This was the first World Series I ever watched. Clemente was outstanding.
@brucesheehe63055 ай бұрын
I saw him play at Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium. He once hit a line drive that broke Bob Gibson's leg. Almost never swung at the first pitch. He had an arm like a rifle - maybe the best throwing arm in baseball for an outfielder. Excellent defensive right fielder. Fast and savy base runner. Finished career with exactly 3,000 hits and tragically died at a young age in a humanitarian effort. A very proud man. Excellent hitter, who could often come up with the timely hit to drive in runs. The Pirates were a very good team with excellent players during Roberto's years with the team. A complete player.
@hectorlopez10695 ай бұрын
He was a great player in baseball.
@lonelybro7714 күн бұрын
I watched, waiting for his throws from outfield
@user-mj9fn1uw5x6 күн бұрын
I was 11 years old in 1971 and watched the WS and what a series he had! I saw his last hit on channel 9 in New York as Clemente hit a double to left center off Jon Matlack as Cleon Jones the Met left fielder threw it in to second base. I remember it like it was yesterday. In 1969 what a batting title race! Yo make a long story short. Pete Rose won the batting title with a .347 average Roberto second with a.343 average and Cleon Jones came in Third with a.340 average. Cleon Jones is my favorite Met of all time. BTW I read the book Clemente in high school in 1979 and I recommend it!⚾⚾⚾
@jonnydanger71814 ай бұрын
No standing and admiring no slow dance around the bases no pointing at the sky no pointing at people he doesn’t even know in the crowd while acting like “I did it for johnny” No, Roberto Clemente knew how to play the game with dignity and respect.
@smittyinwootown56406 күн бұрын
100% Agreed. That’s when it was a game. Mantle and Maris hit a ton of Home Runs and never once Rah Rahd. Especially Maris.
@jackclubs69195 ай бұрын
Such a classy home run trot into the dugout . Not like these clowns today !
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
Clemente, a true five tool player, and vastly more clutch than some of the more famous names, such as Mays, Bonds, and Ted Williams. Clemente may be the most underrated baseball player in history.
@roberthill7994 күн бұрын
@ jimwerther Bonds does not belong in this conversation. He was chemically enhanced. In other words, a cheater.
@jimwerther4 күн бұрын
@@roberthill799 Bonds was a five tool player, and a cinch for the Hall, before he ever took a steroid.
@a1aprospects4707 ай бұрын
And he was 38 years old as World Series MVP... in an era when most retired long before that age. He was my hero as a kid... I was in the 12th row at Three Rivers to see his final hit (his 3,000th) before he died.
@mhmh24936 ай бұрын
Regular season hit. His last hit was in Cincinnati.
@gregclarke92255 ай бұрын
@@mhmh2493wrong
@indianlakeohio10505 ай бұрын
What a fabulous player. What a fabulous human being.
@FischerFanКүн бұрын
Bloody magnificent....on BOTH counts!
@mattdon21645 ай бұрын
On the grandest stage he presented a performance for the ages.
@SL-vi4tk6 ай бұрын
In 1955 the Pirates paid $4,000 to the Dodgers for Clemente. For each $1,000 spent, Clemente returned a batting title and 3 Gold Gloves. The best deal in MLB history.
@TheBatugan777 ай бұрын
I remember this World Series. Clemente had a 14:game WS hitting streak. He played just 14 WS games, and lost his life before getting a chance at the record of 17 (Hank Bauer). I cried when #21 died, Jan 1973.
@eddierivera18606 ай бұрын
THE BEST LATINO BALL PLAYER I EVER SAW. ROBERTO EL MAGNIFICO❤🙏
@nicholasschroeder36786 ай бұрын
Had to be the most graceful ballplayer ever. Everything loose and fluid. Very handsome to boot: one of a kind.
@johnperrigo64749 ай бұрын
Such an amazing outfielder. I watch his best throws in awe.
