And he only faced him in the 1971 World Series. He didn't mention anyone like Reggie Jackson, Rod Carew, George Brett, Harmon Killebrew, or anyone else in the American League that he faced much more often. Clemente was 4 for 9 with 1 home run and 1 RBI against Palmer alone. So for him to say Clemente is quite an honor.
I am a 63 year old Cubs fan. I grew up as a kid watching Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Fergie Jenkins, and Ernie Banks at the end of his career, but my favorite baseball player of all time is Roberto Clemente " The great One." Greatest right field arm ever! ⚾️👑
Awesome interview, love Jim Palmer's attention to detail, recollection. He is a real baseball guy who appreciates the game of baseball not glamor components
I consider myself so fortunate that I am old enough to have been able to watch Clemente play in person at both Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium. Between going to games with my Dad and my buddies, I generally got to see Roberto live about a dozen times a season. It was a very rare game when Clemente did not do something jaw-dropping. And Palmer is absolutely right about Clemente being a "bad ball" hitter. On more than one occasion, I've seen Clemente slap a pitch to right field on a pitch that was intended to be part of an intentional walk. I've also seen him drill balls into the gaps for extra bases on pitches so low that the end of his bat would stir up dust as he swung. And yet, Clemente was also not averse to taking two strikes if he didn't see the pitch he wanted. It had to drive pitchers crazy when they would get two called strikes on him, and then have him hit a double or triple on a pitch that they were trying to waste 3 or 4 inches off the plate, and maybe down by his ankles. Clemente was every bit the accomplished "bad ball" hitter as Yogi Berra. Barry Bonds may have been the best player ever to play in Pittsburgh, but Clemente, far and away, was the greatest.
Jim Palmer. A man that breathes class, charm, wit, incredible knowledge, and humility. Brooks and Cal wear the moniker Mr. ORIOLE, but Palmer is Mr. Ultimate Oriole, Historian. He's a wealth of knowledge and information. He loves to talk baseball, and the greatness of the old days. If I was a young player on the 45, and a chance to play, I'm having Palmer on speed dial. I wouldn't trust many to help get me right, because he knows what he's talking about. It hurts me to see him lose the people he respected and played with. You could clearly see that Earl, Frank, and recently Brooks tore him up inside and as a life-long Oriole fan I really wanted the Birds to win the World Series for Jim. I believe when that happens, Jim will be the happiest man on Earth. Palmer is the only player that was on the 6 Pennants, and 3 World Championships teams. During his heyday, Palmer at times was unhittable. No pitcher had a pitch that was their calling card like the Palmer high fastball. He loved to set hitters up for it, but even more he lived to challenge anyone with it. He took the ball, gave you 7 plus and even all the way if you needed him to. I remember a Palmer start against the Rangers in 1980. It was a Sunday, the Birds were chasing the Yankees and the bullpen was taxed. Earl told Palmer what the deal was. Palmer interrupted Earl and told him, I'll finish no matter what. Texas came out smokin", and slowly beat down Palmer, but he hung in and finished the game. I believe the final score was 8 -1. The bullpen recovered and after a day off. The Birds went on a run keeping the Yankees within striking distance, finally succumbing on the last Saturday of the season. Yankees won 103 games, Orioles won 100 after winning the AL Pennant in "79. Said alot about the team we had, but also the kind of competitors those Oriole teams possessed. Palmer was one of the quiet leaders on a highly professional team and locker room. In 1982 the Milwaukee Brewers finally showed the complete team they were, and as always, we had to go on our yearly September Pennant run that scared the American League to death. We were 7 games out with 2 weeks left, and 4 games out after taking 2 of 3 in Milwaukee the week prior. 4 games out with 4 to play and we got Milwaukee right here on 33rd St. We had 'em, right where we wanted 'em and after a Doubleheader sweep on Friday, a ass kickin' on The Game of the Week on Saturday, it came down to 2 wiley vets, Palmer and Don Sutton. Robin Yount, the AL MVP introduced himself to Palmer by taking him deep and over the Right field wall and a lead that the Brewers never relinquished and the Orioles season came to a end, but the fans didn't leave. They actually stayed and gave the team and especially the Orioles beloved manager Earl Weaver a Thank You for his 15 seasons of excellence. ABC's Sunday Afternoon Baseball crew Keith Jackson, and Howard Cosell was there, and Cosell gave the Nation a beautiful commentary about Weaver, the Orioles, and the city of Baltimore. It was a fitting conclusion to one of my favorite seasons All Time. Palmer rededicated himself for '83, but he stayed on and off the DL, but was just right when the playoffs roll around, and he was a huge part of the 3rd Championship team. Palmer will always have a special place in all Oriole fans hearts for conducting himself as a gentleman and a winner. At the end of the day. That's what it's all about.
