I missed it all! I was a young squirt in the 70s. And then for the 1990 season, I was in the military away for 6 months only to come back home right as the World Series started. At least I got to see that much. Hall of Fame for sure. Especially now after holding this over his head for 30 years, that's enough.
He violated the one rule in baseball, the one rule that saved baseball in 1920, the ban on gambling after the World Series was fixed. Let him in then every player, no matter how successful or mediocre, will be tempted to gamble, throw a game and knowing there will be no final consequences.
Jeff Drummond Pete Rose received boos of respect, people liked to boo him because they knew how great he was, it's not that they disliked him as a player when they booed, that was done out of the utmost respect, many of them admired the way he played the game. During the 44 game hitting streak, opposing crowds realized that they were witnessing history, and something that they never saw again, or will ever see again in their lifetimes. In the 20th century, only Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak was longer, and by the time Rose's streak came along, some who had witnessed DiMaggio's streak were deceased...
Bryce Harper is today's Pete Rose in that respect. You hate him because he's on the other team but secretly you'd love to have him on your squad. Nothing but respect for a guy that is balls out all the time.
They would cut from a soap opera on TV whenever ROGER MARIS would come to bat in the last game to watch him break the BABE'S RECORD FOR MOST HOME RUNS IN A SEASON, WE were IN STUDIEHALL WITH TRANSISTOR RADIOS HID ON US AND LISTEN TO THE GAME, When ROGER MARIS hit #61 some fool screamed out MARIS BROKE THE RECORD THEY TOOK 11 RADIOS FROM US,
S. Chris T. Good points. Of course, Met fans at Shea usually had a special dislike/respect for Rose, due to his fight with Bud Harrleson during game 3 of the 1973 NLCS. They had already given Pete a standing ovation @ 4/29/78, when Rose hit 3 HRs in a game - only time he did that in his career - and went 5-for-6 with 5 RBI. The following Friday - 5/5/78 - Rose collected hit #3000 Against Steve Rogers of the Expos. 1978 was quite a year for him. Signed with Philly as a Free Agent in December.
Interviewer: "Pete, When you go up to the plate, how often do you really expect to get a hit?" Pete Rose: "Every time I go up to the plate, I EXPECT to get a hit, if I didn't, I wouldn't have any business being out there."
He played for 23 years and had over 14,000 at bats. Average career in the MLB is 5.6 years. If you put it into perspective of what others do in their short time playing he’s hardly average with 4,200 hits out of over 14,000 times at bat over a quarter of a century.
What a great summer to be a baseball fan. I miss that brand of baseball and the blue-collar type players like Rose. Those Reds' teams had everything; batting average, power, defense, speed and pitching. Nothing boring about baseball back then.
Rose was hitting for high average and leading the league during a time when pitching was great especially in the 60s . Rose was facing Gibson, Marichal, Drysdale,Koufax, Perry , Seaver and batting .330 when the league as whole was batting 240
@@acornsucks2111 That is because Rose was willing to hit the ball where it is pitched the other way.....Brett followed suite but with ungodly line drive power. I have coached and managed baseball for 30 plus years from struggling little league teams to USSSA World Series victory and taught kids how to hit the ball wear it is pitched.....these days with uppercut swings, launch angles, every hitter trying to pull every pitch, it's so frustrating. My son played DII college baseball in Central Ohio a few years ago and his Manager was none other than Ron Osters son Jake.
Dude was a wizard masterful at going the other way with it. Can only hit what they give you to hit is what I tell my kids. I think I’ll show them these Rose highlights. Helluva hitter. Put em in the HOF already! HOF’er in my book!
True Hitting Machine...Even the players gave Pete Rose respect when he reached first base on a hit. Tony Perez long time teammate and Montanez gave him five and the ball. 👍 Hall Of Famer...Respect the player...it's what he did on the field that gets recognition.
