24:01,208 --> 01:24:03,333
One more out,
the Pirates are world champs.

1316
01:24:03,500 --> 01:24:05,167
But that's always
the hardest out to get.

1317
01:24:05,292 --> 01:24:07,000
Now here is Merv Rettenmund.

1318
01:24:07,167 --> 01:24:08,375
He's very emotional

1319
01:24:08,500 --> 01:24:10,375
and he just might explode
out there.

1320
01:24:10,542 --> 01:24:13,708
Now the last hope for
the Orioles, Merv Rettenmund.

1321
01:24:13,833 --> 01:24:15,625
There's a drive up the middle.

1322
01:24:22,375 --> 01:24:25,000
Hernandez in back of the bag.
He's got him!

1323
01:24:25,083 --> 01:24:27,833
Jackie Hernandez!
Look at Blass!

1324
01:24:27,958 --> 01:24:31,750
Blass has pitched the Pirates
to the World Championship.

1325
01:24:31,875 --> 01:24:33,417
The Pirates, two games down,

1326
01:24:33,542 --> 01:24:36,292
they come back and become
the world champs.

1327
01:24:36,417 --> 01:24:38,583
Clemente, of course, played
brilliantly in this series.

1328
01:24:51,250 --> 01:24:53,250
I saw in Clemente

1329
01:24:53,375 --> 01:24:57,125
how bad that he wanted
that World Series,

1330
01:24:57,208 --> 01:24:59,500
not for him alone,

1331
01:24:59,667 --> 01:25:03,583
but also for his teammates
and the city of Pittsburgh.

1332
01:25:05,917 --> 01:25:08,333
He dominated that series,

1333
01:25:08,417 --> 01:25:11,333
and that's really the signature
performance of his career.

1334
01:25:11,417 --> 01:25:15,833
Clemente is an indisputably
great player,

1335
01:25:15,958 --> 01:25:17,667
and his era is a great era

1336
01:25:17,833 --> 01:25:19,833
filled with some
of the most memorable players,

1337
01:25:19,917 --> 01:25:21,792
and he took his place
among them.

1338
01:25:21,875 --> 01:25:26,208
It's Willie Mays, Hank Aaron,
and Roberto Clemente.

1339
01:25:31,208 --> 01:25:33,583
You know, little Pittsburgh
in 11 years

1340
01:25:33,708 --> 01:25:35,125
winning two championships

1341
01:25:35,208 --> 01:25:39,000
against two behemoths
with one commonality:

1342
01:25:39,125 --> 01:25:42,042
Roberto Clemente.

1343
01:25:42,208 --> 01:25:46,458
The world finally recognized
this great ballplayer.

1344
01:25:46,583 --> 01:25:49,500
And here with me right now,
the greatest right fielder

1345
01:25:49,667 --> 01:25:52,000
in the game of baseball,
Roberto Clemente.

1346
01:25:52,125 --> 01:25:54,583
Bobby, congratulations
on a great World Series.

1347
01:26:05,125 --> 01:26:08,208
[speaking Spanish]

1348
01:26:12,750 --> 01:26:16,833
I never see anybody, anybody--
And I see a lot of games--

1349
01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:18,667
and I never see anybody

1350
01:26:18,792 --> 01:26:22,167
saying, let me say something
in Spanish first.

1351
01:26:22,292 --> 01:26:24,625
[speaking Spanish]

1352
01:26:24,750 --> 01:26:27,542
It never happened before.

1353
01:26:29,333 --> 01:26:32,583
Hearing Roberto Clemente
speak in Spanish,

1354
01:26:32,708 --> 01:26:36,708
my Dad cried.

1355
01:26:36,833 --> 01:26:38,167
Because think for a moment.

1356
01:26:38,333 --> 01:26:40,167
You're listening to games
in English.

1357
01:26:40,333 --> 01:26:43,333
It's not like
you have a telecast

1358
01:26:43,500 --> 01:26:45,958
that's going to be
in Spanish.