Clemente was a great "bad ball" hitter--as they used to say. (He could whack pitches up around his eyes, a foot outside, or golf one off his shoe tops--just an amazing player!!)
Palmer always said that the only reason he did not have another World Series ring was because of Roberto Clemente. I saw all seven games in the 1971 World Series and none of the 20-game winners from the Orioles pitching staff could contain Clemente. He just devoured all of them. I haven't seen that happen too much.
@@georgehakimian5949 Strange how Blass couldn't find the plate after that WS, went to the minors in 1974 and retired in 1975 at age 32. He remains today the only pitcher to throw a complete game victory in a Game 7 WS.
@@brainscott8198 With all due respect I think Jack Morris may be the last pitcher to perform that feat. In '91 he pitched a 10 inning shutout for the Twins.
Yeah, I always wondered if Clemente ever tried pitching, (he must have with that arm!) and how fast he threw from the mound to the plate. Probably never got clocked back in the day because they didn't start using radar guns until the late 1970s I believe.
Every time the four 20 game winners of the 1971 Orioles and those other years when they had outstanding pitching are mentioned there are two persons who are completely forgotten. Catchers Elrod Hendricks and Andy Etchebarren were excellent defensive receivers who deserve a lot of credit for the way they conducted those games from behind the plate, but sadly no one remembers them in interviews like this one.
Jim Palmer and Brooks Robinson are two of the best men to ever play the game. Jim is so smart and articulate that he could have been successful in any endeavor. Both of these men are Mr Oriole to me. I feel lucky at 73 yrs old to have watched them play.
My Dad & Uncle took me to my 1st baseball game in 1965 at Dodger Stadium, as Koufax was pitching against the Pirates (their way of babysitting. Lol). The highlight of that game that any Dad talked about throughout his life was witnessing a ball hit to the right field warning track with Willie Davis tagging up on 2nd base. Clemente caught the ball on the warning track and then threw out Davis trying to advance to 3rd base. I’ve seen several players throughout runners from the right field grass, but I’ve never seen anybody throw out a runner at 3rd base from the right field warning track, especially a runner as fast as Willie Davis (technically I did see Clemente accomplish that feat, but I was too young to remember it). My Dad & Uncle both said Clemente was the best baseball player they ever saw.
I met him once in Tampa ;Legend's Field .He ;s a great guy and was a great pitcher ! He came from an era when to Orioles were great competitors ! Ask him about Earl Weaver's tomato plants in center field. LOL ! Man ;he would'da made a great Yankee too !
Wow! Jim Palmer! What a guy. Jim's too humble to even mention that he beat Sandy Koufax in Game 2 of the '66 World Series at Dodger Stadium as a 20-year old kid, with a SHUTOUT!
Outstanding interview Outstanding pitcher Makes me want to continue watching and Listening to HOF'ers being interviewed by a talented interviewer such as what we had here. Great content !!
Great interview. None of the pretensions of the "morning zoo" or ESPN types of commericalized interviews. Great questions of my idol as a Baltimore Orioles fan growing up. Thanks!
The starting pitchers from Jim's era were workhorses whose objective was to pitch complete games. And the best of them had full windups (Seaver, Palmer, Ryan etc) that seemed to have vanished.
