Everybody started cheering but I didn't know why. I didn't...

Everybody started cheering but I didn't know why. I didn't know what was going on until I looked at the scoreboard and saw the message. When I singled in the first inning, the second base umpire told me, "If you get another hit it looks like I'll have to give you the ball." I wondered what he was talking about. I have so much bad press in Pittsburgh. Whatever I have done, I have done myself, and with the help of the fans. When somebody like Richie Hebner hits a home run, the press gives him a big build-up. All they say about me is that I am hard-headed and don't get along with anybody.

Roberto Clemente

As quoted in "Clemente Ties Wagner; Heads Toward 3,000 Hits", in Jet (September 21, 1972) - Baseball-related

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