@BruceAChristie5 ай бұрын
Clemente’s brilliant play in the 1971 stands out foremost in my memory banks. In the 60s Willie Mays was asked who the greatest player was (I assume he was asked to exclude himself, standard practice). His immediate answer was Roberto Clemente, and Willie backed up his answer by discussing RC’s many talents.
@ericplummer40895 ай бұрын
Even when remembering that heartbreaking 71 series, its still fun to look back on. 71 & 79 we were up on the pirates both times and couldn't close it out. Clemente played probably the greatest world series ever against my O's! It was heartbreaking 😂😂😂
@Macarena222795 ай бұрын
I got to see him play... Amazing
@brianbooth6795 ай бұрын
Im from uk and was 2!! RIP MR CLEMENTE how many of todays players would go somewhere dangerous to help people in a shitty airplane..... NONE!!!!!!
@Macarena222795 ай бұрын
@@brianbooth679 classy human...
@kirk4086Ай бұрын
I to, was lucky enough to see him play!
@user-qm7uv5oh8z3 ай бұрын
To me the greatest all around player in my time as a kid.
@anjdog20035 ай бұрын
The greatest RF ever
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
Defensively, I hope you mean. The Yankees once had a guy named Ruth.
@hectorlopez10695 ай бұрын
Both are goats and legendary baseball players of their prime.
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
@@hectorlopez1069 Two Greatest of all Time? Really?
@hectorlopez10695 ай бұрын
@@jimwerther what do you mean really, they are the best ever.
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
@@hectorlopez1069 First of all, there should be only one GOAT. Secondly, no, they are not comparable.
@user-dr4mv9wm9r4 ай бұрын
Clemente wasn’t about numbers he was about respecting the underprivileged… he once said if you are born into this world you should try and help your fellow man… otherwise you wasted your life… (.paraphrasing )……✝️🇵🇷✝️🇵🇷✝️
@5papa5 ай бұрын
The best all around player ever to play the game. If he had played for the Yankees or Dodgers he would have received the attention he should have gotten.
@johnwheet70375 ай бұрын
the fact that he wasn't a yankee endeared him to the rest of us and you knew he was great
@billmoyer32545 ай бұрын
No, That would be Willie Mays.
@5papa5 ай бұрын
@@billmoyer3254 Mantle was better than both but he didn’t have two good legs. If he would’ve the sky would have been the limit for Mick.
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
Ruth, obviously.
@mattdon21645 ай бұрын
I believe Roberto was originally a Brooklyn Dodgers prospect, playing for their minor league team Montreal Royals. For some reason things didn’t work out and he soon found himself in the Pirates organization. If only he had stayed….
@latinoheat51692 жыл бұрын
Roberto Clemente 🇵🇷 Forever 21 🥎🏴☠️
@chrisverby30475 ай бұрын
Every ounce of energy went into the ball and toward the fence. Look at how he kept those hands back, too.
@michaelfitzgerald34676 ай бұрын
His bat and body whipped around, but his head and eyes remain motionless.
@Isidorios2 ай бұрын
Astute observation.
@IdahoInvader5 ай бұрын
I mean there’s a reason he’s a legend
@patrickwalsh2795 ай бұрын
As Roger Angell wonderfully describes in the Ken Burns Baseball documentary, Roberto waited a long time for this World Series and he seemed to be saying to his critics and the world: "Take that! Take that!" Yes, Clemente was just magnificent. What a marvelous player, what a great man.
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
You know he played in all seven games of the 1960 World Series, right?
@perryegolson8335 ай бұрын
@@jimwertherYeah he won the World Series as a young kid.
@jimwerther4 ай бұрын
@@perryegolson833 If 26 years old counts as a young kid, yes.
@wolfwilliams4 ай бұрын
You know what Roger Angell was referring to, right?
@patrickwalsh2794 ай бұрын
@@wolfwilliams Huh?