@blakkat4126 Why has the windup disappeared? Some of those pitchers made it extra hard for hitters to pick up the ball just by using the motion of the windup. You had to follow it behind the back, over the head, down, up, back again, and with a guy like Marichal it seemed to materialize out of nowhere.
I have a lot of respect for Jim Palmer. But that respect took a big dive when I heard about remarks he made to a Little League team during the LL World Series, reported in a documentary I saw part of. Palmer was reported to have said to these kids that the other team is bigger and stronger, better, and it's no shame to lose to them as they are bound to do. He made them feel that he expected them to lose and that they had an excuse because the other team was superior. That team he addressed ended up winning, but Palmer's comments to them were a disgrace. That is a shameful way to speak to young players, kids, who are about to take the field looking for inspiration and not to be made to feel inferior to an opposing team.
I don't understand how Palmer could say Roberto Clemente was the most feared hitter he faced when he only pitched against him in 2 games. Granted Clemente had a great 1971 WS but I think that was probably a stretch by Palmer.
Probably because Palmer witnessed Roberto Clemente destroy 4-20 game pitchers (including himself) that were nearly unhittable during regular season. I saw all seven (7) games. It was as though Clemente were hitting batting practice. McNally, Dobson, Cuellar and Palmer were very imposing pitchers. The best hitters in the American League could not hit them and Clemente just plowed through them (.414 batting average, .759 slugging %). In fact, Clement hit three homeruns. On record, there are only two because the drive Clemente hit in the bottom of the 4th inning on October 14, 1971 (the first night game world series game) was called a foul by right field umpire John Rice. That ball was in fair territory.
I saw every away game #21 played in '71. (KDKA still broadcast them). A pitcher like Palmer would have watched a lot of Clemente at bats getting ready for the series. There was no single pitch that Clemente couldnt put in play, and no sequence of pitches that would fool him through the whole game. That would make any pitcher nervous.
"He was a very tough out. He could hit the ball from over his head to his toes", he said. Any smart pitcher would fear and remember that 50 years later.
Not really... a stretch...Palmer saw Clemente annihilate four -20 - game winners on a team that was invincible. Clemente hit their best pitches for singles, doubles, triples and homeruns. He was a terror in right field keeping runners from scoring on anything hit to him with spectacular throws from deep right field. Palmer has always said that the reason he does not have a 1971 World Series ring is because of Roberto Clemente. I saw Clemente for most of his career. Clemente would have hit their best pitching in April, July or October. These guys were not going to have a great deal of success with Clemente the manner they pitched him. He was going to hit .400 all day long with breaking pitches, fastballs over the plate and on the outside corner.
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Without hesitation he said Clemente was the toughest he faced. Love it.
And he only faced him in the 1971 World Series. He didn't mention anyone like Reggie Jackson, Rod Carew, George Brett, Harmon Killebrew, or anyone else in the American League that he faced much more often.
Clemente was 4 for 9 with 1 home run and 1 RBI against Palmer alone.
So for him to say Clemente is quite an honor.
I am a 63 year old Cubs fan. I grew up as a kid watching Billy Williams, Ron Santo, Fergie Jenkins, and Ernie Banks at the end of his career, but my favorite baseball player of all time is Roberto Clemente " The great One." Greatest right field arm ever! ⚾️👑
Go to 5:57 "He can hit the ball from over his head to his toes" - Jim Palmer. Clemente was an amazing hitter and humanitarian. RIP #21
i remember where i was when jfk was assasinated and when roberto died in a crash
@@glenbonura6246 Must have been a feeling of disbelief.
Awesome interview, love Jim Palmer's attention to detail, recollection. He is a real baseball guy who appreciates the game of baseball not glamor components
I consider myself so fortunate that I am old enough to have been able to watch Clemente play in person at both Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium. Between going to games with my Dad and my buddies, I generally got to see Roberto live about a dozen times a season. It was a very rare game when Clemente did not do something jaw-dropping.
