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rival teams hid Clemente, thereby delaying his Major League debut
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The winner of a record 12 Gold Gloves, Clemente had two phenomenal throws during the victorious 1971 World Series:
 
The winner of a record 12 Gold Gloves, Clemente had two phenomenal throws during the victorious 1971 World Series:
 
{{cquote| He made two breathtaking throws in the 1971 World Series. One was a strike from the warning track in right field to the plate, keeping Mark Belanger from scoring from first. The other was down the right-field line, where he spun and made a remarkable throw to third.<ref>https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28946140/tim-kurkjian-baseball-fix-never-forget-was-roberto-clemente-throwing</ref>}}
 
{{cquote| He made two breathtaking throws in the 1971 World Series. One was a strike from the warning track in right field to the plate, keeping Mark Belanger from scoring from first. The other was down the right-field line, where he spun and made a remarkable throw to third.<ref>https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28946140/tim-kurkjian-baseball-fix-never-forget-was-roberto-clemente-throwing</ref>}}
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==Delaying his Major League Debut==
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Clemente was hidden from the Major Leagues for several years due to rivalries between different teams:<ref>https://www.mlb.com/news/roberto-clemente-signed-with-dodgers-in-1954</ref>
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{{cquote|the Dodgers and Royals tried to hide him-that is, play him very little so that other teams wouldn’t notice him. The claim was expressed by Clemente at least as early as 1962 in an article by Howard Cohn in ''Sport'' magazine.<ref>https://sabr.org/journal/article/clementes-entry-into-organized-baseball-hidden-in-montreal/</ref>}}
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
*[https://clementemuseum.com Roberto Clemente Museum]
 
*[https://clementemuseum.com Roberto Clemente Museum]
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