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→‎His Throwing Arm: Clemente's run-saving thrown in game 6 of the 1971 World Series from the right-field corner to home plate is so hard and fast that the camera has trouble keeping up with it, and the runner retreating to third base has a priceless lo
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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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Clemente's run-saving thrown in game 6 of the 1971 World Series from the right-field corner to home plate is so hard and fast that the camera has trouble keeping up with it, and the runner retreating to third base has a priceless look of exasperation.<ref>https://www.bleachernation.com/baseballisfun/2018/01/29/roberto-clementes-arm-at-age-37-in-the-1971-world-series-is-still-unbelievable-video/</ref>
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As ''Fansided'' observed in a well-written article in 2018:
 
As ''Fansided'' observed in a well-written article in 2018:
 
{{cquote|Roberto Clemente had a cannon, a howitzer, a bazooka. Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully once said, “Roberto Clemente could field a ball in [[New York]] and throw out a guy in [[Pennsylvania]].”
 
{{cquote|Roberto Clemente had a cannon, a howitzer, a bazooka. Legendary broadcaster Vin Scully once said, “Roberto Clemente could field a ball in [[New York]] and throw out a guy in [[Pennsylvania]].”
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