1359
01:26:46,083 --> 01:26:49,625
So to hear his native tongue,

1360
01:26:49,708 --> 01:26:52,208
the impact
not only for my father,

1361
01:26:52,375 --> 01:26:56,917
but for everybody
throughout the United States

1362
01:26:57,042 --> 01:26:59,500
and certainly in Puerto Rico

1363
01:26:59,625 --> 01:27:05,375
that they're hearing Roberto
Clemente spoke in Spanish.

1364
01:27:05,500 --> 01:27:07,625
He's speaking to me.

1365
01:27:07,708 --> 01:27:11,333
Before I say anything English,
I would like to say something

1366
01:27:11,417 --> 01:27:13,750
for my mother and father
in Spanish.

1367
01:27:13,875 --> 01:27:16,708
[speaking Spanish]

1368
01:27:27,708 --> 01:27:30,750
It was after
the '71 World Series.

1369
01:27:30,875 --> 01:27:33,167
He arrived in Puerto Rico.

1370
01:27:33,292 --> 01:27:34,958
It was a sea of people

1371
01:27:35,042 --> 01:27:37,292
and they were trying
to get to Dad,

1372
01:27:37,417 --> 01:27:39,667
like pulling and,
I mean, fighting to get--

1373
01:27:39,708 --> 01:27:42,667
it was insane.

1374
01:27:42,750 --> 01:27:48,417
There was a correlation
of how people acted towards Dad

1375
01:27:48,542 --> 01:27:50,750
and what he did for them.

1376
01:27:54,708 --> 01:27:56,083
For me, it was just Dad,
you know?

1377
01:27:56,208 --> 01:27:58,500
It's like, what's the big deal?

1378
01:27:58,625 --> 01:27:59,458
It's Dad.

1379
01:28:01,042 --> 01:28:04,625
Roberto:

1380
01:28:41,667 --> 01:28:43,833
REPORTER:
The airport here in Managua

1381
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:45,042
is practically deserted.

1382
01:28:45,125 --> 01:28:46,083
Fires are blazing everywhere.

1383
01:28:46,208 --> 01:28:47,500
The rubble is in the streets.

1384
01:28:47,625 --> 01:28:49,542
It is impossible
for traffic to get through.

1385
01:28:49,708 --> 01:28:52,875
It is not known at this point
whether they would be able to.

1386
01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:56,083
The central portion of the city
is practically destroyed.

1387
01:28:56,250 --> 01:28:57,625
[siren]

1388
01:28:57,750 --> 01:29:00,833
Right before Christmas in 1972,

1389
01:29:00,958 --> 01:29:04,583
there was a massive earthquake
in Nicaragua.

1390
01:29:04,708 --> 01:29:06,875
Hundreds of people killed,

1391
01:29:07,042 --> 01:29:09,708
thousands and thousands
pushed out of their homes.

1392
01:29:09,875 --> 01:29:12,708
Dad had gone to Nicaragua
several times

1393
01:29:12,875 --> 01:29:17,500
and continued to go
because he loved how he felt.

1394
01:29:17,625 --> 01:29:21,000
He always thought that Nicaragua
reminded him of Puerto Rico

1395
01:29:21,167 --> 01:29:22,500
when he was growing up.

1396
01:29:22,708 --> 01:29:26,500
He had friends there
that he loved very much.

1397
01:29:27,917 --> 01:29:30,708
[speaking Spanish]

1398
01:29:37,125 --> 01:29:39,875
Immediately Dad says,
you know what?

1399
01:29:40,000 --> 01:29:42,167
We're gonna have to do
something about this.

1400
01:29:42,292 --> 01:29:46,583
He called a friend
who has a TV show

1401
01:29:46,708 --> 01:29:50,542
and asked to go
live television

1402
01:29:50,667 --> 01:29:52,708
to start asking for aid.

1403
01:29:52,833 --> 01:29:55,708
[speaking Spanish]

1404
01:29:57,833 --> 01:29:59,375
That was Dad.

1405
01:29:59,500 --> 01:30:02,167
Dad was the guy that
spearheaded the whole thing.

1406
01:30:02,250 --> 01:30:03,708
He was right
in the middle of it,

1407
01:30:03,833 --> 01:30:07,250
carrying boxes and taping boxes

1408
01:30:07,375 --> 01:30:08,875
and getting them ready
to be shipped.

