Pete Rose, MLB Hits Leader, Dies at 83
The Cincinnati Enquirer:
Pete Rose, the Cincinnati native who became baseball’s all-time
hits leader as well as one of the most divisive figures in the
sport’s history, died Monday, according to a TMZ report,
which was confirmed by his agent, Ryan Fiterman. He was 83.
After reaching the pinnacle of the sport he loved, Rose was banned
from baseball in 1989 for gambling while manager of his hometown
Reds. That came just four years after Rose had broken Ty Cobb’s
hit record, a mark that still stands. He is MLB’s all-time hits
leader with 4,256.
Even putting aside the betting scandal, Rose was, by nearly all accounts, a rotten person. But he was an astonishingly good and captivating baseball player, with a nickname for the ages: Charlie Hustle. My favorite Rose play wasn’t a hit. It was this catch in game 6 of the 1980 World Series.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer:
Pete Rose, the Cincinnati native who became baseball’s all-time
hits leader as well as one of the most divisive figures in the
sport’s history, died Monday, according to a TMZ report,
which was confirmed by his agent, Ryan Fiterman. He was 83.
After reaching the pinnacle of the sport he loved, Rose was banned
from baseball in 1989 for gambling while manager of his hometown
Reds. That came just four years after Rose had broken Ty Cobb’s
hit record, a mark that still stands. He is MLB’s all-time hits
leader with 4,256.
Even putting aside the betting scandal, Rose was, by nearly all accounts, a rotten person. But he was an astonishingly good and captivating baseball player, with a nickname for the ages: Charlie Hustle. My favorite Rose play wasn’t a hit. It was this catch in game 6 of the 1980 World Series.