Not only did the game of baseball provide me with my greatest memories and experiences as a kid, it’s still the #1 passion within me today. One of the things I love about baseball is its statistics, and of course today, we have an incredible array of advanced statistics available to us with the advent a decade+ ago of Sabremetrics, and then, more recently, StatCast. In today’s world of statistics, it’s truly amazing when realizing the many advanced metrics we have available to us to use in evaluating the overall contribution of a player. The fact that these advanced metrics adjust for many of the game’s factors, such as ballpark (hitter’s park vs pitcher’s park), and the era in which the player spent his career (think Babe Ruth vs Mike Trout...different era...very different game...fewer teams then...perhaps higher quality players with fewer teams...very different ballparks...etc., etc.) Aside from that, I just love how this game seems so full of certain “coincidences.” Now, maybe “coincidences” is not the correct term, but I’ll share two of these instances. 1) Just last night, I was rewatching the HR race of ‘98 with Big Mac and Sammy Sosa. That year, McGwire hit HR #61 on....his dad’s 61st birthday. Just amazing. To think, it wasn’t just any HR that year. It was #61...the vaunted number that hadn’t been reached since 1961 (speaking of “coincidences,” Maris hitting HR #61 in...1961). Also, it wasn’t just any birthday for his dad, but #61. 2) Here is Pete Rose during games 37 and 38 of his 44 game hitting streak. Now, I chose those two games since the first would tie the NL record of 37, while #38 would obviously set a new NL standard. The Reds opponents for these two games...the NY Mets...where are these two games played...New York (well, Flushing Meadows, actually)...who is the current NL record holder with hits in 37 straight games...Tommy Holmes...long retired as a player, which team’s front office employs Tommy Holmes in community relations (at that time)...the NY Mets. Who is able to be in attendance during these two games to see his record possibly tied or broken...Tommy Holmes. It’s just amazing to me. It’s not just any opponent, but the Mets. It’s not just any city, but NY (instead of at home in Cincy). It’s not just any game(s) during the streak, but #37 and #38...and it’s not just any team that employs Tommy Holmes, but the Mets. And, of course, it’s not just any former player that the Mets employed in their front office, but Tommy Holmes. My apologies if I may have repeated myself, or dragged out too much detail, but that’s what I love about this game...the detail. There are thousands of these examples throughout the game’s history. How could you not be sucked in? Baseball...there is NOTHING like it.
I got to meet Rose at his memorabilia store in Las Vegas. I asked him if he remembered his response when reporters asked him “do you feel relieved?” He looked at me and said, “Hell no!” Lol
This really brings into perspective just how far out there Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hit streak is. Even someone like Pete Rose could only reach 44, still quite a ways away from 56.
@@TL2354 oh youre just a trollin everyone. Hey everybody this guy wouldnt know baseball from backgammon...hes got no sense...all us real knowledgeable baseball fans know his talent overides ant hall of fame. He was the best...fact
During Rose’s hitting streak, ABC did a video montage using Bob Seger’s song, “Still the Same.” “You always won every time you placed a bet You're still damn good, no one's gotten to you yet Every time they were sure they had you caught You were quicker than they thought You'd just turn your back and walk” I don’t think anyone knew or suspected anything, but it was incredibly prescient.
40 years ago? Can't be. That's fkn insane. I remember like it was yesterday. Put this fkn guy in the hof already. His punishment has been enough already
Bet on baseball while in the dugout of baseball... no HOF ever. Betting on baseball while in baseball must never be accepted. His name in record books...yes. Honored with the highest honor...you can’t do it.
All time hits leader not in the HOF, top 4 players with the most HR's in a single season not in the HOF, all time HR leader not in the HOF, most Cy Young awards not in the HOF, these guys either need to be in or we need to start a new record book and a new HOF, or they could just stop keeping stats altogether because right now it looks absolutely ridiculous to have so many of your all time records held by non hall of famers.
@@GeorgeRPope What are you the official editor of RUclips comments or something? Don't you realize how annoying grammar nazi's are? It's a RUclips comment not a dissertation. Most people are typing hastily on their cell phones using swype text, not sitting at their desktop CPU using spell check. Is that how you spend your time, just endlessly combing through social media posts correcting spelling, punctuation, and grammar to make yourself feel intelligent? Well I guess everybody needs a hobby, but yours SUCKS!!!!!
This shows you how true baseball fans appreciate the game. After Rose got in a fight with Bud Harrellson at Shea, Rose was booed every time he played there. Then after he broke the NL hitting streak record there, they cheered him.
That's right. He got booed every time up after the fight with Harrelson. But give the devil his due. A great hitter who gave his all everytime he stepped on the field and the fans appreciated it wether his was on your team or not.
ZZBlue Comet and get this. The next game he hit a homerun to beat the Mets. And the Shea Stadium crowd cheered him. Those are fans who understand and appreciate good baseball. Let's go Mets! Pete in the Hall of Fame!
I was at the game when Pete Rose tied the NL modern record of 37. My parents were big Mets fans but Rose was my hero. When Mike Lum hit the homerun in the 9th inning that gave the Reds the lead, my stepfather immediately got up and we had to leave. Sore loser! I was 14 and I wanted to stay and take the train home. I still love Rose and I hope that he finally gets his rightful induction into the HOF before he passes.
Being a Met fan, I watched Rose come up to bat against the Mets and actually gave him a standing O along with the Shea faithful when he continued his streak of 30+ games. It was exciting, and great for baseball. Pete was my kind of player, loved him and to be honest, most of the Big Red Machine players at the time.