1409
01:30:12,250 --> 01:30:13,833
Word came back to him

1410
01:30:13,958 --> 01:30:16,042
that the aid
wasn't getting to the people.

1411
01:30:16,208 --> 01:30:18,667
It was being basically stolen

1412
01:30:18,750 --> 01:30:23,042
by the strongman
Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua

1413
01:30:23,208 --> 01:30:25,208
and his troops.

1414
01:30:25,333 --> 01:30:28,208
When he understood that the aid,

1415
01:30:28,375 --> 01:30:30,708
it was not getting
to Masaya Hospital

1416
01:30:30,875 --> 01:30:34,583
where it was sent to,
he decided to go.

1417
01:30:34,708 --> 01:30:37,375
He said, I need to go
and cross the militia line

1418
01:30:37,542 --> 01:30:40,167
and get to the people
that need the help.

1419
01:30:58,875 --> 01:31:02,500
The morning,
I remember waking up.

1420
01:31:02,583 --> 01:31:06,000
I went out crying
through the front door.

1421
01:31:06,125 --> 01:31:08,417
When I got to him, I said,
Dad, don't get on that plane.

1422
01:31:08,542 --> 01:31:11,000
You know,
he looked at me and he goes,

1423
01:31:11,208 --> 01:31:12,500
I'll see you when I get back.

1424
01:31:12,625 --> 01:31:15,833
I said, no, you won't.

1425
01:32:16,875 --> 01:32:19,042
REPORTER: Today was a day
of mourning in Puerto Rico

1426
01:32:19,208 --> 01:32:20,667
for Roberto Clemente,

1427
01:32:20,750 --> 01:32:22,542
the Pittsburgh Pirates
baseball star.

1428
01:32:22,708 --> 01:32:25,167
Clemente was a hero
in Puerto Rico.

1429
01:32:25,333 --> 01:32:27,333
Yesterday, he and four other men

1430
01:32:27,500 --> 01:32:29,667
died in a plane crash
in the ocean.

1431
01:32:29,750 --> 01:32:32,083
They had been flying
a load of relief supplies

1432
01:32:32,208 --> 01:32:34,917
for victims of the earthquake
in Managua, Nicaragua.

1433
01:32:35,042 --> 01:32:37,292
Today, the search continued
for the plane

1434
01:32:37,417 --> 01:32:39,333
and the men
who went down with it.

1435
01:32:39,417 --> 01:32:43,000
All I heard was a scream.

1436
01:32:43,083 --> 01:32:45,042
Mom screaming.

1437
01:32:47,625 --> 01:32:49,917
And, um...

1438
01:32:54,083 --> 01:32:57,208
And I knew that, um...

1439
01:32:59,375 --> 01:33:01,625
that Dad was gone.

1440
01:33:05,542 --> 01:33:07,667
[speaking Spanish]

1441
01:33:50,458 --> 01:33:52,417
[sniffles]

1442
01:33:52,542 --> 01:33:56,500
It was like losing
a family member.

1443
01:33:56,583 --> 01:33:59,208
And I'll never forget that day.

1444
01:34:02,625 --> 01:34:05,083
It still bothers me.

1445
01:34:06,375 --> 01:34:10,000
[bell tolls]

1446
01:34:10,083 --> 01:34:13,833
He fell on a mission of mercy

1447
01:34:13,958 --> 01:34:15,542
as he journeyed south

1448
01:34:15,708 --> 01:34:18,500
to help the distressed people
of Nicaragua.

1449
01:34:18,625 --> 01:34:20,500
We have known him

1450
01:34:20,625 --> 01:34:23,167
as a fitting example
for our children,

1451
01:34:23,250 --> 01:34:24,792
as a living demonstration

1452
01:34:24,875 --> 01:34:28,583
of sportsmanship
and athletic excellence.

1453
01:34:28,708 --> 01:34:30,500
When it came across the radio

1454
01:34:30,667 --> 01:34:34,875
as the number one headline
of the day,

1455
01:34:35,042 --> 01:34:37,750
my mother and my father and I
just sat there and bawled.