And Palmer is absolutely right about Clemente being a "bad ball" hitter. On more than one occasion, I've seen Clemente slap a pitch to right field on a pitch that was intended to be part of an intentional walk. I've also seen him drill balls into the gaps for extra bases on pitches so low that the end of his bat would stir up dust as he swung. And yet, Clemente was also not averse to taking two strikes if he didn't see the pitch he wanted. It had to drive pitchers crazy when they would get two called strikes on him, and then have him hit a double or triple on a pitch that they were trying to waste 3 or 4 inches off the plate, and maybe down by his ankles. Clemente was every bit the accomplished "bad ball" hitter as Yogi Berra.
Barry Bonds may have been the best player ever to play in Pittsburgh, but Clemente, far and away, was the greatest.
Jim Palmer. A man that breathes class, charm, wit, incredible knowledge, and humility. Brooks and Cal wear the moniker Mr. ORIOLE, but Palmer is Mr. Ultimate Oriole, Historian. He's a wealth of knowledge and information. He loves to talk baseball, and the greatness of the old days. If I was a young player on the 45, and a chance to play, I'm having Palmer on speed dial. I wouldn't trust many to help get me right, because he knows what he's talking about.
It hurts me to see him lose the people he respected and played with. You could clearly see that Earl, Frank, and recently Brooks tore him up inside and as a life-long Oriole fan I really wanted the Birds to win the World Series for Jim. I believe when that happens, Jim will be the happiest man on Earth. Palmer is the only player that was on the 6 Pennants, and 3 World Championships teams. During his heyday, Palmer at times was unhittable. No pitcher had a pitch that was their calling card like the Palmer high fastball. He loved to set hitters up for it, but even more he lived to challenge anyone with it. He took the ball, gave you 7 plus and even all the way if you needed him to. I remember a Palmer start against the Rangers in 1980. It was a Sunday, the Birds were chasing the Yankees and the bullpen was taxed. Earl told Palmer what the deal was. Palmer interrupted Earl and told him, I'll finish no matter what. Texas came out smokin", and slowly beat down Palmer, but he hung in and finished the game. I believe the final score was 8 -1. The bullpen recovered and after a day off. The Birds went on a run keeping the Yankees within striking distance, finally succumbing on the last Saturday of the season. Yankees won 103 games, Orioles won 100 after winning the AL Pennant in "79. Said alot about the team we had, but also the kind of competitors those Oriole teams possessed. Palmer was one of the quiet leaders on a highly professional team and locker room. In 1982 the Milwaukee Brewers finally showed the complete team they were, and as always, we had to go on our yearly September Pennant run that scared the American League to death. We were 7 games out with 2 weeks left, and 4 games out after taking 2 of 3 in Milwaukee the week prior. 4 games out with 4 to play and we got Milwaukee right here on 33rd St. We had 'em, right where we wanted 'em and after a Doubleheader sweep on Friday, a ass kickin' on The Game of the Week on Saturday, it came down to 2 wiley vets, Palmer and Don Sutton. Robin Yount, the AL MVP introduced himself to Palmer by taking him deep and over the Right field wall and a lead that the Brewers never relinquished and the Orioles season came to a end, but the fans didn't leave. They actually stayed and gave the team and especially the Orioles beloved manager Earl Weaver a Thank You for his 15 seasons of excellence. ABC's Sunday Afternoon Baseball crew Keith Jackson, and Howard Cosell was there, and Cosell gave the Nation a beautiful commentary about Weaver, the Orioles, and the city of Baltimore. It was a fitting conclusion to one of my favorite seasons All Time. Palmer rededicated himself for '83, but he stayed on and off the DL, but was just right when the playoffs roll around, and he was a huge part of the 3rd Championship team.
Palmer will always have a special place in all Oriole fans hearts for conducting himself as a gentleman and a winner. At the end of the day. That's what it's all about.
Wow...Just wow! To bad he ruined all that with underwear ads!🤣🤣
Clemente was a great "bad ball" hitter--as they used to say. (He could whack pitches up around his eyes, a foot outside, or golf one off his shoe tops--just an amazing player!!)
Someone said You get off the island by hitting the ball not letting it go by for a ball.
