No No: A Dockumentary Page #6

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things wasn't moving

as fast as it should have

been moving.

Male #1:
We gonna walk on this

racist power structure,

male #1:
We gonna walk on this

racist power structure,

and we gonna say to the

whole damn government,

"stick 'em up, motherfuckers!

"This is holdup!

We come for what's ours!"

Richard Nixon:
Are these

primarily blacks

that you're dealing with?

Male #2:
Oh, yes, the whole

thing was led by the blacks.

(Blast goes off)

Male #3:
We are going to

control our communities

by any means necessary.

Male #4:
A black united

front is what we're about!

Richard Nixon:
We just will not

tolerate this kind of anarchy.

(Protestors singing)

the revolution has come.

off the pigs.

Time to pick up the guns.

Time to pick up the guns.

Off the pigs.

The revolution has come....

Dave cash:
When we first

went out on the field,

I don't think anybody

realized it.

At that time, I didn't

really figure out

what was going on until

the national anthem.

You know, when the game

starts like that,

you're concentrating...

At least, I was...

On who the first hitter is,

what is he going to do.

One of the clubhouse batboy

kids made a statement

one of the clubhouse batboy

kids made a statement

and said, "the homestead grays

are playing tonight."

And I'm saying, you know,

"what are you talking about,

the homestead grays, you know?"

And it was, you know,

negro league team.

Al Oliver:
We usually had five

starting anyway,

and if dock pitched,

it was six.

You know, the pirate

organization was loaded

with black and Latin players.

I'm standing out

in center field,

and I'm thinking about

what this kid had said.

And I looked to my left,

and I looked at stargell,

and I looked to my right

at clemente.

There's Jackie, there's renny,

there's Al, there's clemente,

there's Jackie, there's renny,

there's Al, there's clemente,

there's clines, stargell,

sanguilln,

and dock's on the mound.

I looked around, and I said,

"Al, man, there's nine

brothers out there."

And he looked at me, and

he was astonished, too.

He didn't even realize

what was going on.

And then he said, "yeah."

It was a night that I didn't

realize that we had

nine minorities

starting until about

the third or fourth inning.

I turned to Dave cash, and I

said, "Dave, you know what?

We got all brothers

out there, man."

(Music)

(Music)

(Music)

And I looked, I said,

"oh, my God!"

Manny sanguilln:
When I looked,

I said, "oh, man.

We were playing nine players."

And people don't want to

recognize because

they say we're Latino.

We're black, too.

Steve blass:
I was on the bench,

and I don't remember having

any particular reaction

on the bench.

Through nine innings,

we weren't all,

"my God, look at it.

It's just brothers."

It was just.

They were our teammates.

They were our teammates.

It was buccos, yeah.

We were fielding a ballclub.

I have no idea if murtaugh

recognized this fact or not.

Manny sanguilln:

Danny murtaugh, he said,

"my manager and me, we see

nine ballplayers

that are going to win the game."

Gene clines:
For us at the time,

it wasn't any big deal.

I didn't even realize that

that's the first time

it had ever happened.

There was nothing really

said about it because

we were down seven runs in the

first inning of that game,

so it wasn't time to reminisce

about an all black team.

We got to try and get it

together because we're

we got to try and get it

together because we're

getting our tails kicked.

And it just so happened,

we did get it together,

and I think we ended up

winning the game 9-7.

Probably one of the...

One of the best games

we played all season.

(Music)

And to field an all

minority team was something

that I never will forget.

It's history now.

There's a book written about it.

The team that changed baseball.

We're proud of that.

Dan Epstein:
It was reflective

of a time in American culture

where black arts, black music,

black film,

where black arts, black music,

black film,

all these things were kind of

pushing their way

into the mainstream.

Black fashion was starting to

influence what was happening

in white fashion.

So in some ways it seems like

1971 was the perfect time for,

you know, for the first all

black and brown lineup.

But at the same time, it's also

like what took you guys so long.

Commentator:
And now it's

the world series.

(Music)

(Music)

Commentator:
The pirates, in a

world series for the first time

in 11 years, start dock Ellis.

(Music and crowd cheering)

(Music and crowd cheering)

Commentator:
When boog Powell

follows the homer with a walk,

Ellis takes a walk himself.

Dock:
I started having

trouble with my arm in

dock:
I started having

trouble with my arm in

San Francisco, the first game

i pitched in the playoffs,

and I knew then that

my arm was gone.

But I will definitely

be back next year.

(Music and crowd cheering)

Commentator:
And the

final score,

Pittsburgh 5;

Baltimore 1

(music and crowd cheering)

Commentator:
The world

series is all tied up.

(Music and crowd cheering)

(Music and crowd cheering)

Commentator:
Clemente,

the unsinkable pirate.

(Music and crowd cheering)

Commentator:
The last act.

Commentator:
And the game,

the series, it's all over.

Pittsburgh!

Boy 5:
You can't tell me

you wouldn't like

to win the world series.

Boy 6:
Yeah, everybody

jumping and screaming

and splashing champagne

all over each other.

And splashing champagne

all over each other.

(Music)

(Music)

(Music)

News reporter:
The coast guard

cutter, sagebrush,

and a Navy helicopter led the

search for the four engine

DC-7 cargo plane that crashed

moments after takeoff from

San Juan airport

on new year's Eve.

Roberto clemente, star

outfielder for the

Pittsburgh pirates, was heading

a mission carrying relief

supplies to the victims of the

Nicaragua earthquake.

A special election will be held

by baseball writers to honor

clemente, who was only the 11th

man in the major leagues

to get 3,000 hits.

To get 3,000 hits.

Bob Cain, nbc news

(vinyl record static)

(Vinyl record static)

I remember getting to the house,

and the team was already there,

and dock was you know,

between Manny and dock, I think

those two guys took it really,

really hard.

Really hard.

He did not look like

dock that I knew.

I know he was hurting very,

very badly, and he was

very emotional.

This changed him a

lot too, you know,

when he seen this.

Life can be, you know,

end any second.

And you're not controlling

your own life,

and suddenly he realized it.

He was a completely

changed person.

Peter golenbock:
Do you have any

particular memories of

clemente as a ballplayer?

Was he as great as they say?

Dock:
I don't talk about him.

Peter:
You don't.

Any particular reason why?

Dock:
Because I have it

here and here.

Peter:
In your heart?

Dock:
Where it stays.

Peter:
Do you love the guy?

Dock:
Yeah.

(Music)

(Music)

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