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[QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2851194, member: 5798"]
Dave Parker aka the "Cobra", #39  I remember him well. :) I had the pleasure and privilege of  seeing Clemente in person many times throughout the 60's when the Pirates came west to play the Dodgers.

I always listened to HOF  Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully (a master story teller) on a headset whenever I attended a game. He had lots of stories about different players, Clemente notwithstanding. He called Roberto the best "bad ball" hitter in the game.

Scully would often comment on how if you ever asked Clemente how he was, Roberto would give you chapter and verse about all of his ailments. Scully said the man was never 100%. He was a 5 point player (run, hit, hit w/power, field and throw). I remember their manager Danny Murtaugh, and many of the players: Dick Groat, catchers Smoky Burgess and Manny Sanguillen, Don Clendenon, Don Hoak, Bill Mazeroski, Wilver (Willie) Stargell (during his rookie year-1962), Bill Verdon, Dick Schofield, Vern Law, Bob Bailey, Johnny Logan,etc. Those were the days. :)
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