Palmer always said that the only reason he did not have another World Series ring was because of Roberto Clemente. I saw all seven games in the 1971 World Series and none of the 20-game winners from the Orioles pitching staff could contain Clemente. He just devoured all of them. I haven't seen that happen too much.
Steve Blass had a lot to do with the Pirates winning that world series too.
@@georgehakimian5949 That's very true, but Clemente played outstandingly in all seven games.
@@georgehakimian5949 Strange how Blass couldn't find the plate after that WS, went to the minors in 1974 and retired in 1975 at age 32. He remains today the only pitcher to throw a complete game victory in a Game 7 WS.
@@brainscott8198 With all due respect I think Jack Morris may be the last pitcher to perform that feat. In '91 he pitched a 10 inning shutout for the Twins.
@@eddiep147 I think he may be the last one to do it on the road.
Robertos arm man
Yeah, I always wondered if Clemente ever tried pitching, (he must have with that arm!) and how fast he threw from the mound to the plate. Probably never got clocked back in the day because they didn't start using radar guns until the late 1970s I believe.
Every time the four 20 game winners of the 1971 Orioles and those other years when they had outstanding pitching are mentioned there are two persons who are completely forgotten. Catchers Elrod Hendricks and Andy Etchebarren were excellent defensive receivers who deserve a lot of credit for the way they conducted those games from behind the plate, but sadly no one remembers them in interviews like this one.
it was the 1971 all star game that Clemente hit that home run.
On one foot I believe.
Jim Palmer and Brooks Robinson are two of the best men to ever play the game. Jim is so smart and articulate that he could have been successful in any endeavor. Both of these men are Mr Oriole to me. I feel lucky at 73 yrs old to have watched them play.
Palmer was impressive, hall of fame pitcher...Clemente is my starting right fielder on my all time team.Sorry Babe, Hank, etc.
That’s fair
Smart man!
He had a cannon for an arm and very accurate.
My Dad & Uncle took me to my 1st baseball game in 1965 at Dodger Stadium, as Koufax was pitching against the Pirates (their way of babysitting. Lol). The highlight of that game that any Dad talked about throughout his life was witnessing a ball hit to the right field warning track with Willie Davis tagging up on 2nd base. Clemente caught the ball on the warning track and then threw out Davis trying to advance to 3rd base. I’ve seen several players throughout runners from the right field grass, but I’ve never seen anybody throw out a runner at 3rd base from the right field warning track, especially a runner as fast as Willie Davis (technically I did see Clemente accomplish that feat, but I was too young to remember it). My Dad & Uncle both said Clemente was the best baseball player they ever saw.
If you've got Willie Mays in center field you can play anyone in right OR left.
Pure class ... Thank you for the memories.
Clemente is the only reason I play baseball as a kid
What a pick off move J.P.had! And a right hander! Was at a game where he picked Ricky Henderson.
Palmer was a great pitcher , he threw straight over the top . Fastball and curve ball
I met him once in Tampa ;Legend's Field .He ;s a great guy and was a great pitcher ! He came from an era when to Orioles were great competitors ! Ask him about Earl Weaver's tomato plants in center field. LOL ! Man ;he would'da made a great Yankee too !
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Great interview. You asked all the right questions 👍🏽
Thanks for watching
This says it all
Wow! Jim Palmer! What a guy. Jim's too humble to even mention that he beat Sandy Koufax in Game 2 of the '66 World Series at Dodger Stadium as a 20-year old kid, with a SHUTOUT!
Jim's not humble.... lmao 🤣
A sweep.
Nice interview of a great pitcher…
Thank you!
I watched video to listen to palmer brag about himself...
Jimmy didn't disappoint.....
Waited 6 minutes to hear about Roberto!!
I remember jim palmer was model for Jockey underwear for men 😀
And I am wondering if he was wearing those underneath his pants in the interview!
@@PungiFungi 😀 probally not
Jim would have given half hours salary for that gig lol
Outstanding interview
Outstanding pitcher
Makes me want to continue watching and Listening to HOF'ers being interviewed by a talented interviewer such as what we had here.