1456
01:34:45,250 --> 01:34:47,292
The research I did,

1457
01:34:47,417 --> 01:34:49,625
finding out what really happened
with that plane

1458
01:34:49,792 --> 01:34:54,208
was the most
devastating research

1459
01:34:54,333 --> 01:34:56,167
I've done in my career.

1460
01:34:59,333 --> 01:35:02,667
The plane that he got on

1461
01:35:02,792 --> 01:35:05,667
had been purchased
at a part of Miami airport

1462
01:35:05,750 --> 01:35:07,125
that was called
Cockroach Corner.

1463
01:35:07,250 --> 01:35:11,667
It was where all these
bad planes were housed.

1464
01:35:11,792 --> 01:35:14,500
The man who bought it
got it back to San Juan.

1465
01:35:14,583 --> 01:35:17,167
And when he heard that Clemente
was looking for a plane,

1466
01:35:17,292 --> 01:35:20,333
he went to Clemente and said,
I've got a plane for you.

1467
01:35:20,500 --> 01:35:22,458
He eventually recruited a pilot

1468
01:35:22,583 --> 01:35:25,083
who had just
flown into the airport,

1469
01:35:25,208 --> 01:35:27,875
hadn't had any sleep
for over 20 hours.

1470
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:32,875
Turns out he had 30-some
FAA violations against him.

1471
01:35:33,042 --> 01:35:36,625
The pilot did not have
a flight engineer.

1472
01:35:36,792 --> 01:35:39,917
They literally recruited
a mechanic off the ramps

1473
01:35:40,042 --> 01:35:42,750
to come be the flight engineer
for the plane.

1474
01:35:42,875 --> 01:35:45,167
These people didn't know
how to load a plane.

1475
01:35:45,292 --> 01:35:50,833
Turns out it was overloaded
by several thousand pounds.

1476
01:35:50,917 --> 01:35:53,792
Clemente knew none of this.

1477
01:36:29,375 --> 01:36:33,875
Every single day I would hide
somewhere in the house

1478
01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:37,958
and I would be crying
until finally I realized

1479
01:36:38,083 --> 01:36:40,125
that that wasn't
gonna bring him back.

1480
01:36:41,667 --> 01:36:45,167
I remember his calloused hands,

1481
01:36:45,333 --> 01:36:50,750
his huge hands,
rough and soft at the same time.

1482
01:36:56,417 --> 01:36:58,042
He had this energy.

1483
01:36:58,125 --> 01:37:00,667
When he touched you,
it was just...

1484
01:37:00,792 --> 01:37:03,292
I've never felt it again.

1485
01:37:13,083 --> 01:37:15,000
REPORTER: Three months later,
at Cooperstown, New York,

1486
01:37:15,125 --> 01:37:16,667
Roberto Clemente was inducted

1487
01:37:16,833 --> 01:37:18,542
into the baseball's
Hall of Fame.

1488
01:37:18,708 --> 01:37:20,958
The rule that a player
is not eligible

1489
01:37:21,042 --> 01:37:24,917
until five years after
his last active year was waived.

1490
01:37:25,042 --> 01:37:28,458
Roberto's wife was there
to accept the honor.

1491
01:37:44,042 --> 01:37:49,833
He remains this sort of paragon
of what the best of us can be.

1492
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:51,792
It really transcends sport.

1493
01:37:51,875 --> 01:37:53,417
It's like look at your life,

1494
01:37:53,542 --> 01:37:56,000
and then take the things
that you believe most deeply

1495
01:37:56,125 --> 01:37:59,833
in an uncompromising way,
and merge those two things.

1496
01:37:59,958 --> 01:38:02,542
When you talk about Clemente,

1497
01:38:02,667 --> 01:38:04,500
you don't really talk
about numbers.

1498
01:38:04,625 --> 01:38:05,833
You don't really talk about

1499
01:38:05,958 --> 01:38:09,167
how many times he hit 300,
you know.

1500
01:38:09,292 --> 01:38:11,625
You don't talk about
his Gold Gloves.

