“Clemente, who says Josh Gibson is the best hitter he ever saw, is anxious to see Ted Williams when the slugger comes here a week from Monday for the benefit exhibition between the Pirates and Red Sox.”

As paraphrased in "The Scoreboard: Thursday" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b0EqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=000EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4340%2C3027303&dq=best by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (Saturday, June 11, 1955), p. 6
Comment: Unfortunately Clemente did not have that opportunity as Williams suffered a minor injury and did not make the trip to Pittsburgh.
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