pete rose
Peter Edward Rose was born in Cincinnati in 1941. He said that when he was growing up he rooted for the Cincinnati Reds just like every other kid in the area. In the summertime of most of his childhood years he played baseball constantly. He also played in high school, however he thinks that he was a better football player than a baseball player in school. He said that he liked to play football more because many people would attend the games, and not many showed up for baseball. "You could throw a bomb into the stands at our (high school) baseball games, and you wouldn't kill anyone". If it wasn't for Pete's uncle, who was a scout for the Cincinnati Reds, he would never nave played baseball. His uncle saw him play in high school and signed him to a contract with the Reds farm system. Pete started out at the class "A" level. He rose up quickly making the starting roster for the Reds opening day team in the same year, 1963. On opening day Pete said he wasn't nervous at all until about 10 minutes before the game. It hit him that he was now starting for the Cincinnati Reds, when not more than a year ago he thought football was his life. He walked in his first at bat, on 4 straight pitches. He said it wasn't becaus
During the 1999 World Series Pete Rose was asked to do an interview with NBC's Jim Gray, after the all-century team was honored. Gray used the interview to ask Rose questions about his gambling and how it got him banned for life. Rose responded by saying "I'm surprised you're bombarding me like this, on what is supposed to be a great night... I'm very surprised at you." Rose charges Gray with using a "prosecutor's" line of questioning, and the public agreed. Right after the interview NBC headquarters received over 600 complaints about the interview. The public were not the only ones disappointed by Gray; "I thought it was uncalled for, and I'm very disappointed" says Joe Torre, the manager of the Yankees. The Yankee players followed suit. After Chad Curtis had hit a tenth inning home run to win game 3, Gray tried to interview him, but got shunned. Curtis told Gray that "Because of what happened with Pete (Rose), we've (the Yankees) decided not to say anything." e of nerves though, he just didn't want to swing. He got his first hit in the majors three games later, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Rose was the leadoff hitter for Cincinnati's "big red machine" which was a force in baseball in the 1970's. Pete proved that he could be counted on to hit .300 every season, and play wherever he was needed. Pete's skill and longevity showed through when he broke the 3000 hit barrier, off Steve Rogers in 1978. He was playing for the Reds at the time. 3000 hits is something that a player dreams of getting during his career. It is a milestone that is not reached by about 99% of all baseball players, but it was just a stepping stone for Pete Rose. Since he was not nearing retirement yet, he knew he had a chance at something that was unheralded, the 4000 hit mark. There was only one other person who ever played the game that had 4000 hits, Ty Cobb. To get 4000 hits, and have your name up there with Cobb was probably the best thing that any player could hope for. Rose got to 4000 in the Montreal Expos home opener in 1984. The next mark for Rose was to break Ty Cobb's career hit mark. He did this on September 11th, 1985, in the first inning off San Diego's Eric Show. Rose was playing for Cincinnati at the time. He admits that when he went into the dugout after that hit, it was the only time he ever cried on a baseball field. "I'm a tough S.O.B., but I just couldn't take it" said Rose following his crowning achievement. There are now only two players that have over 4000 hits. Ty Cobb and Pete Rose are the two, and it will be a long while before a third name is added to that list. Kevin Cook and Mark Mravic are writers for Sports Illustrated, which is probably the biggest sport magazine in the country. They both think that Pete Rose is getting hustled by baseball. They start out by saying that right from the start baseball was against him. An agreement was signed by Rose that banned him from baseball; this agreement said that nothing in the agreement "should be deemed either an admission or denial by Peter Edward Rose of the allegation that he bet on any Major League Baseball game." However, the day that the agreement was released, Bart Giamatti told reporters that he had concluded that Rose bet on baseball. This shows that the Commissioner did not believe that agreement, and that he thought that Rose was guilty. In 1991 the year before Rose would have been eligible for the hall of fame, the hall's board of directors passed a new rule. This new rule stated that no player under suspension would be allowed into the hall of fame. Board member Fay Vincent said that the ruling had nothing to do with Pete Rose. Pete responded by saying "I'll kiss your ass if that's true." Rose says that he has formally applied for reinstatement, but the league gives him no reply. The way that baseball feels about Pete Rose can be summed up by Nolan, a writer for the Boston Globe "The on-field Pete Rose belongs in the hall o
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