Great content !!
Thanks Bron! Much more to come and we have a lot in the archives!
Puerto Rico for life
why
Good shit, man
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I miss baseball of Jim Palmer's era. So pure.
Great managers and no Harvard nerds pumping out spreadsheets.
Great interview. None of the pretensions of the "morning zoo" or ESPN types of commericalized interviews.
Great questions of my idol as a Baltimore Orioles fan growing up.
Thanks!
Palmer won his third WS ring (1983) 17 years after winning his first (1966). That must be a record.
Fantastic choice great interview
The starting pitchers from Jim's era were workhorses whose objective was to pitch complete games. And the best of them had full windups (Seaver, Palmer, Ryan etc) that seemed to have vanished.
@blakkat4126 Why has the windup disappeared? Some of those pitchers made it extra hard for hitters to pick up the ball just by using the motion of the windup. You had to follow it behind the back, over the head, down, up, back again, and with a guy like Marichal it seemed to materialize out of nowhere.
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Jim Palmer never gave up a grand slam not one
Great Pitcher. Heard orioles did him dirty
TH-cam - please put the skip ads button earler in your (ever longer) ad sequences.
I have a lot of respect for Jim Palmer. But that respect took a big dive when I heard about remarks he made to a Little League team during the LL World Series, reported in a documentary I saw part of. Palmer was reported to have said to these kids that the other team is bigger and stronger, better, and it's no shame to lose to them as they are bound to do. He made them feel that he expected them to lose and that they had an excuse because the other team was superior. That team he addressed ended up winning, but Palmer's comments to them were a disgrace. That is a shameful way to speak to young players, kids, who are about to take the field looking for inspiration and not to be made to feel inferior to an opposing team.
And boy did he get a lot of publicity from doing those Jockey underwear commercials.
It sure didn’t hurt his image with the ladies.
Too bad there is so much back ground noise
looks like he can still get outs
5:57
Still got chin
Jim Palmer trivia question" What hitter had the most hits lifetime off of Jim Palmer?
Answer...Mike Hargrove
the human rain delay
Earl weaver was so overrated as a manager!
I don't understand how Palmer could say Roberto Clemente was the most feared hitter he faced when he only pitched against him in 2 games. Granted Clemente had a great 1971 WS but I think that was probably a stretch by Palmer.
He said that because is was only 2 games. If he pitched to Clemente in 20 games, he will say that again, but with with tears. Learn baseball kid.
Probably because Palmer witnessed Roberto Clemente destroy 4-20 game pitchers (including himself) that were nearly unhittable during regular season. I saw all seven (7) games. It was as though Clemente were hitting batting practice. McNally, Dobson, Cuellar and Palmer were very imposing pitchers. The best hitters in the American League could not hit them and Clemente just plowed through them (.414 batting average, .759 slugging %). In fact, Clement hit three homeruns. On record, there are only two because the drive Clemente hit in the bottom of the 4th inning on October 14, 1971 (the first night game world series game) was called a foul by right field umpire John Rice. That ball was in fair territory.
I saw every away game #21 played in '71. (KDKA still broadcast them). A pitcher like Palmer would have watched a lot of Clemente at bats getting ready for the series. There was no single pitch that Clemente couldnt put in play, and no sequence of pitches that would fool him through the whole game. That would make any pitcher nervous.
"He was a very tough out. He could hit the ball from over his head to his toes", he said. Any smart pitcher would fear and remember that 50 years later.
Not really... a stretch...Palmer saw Clemente annihilate four -20 - game winners on a team that was invincible. Clemente hit their best pitches for singles, doubles, triples and homeruns. He was a terror in right field keeping runners from scoring on anything hit to him with spectacular throws from deep right field. Palmer has always said that the reason he does not have a 1971 World Series ring is because of Roberto Clemente. I saw Clemente for most of his career. Clemente would have hit their best pitching in April, July or October. These guys were not going to have a great deal of success with Clemente the manner they pitched him. He was going to hit .400 all day long with breaking pitches, fastballs over the plate and on the outside corner.