A great hustler and a good hustler. One of baseballs best.
RIP Pete Rose
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Man bad day today. RIP to best hitter ever
He should be inducted into the Hall of Fame tomorrow
RIP Pete
RIP Pete
It's such a travesty that he was never allowed into the HOF. Without Pete Rose in it, I think it's kind of hollow or incomplete. I think inducting him posthumously is just further insult. If they weren't willing to acknowledge his greatness while he was living, just let it go.
I can't help but wonder if Giamatti hadn't died suddenly that Charlie Hustle would have been in.
The best players are not in the hall, while some mediocre and blatant cheaters are.
As a kid I disliked The Big Red Machine. They were a mini dynasty. I especially didn't like Rose....until he became a Phillie and lead us to the 1980 Series title.
Can still hear the call by Vin Scully on what I believe was the penultimate out: " Foul ball down the first base line...heading towards the dugout...Boone drops it ....but Rose caught it!"
A good buddy of mine sat alone w Pete at some off off off the Strip casino about 10 years ago. It was very early in the morning and they were betting horses back East. They barely spoke- but my friend said it made him sad.
I got his autograph a few times including on a ball and inside a book about that Series win by Hal Bodley.
RIP Charlie Hustle.
Can still hear the call by Vin Scully on what I believe was the penultimate out: " Foul ball down the first base line...heading towards the dugout...Boone drops it ....but Rose caught it!"
A good buddy of mine sat alone w Pete at some off off off the Strip casino about 10 years ago. It was very early in the morning and they were betting horses back East. They barely spoke- but my friend said it made him sad.
I got his autograph a few times including on a ball and inside a book about that Series win by Hal Bodley.
RIP Charlie Hustle.
Yeah, I can understand/respect that approach. I still think Rose (like Bonds) has to be in the HOF or it's not worth having a HOF
I guarantee you that the Phils somehow gag that series if Pete isn’t hustling to back up Boone. Such a huge play and no one else makes it I don’t think.
He buried the choker tag that team had.
MLBs influence over the Hall of Fame is as big of a joke as the sportswriters. Harold Baines is in the Hall of Fame. Dave Parker is not. Why? Because Jerry Reinsdorf says so and the sportswriters are small minded, spiteful hacks. Pete Rose is barred for gambling while the “industry” (owners) partner and invest in gambling companies and look the other way when their premier star player is exposed as a gambler. Bonds, Sosa, McGwire and the Astros were cheaters that should be denied. Rose was no saint but he was a helluva ball player and should be in the HOF.