@tadmeyerburlingtonenglish623318 күн бұрын
RC's swing was so unorthodox. Stride was very long; front foot stepped in the bucket; stood far away from home plate as he could get; and look at the size of that bat! He was extraordinary.
@paulcrouch76293 ай бұрын
Had an arm like a cannon. I also watched him at Forbes Field. Greatness. 🏴☠️
@user-ir6fm3qs4o5 ай бұрын
My dog tore the cover off of my prized 1971 autographed baseball ⚾️ signed by 9 or 10 Pirates 🏴☠️ players and coaches. He ate Roberto’s autograph ✍️. As a kid, I watched him sign my baseball. Fun fact: I was at 3 Rivers with my older sister when Roberto Clemente got his 3000 hit. What a baseball player and what a man. Thank you Roberto #21 forever
@362chop5 ай бұрын
Clemente did it all. What HOF’ers need to be.
@sipesthebest1285 ай бұрын
Outside of Mays, probably the most complete player in MLB history.
@sgdaafs64084 ай бұрын
My favorite baseball player of all time. You can have whoever you want to play right field, including Babe Ruth, and I'll take Clemente. ⚾ He remains a hero of mine. I teach my students about him and the life that he led.
@michaleenyproductions34425 ай бұрын
For those who never saw him play, it was not hype
@hbikerbob72105 ай бұрын
In my opinion. The greatest baseball player ever
@kirk4086Ай бұрын
WILL OUT ANY DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!
@CarlosGarcia-ej4ty5 ай бұрын
Amazing Roberto clemente the great one retire 21
@Zane_Zaminsky5 ай бұрын
The titanic battle between Roberto and Frank Robinson in that series. Roberto showed the world just how great he really was.
@davidahlstrom75336 ай бұрын
I always thought Clemente was as good as Wlliie May's. He played in tough hitter's ballparks for much of his career (tiii Three Rivers Stadium). Great fun to watch.
@hammer44head5 ай бұрын
and Mays didnt?
@Lava19645 ай бұрын
Willie Mays does not have an apostrophe in his name.
@rodolfoleyva5157Ай бұрын
Was the first world series that I saw. Great memories
@leilanirocksАй бұрын
You just have to wonder how many more series the Pirates may have won had Roberto Clemente lived. 🏴☠️ ⚾️
@barryelder55594 ай бұрын
Little league team in 1966, got fitted for new unis, had a space for w hat number you wanted. Had 11 out of 15 put #21. So no one got it. I ended up with Bill Mazeroski's #9
@Tom-i1u7 күн бұрын
nice to see = what a time it was!
@roberthill7994 күн бұрын
Christ, Boog Powell was immense. I saw him once or twice at Comiskey when I was a kid and the only guy who was comparable in size was Frank Howard. But neither could hit a ball as hard as Dick Allen.
@davidsaunders76124 ай бұрын
Clemente was great,,, I loved to watch him play
@josephkohler63811 күн бұрын
Willie Mays was not the only greatest 5 tool player. If Clemente had lived longer, he would have broken all of May's except for home runs. I was a fairly good high school player in Pittsburgh and one of my dreams was to step on a Pirates field and learn from the "Great One."
@vivalasvegas20906 ай бұрын
The Great one
@prisonersforprofit5 ай бұрын
a great player, the latin jackie robinson.
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
Are you kidding me? Clemente was a _much_ better player than Jackie Robinson.
@prisonersforprofit5 ай бұрын
@@jimwerther i would agree with that, was leaning more towards clemente's impact in breaking barriers for latinx players.
@miguelberrios194 ай бұрын
Roberto was a classy player. The very best at everything he did. What a role model for us all. I don't love baseball anymore as much as I used to. Nowadays, all I see is a bunch of clowns on the field player the game, a bunch of overpaid punks.
@michaelsmith-bn6no4 ай бұрын
A 5 tool superstar that won 3 batting titles.
@juantejada3395 ай бұрын
My hero his #21 should be retired in all baseball.
@svendjorgensen72015 ай бұрын
Stud.
@kirk4086Ай бұрын
And some change!!!
@FischerFanКүн бұрын
I can hear Santana's 'Oye Como Va' until the music pauses and then.....0:22!
@steveb91514 ай бұрын
0:01 Anybody else think Boog Powell looks like Skipper from Gilligan's Island?
@chrisverby30474 ай бұрын
Nice play by Brooks Robinson, too, to end the inning. Cut to his left in front of Belanger, who was in the hole. 3B's responsibility on that play, but he looked so smooth doing it.
@billysikes13745 ай бұрын
Notice how he didn't stand there and admire it? He ran hard out box, today's game sucks, Acuna would have stood there til the ball fell over fence
@williamcampbell26565 ай бұрын
I think Clemente was better than Ken Griffey Jr. Or Barry Bonds. Imo. Definitely a better arm than either. Remember that his career was cut short, so don't show me career stats . JR . Was was one of the best of all time. Bonds? A d-bag as a human being.
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
Bonds was a brilliant defensive player.
@MrGrouchofan4 ай бұрын
Not too shabby being 2nd and 3rd to Clemente
@williamcampbell26564 ай бұрын
@@MrGrouchofan agreed! 2 should be first time H.O.F. inductees ! Absolutely. Clemente, Griffey Jr. are worthy of first time votes. Bonds would have been, he had the talent, but he was jealous of Mc Guire. Sosa and Pailmero , so he juced ! He was better than all 3 combined, athleticially, but is ego led him to juice. Ten cent head! His ego wanted the stats , so he cheated. Who's to say Jr. Couldn't have ecplised his record if he juiced? There ia a reason, however, humanitarian award is called the Clemente award and not the Bonds award! Bonds was a great player and a shit human being. He once complained about his child's Mc Donald's happy meal. Clemente died on on plane crash and to offer relief for another country. Only saying I would never allow juicers into H.O.F.
@jefflivengood18604 ай бұрын
My birds got snakebit in 71 and 79
@michaelmappin44258 ай бұрын
Love the Pirates. They have become a team that makes more profit by losing. The owner knows it.
@williamgullett59118 ай бұрын
You don’t make more money by having fewer people buy tickets
@michaelmappin44258 ай бұрын
@@williamgullett5911 @williamgullett5911 You do when there's profit sharing. If your ball park revenues are lower, you get a larger share of the big club's profits. Those clubs get most of their money by being broadcast to a huge number of home viewers.
@TheBatugan777 ай бұрын
@@williamgullett5911 Yes you do, under the right circumstances.
@TheBatugan777 ай бұрын
@@michaelmappin4425 Bingo!
@williamgullett59117 ай бұрын
@@TheBatugan77 What would the right circumstances be?
@SteveSmith-hh2ni4 ай бұрын
He died soon after.
@jogman262Ай бұрын
He died trying to help others.
@lonelybro7714 күн бұрын
Wait, why no one in the bleachers?
@keenansmith10217 ай бұрын
Semper Fi
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
Lots of empty seats in the World Series. Ah, Pittsburgh.
@jzsanonymous5 ай бұрын
This game was in Baltimore.
@jimwerther4 ай бұрын
@@jzsanonymous Well, that's embarassing. For me, and for Baltimore.
@NybergCarl7 ай бұрын
Empty seats?
@TheBatugan777 ай бұрын
Seats with no one in them.
@jimwerther5 ай бұрын
Pittsburgh. Old story.
@Lava19645 ай бұрын
That game was in Baltimore. Game #7 did not sell out, but those seats you can see, were not for sale anyway in order to give the hitters a decent backdrop.
@dennisatkinson226 ай бұрын
The Pirates uni's are outstanding!
@rayray4192Ай бұрын
My all star outfield is Mays - Clemente- Aaron.
@Nicholas-kw2ye5 ай бұрын
Ffs, I could have hit that hanger 🤣 but in all seriousness, what a great player and a class act.