A biography for Roberto Clementehasn’t been written yet.
“The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a small amount of money and work my way.”
“I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.”
“My mother has the same kind of an arm, even today at 74. She could throw a ball from second base to home plate with something on it. I got my arm from my mother.”
“To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.”
“I was born to play baseball.”