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
If Rose owns up to the fact that he did bet on baseball, instead of denying what is clear evidence against him, then maybe the new Commissioner will start to look into the possibility of letting him back into the sport. There are mixed sentiments about Pete Rose's possible return to baseball. The next mark for Rose was to break Ty Cobb's career hit mark. He played in Philly from 1979 to 1983, and then he went to the Montreal Expos for 1984. " The new Commissioner Bud Selig also gave his opinion "I have seen no new evidence that would get me to even think about changing Commissioner Bart Giamatti's decision. 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 of fame, even though the off-field Pete Rose does not even belong in the game. 3000 hits is something that a player dreams of getting during his career. Kevin Cook and Mark Mravic are writers for Sports Illustrated, which is probably the biggest sport magazine in the country.
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