1501
01:38:11,750 --> 01:38:15,333
You talk about the legacy
he left outside of the game.

1502
01:38:17,292 --> 01:38:20,500
[speaking Spanish]

1503
01:38:30,125 --> 01:38:31,417
ANNOUNCER: Today
it is Roberto Clemente Day

1504
01:38:31,542 --> 01:38:32,792
in Major League Baseball.

1505
01:38:32,917 --> 01:38:35,292
What does that number mean
to you?

1506
01:38:35,375 --> 01:38:36,583
[speaking Spanish]

1507
01:38:49,667 --> 01:38:51,000
ANNOUNCER: He scores!

1508
01:38:51,167 --> 01:38:54,417
Walk it off on Clemente Day

1509
01:38:54,542 --> 01:38:55,958
with a great hustling play

1510
01:38:56,083 --> 01:38:59,167
that the great one
would appreciate.

1511
01:38:59,250 --> 01:39:01,250
He was a humanitarian
that came to the MLB

1512
01:39:01,333 --> 01:39:03,333
and opened the door
for Puerto Rico people

1513
01:39:03,375 --> 01:39:05,250
and all Hispanics.

1514
01:39:07,583 --> 01:39:10,167
Baseball unites people.

1515
01:39:10,292 --> 01:39:12,083
That's what Dad saw in baseball,

1516
01:39:12,167 --> 01:39:14,833
that it was his way
to getting his message across.

1517
01:39:14,917 --> 01:39:18,833
You see a lot of people
do a lot of talking,

1518
01:39:18,917 --> 01:39:19,833
but Roberto was for real.

1519
01:39:20,000 --> 01:39:22,125
[speaking Spanish]

1520
01:39:28,458 --> 01:39:31,917
He went beyond
the game of baseball.

1521
01:39:33,208 --> 01:39:35,958
That is the part
that separates him

1522
01:39:36,083 --> 01:39:38,833
from the Babe Ruth,

1523
01:39:38,917 --> 01:39:41,167
from the Willie Mays,
from the Ted Williams,

1524
01:39:41,292 --> 01:39:43,875
from all these guys
that are the best of the best

1525
01:39:44,042 --> 01:39:45,500
in the game of baseball,

1526
01:39:45,708 --> 01:39:49,583
baseball's secondary to what
the name Clemente means.

1527
01:39:52,708 --> 01:39:57,208
Time sort of dictate, I think,
who transcends the game.

1528
01:39:57,333 --> 01:39:59,250
There's that wonderful
photo of him

1529
01:39:59,417 --> 01:40:01,625
with the clouds behind him
where he's just an angel.

1530
01:40:01,750 --> 01:40:06,000
He became that.

1531
01:40:06,167 --> 01:40:09,042
At times
I don't think he's dead, man.

1532
01:40:09,208 --> 01:40:12,000
I feel his presence,
you know.

1533
01:40:12,208 --> 01:40:15,333
We still miss him.
This city misses him.

1534
01:40:15,500 --> 01:40:18,500
The game misses him.

1535
01:40:18,583 --> 01:40:21,167
You say the name Clemente,

1536
01:40:21,333 --> 01:40:25,958
the first thing that comes
is Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh.

1537
01:40:26,042 --> 01:40:29,958
He's still carrying the flag
for the minority people,

1538
01:40:30,042 --> 01:40:35,000
for his family,
for his sister.

1539
01:40:37,708 --> 01:40:40,208
[speaking Spanish]

1540
01:40:53,917 --> 01:40:55,667
Bobby, at 38 years old

1541
01:40:55,792 --> 01:40:57,500
and 18 years
in the major leagues

1542
01:40:57,625 --> 01:40:58,875
and having accomplished
just about everything there is

1543
01:40:59,042 --> 01:41:00,292
to accomplish in baseball,

1544
01:41:00,375 --> 01:41:02,000
I guess the thought
enters your mind

1545
01:41:02,125 --> 01:41:04,375
that one of these days
it's gonna be all over.

1546
01:41:04,500 --> 01:41:14,458
ROBERTO: