“I know more about Virdon than any other player because we're so close in the outfield and I think it would be a big mistake to trade him. Virdon is an underrated outfielder. I know. He doesn’t get the headlines because he makes everything look so easy. He would be a hard man to replace. Many times I look up on a tough chance and there’s Virdon near me in case something goes wrong. He is always backing me up on the one side and Bob Skinner on the other. If you don’t want to take my word for it how valuable Virdon is, ask some of our pitchers. Virdon has kept quite a few in the big leagues with his fielding. That's how good he is.”

— Roberto Clemente

As quoted in "Virdon Would Be Difficult to Replace" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y0YqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3k4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7014%2C1844348 by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (August 20, 1962)
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1962</big>

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