RIP Pete Rose

[Kasparaitis]

In a meaningless all star game.

Did you ever compete against a professional athlete? I did. They play to win.

 

[Kasparaitis]

Most every high level player (except, apparently, Mr. Rose) knows that type of play is unacceptable, and certainly unexpected, in a midseason exhibition game featuring the sport’s best players. There have rarely (if ever) been any cheap shots that would risk injury to other players in any all-star game in any professional sport.
A real game is a different story. And had this situation come up in a real game, Mr. Fosse would have been prepared for it and probably would have turned Mr. Rose’s face into mush.

Pure bullshit. Maybe in today’s patty-cake games. Ask Ted Williams. The most thrilling hit of his life? Home run to win the 1941 All-Star game.

 

[Kasparaitis]

I believe Pete Rose also played more games on the losing team than any other player in baseball history.

This is not true.

 

[ryoder1]

Most every high level player (except, apparently, Mr. Rose) knows that type of play is unacceptable, and certainly unexpected, in a midseason exhibition game featuring the sport’s best players. There have rarely (if ever) been any cheap shots that would risk injury to other players in any all-star game in any professional sport.
A real game is a different story. And had this situation come up in a real game, Mr. Fosse would have been prepared for it and probably would have turned Mr. Rose’s face into mush.

Charlie Hustle played to win. One of the greatest of all time. Fosse should have been prepared. A man's game and Pete played it all out every game.

 

[Kasparaitis]

Charlie Hustle played to win. One of the greatest of all time. Fosse should have been prepared. A man's game and Pete played it all out every game.

That was the norm in his era. Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson, Bob Gibson… the list is a long one.

 

[Safety Blitz]

This is not true.

I stand corrected. Third most.

 

[Safety Blitz]

That was the norm in his era. Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson, Bob Gibson… the list is a long one.

Wrong. Not the norm in an all-star game.
Bob Gibson never tried to stick a fastball in someone’s ear in an all-star game.
Rose was a very good player, but some of that “hustle” stuff was for show. Flopping head first into third base when he could have got there standing up didn’t make him a better player.