Still remember .... Gene Garber pitching, Joe Nolan catching when the streak ended! Goodbye to that streak, Pete!! On another note, I will NEVER forget going to ATL FUL CO stadium (the god awful old Braves stadium, long since gone) with my parents in the 70's--- Rose was with the Phillies and they were in for a series ... Dick Ruthven was pitching for Atlanta... Rose was the lead-off hitter, came up to bat... first pitch...SMACK! over the fence for a home run! First pitch! Very unusual, I would think. I looked at my Dad and said "this is going to be one hell of a bad night"!
im so glad i had a one on one chat with him.Hes my idol and inspiration all my years playing ball.His jersey signed will always be my highlight.Hes done his time .now get him in the hof so he can see the appreciation and his contribution in this game
Rose is the best baseball player I've ever seen. Not the best power-hitter, not the best fielder, not the fastest baserunner, not the best hitter. But the best baseball player by far. He belongs in the HoF more than all of them.
@@MajorWolfgangHochstetter 1960s Boston celtics with red Auerbach, star at every position, think the 1950s Yankees could matchup with 1970s Cincinnati red machine 1975,1976, only pitching was their weakness
I have no issue with Garber striking Rose out and ending the streak, however jumping up and down in a 16-4 win was very unprofessional, and showed no class.
I can't blame Garber. The world media was there. It was getting incredible publicity and he wants to be remembered as the one that ended it. Showing emotion at ending what couldn't be ended in 44 games is a part of the game. If Rose had gotten a hit in that bat he would have shown emotion too.
@@antonioacevedo5200 Rose seemed to think Garber should've challenged him with fastballs, which is not what Garber was paid to do. Relief pitchers watch the news, too, so who WOULDN'T want to end that streak? That's about the only highlight for the 1978 Braves; that and Bouton's comeback.
As far as your first sentence, is that what Rose said or are you simply giving your opinion? Why would Pete Rose offer an opinion as to how he should be pitched by Garber?@@aboxofbroken8tracks983
@@antonioacevedo5200 Rose's contention was that Garber pitched him as if a world championship was on the line, rather than closing out a 16-4 win, in which a pitcher would simply try to throw strikes. Fastballs down the middle would be the easiest way to do that. The announcer himself said Rose was miffed that Garber "tried too hard" to get him out.
I was at Shea for both games - 37, 38. My friend, Glenn, was an avid Reds fan. After he tied the record there was no way we were going to miss the next game. BTW... Tommy Holmes was a class guy all the way.
I am Italian and read about his monstruous number of career hits : according to Wikipedia they are more than four thousand ! 😱⚾ Well, what can I say apart a " bravissimo" ? Ciao
Quando aveva 19 anni, lui giocava in un campionato semi-professionale e otteneva un successo di 90.4% ("batting average" di .904) nelle sue opportunità
I think it was because ABC wanted it on and didn't originally have the game on their schedule. Frank was in town so he got the gig. Did a nice job for a 'football guy'. Of course he had done Olympic events in the past, as well.
Schmidt credits Rose with taking him to the next level as a ball player when he joined the Phillies the next season. Their Series victory in 1980 probably wouldn't have been possible without Rose as a motivator.
When Pete Rose bunted down 3rd base line and HOF Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt bobbled it I was there. Riverfront Stadium double header with my Dad and brother. Hot day....30 minutes between games back then.
I was 12. I watched the game on WOR, when he broke the NL record. I think it was a Tuesday. I've always loved Pete Rose. And this streak was big news back then.
What I remember most about the hit that passed Tommy Holmes was that it happened in New York where Mets fans had hated Pete Rose ever since the Bud Harrelson incident. But he won many of them over earlier in 1978 when he went 5 for 6 with 3 homers, by the 3rd home run the fans were on their feet. When the record hit streak came around later in the year, they were cheering and even sign man got into it with Rose Fever and It Had to be You signs.
The year of this incredible streak, Rose hit a whopping .302!! They don't make hitters like this any more. The past was so awesome. The present is so terrible. It is truly devastating...
.302 is not whopping. especially when you’re not hitting homeruns. it’s decent. .340 would be whopping. just sayin. i’m actually surprised to hear that he only hit .302 in a year he hit safely in 44 straight. i would of assumed it would be in the whopping area, .340 or .350 or something.
I think it's pretty cool that two of THE greatest ballplayers of all time both were born in Cincinnati. Pete Rose and Ken Griffey Jr. Both Rose and Junior were all around beasts on the field. Rose could play every position and Junior made everything look easy.
@17:33 someone got a great picture of the 44th game hit. They had great timing from the first base side near home plate. I wonder if that picture is still around.
Not a easy feat to match, but it would take a .300 hitter with an extremely long career. How often does that happen ? The closest recently would be Derek Jeter, but he got hurt at age 39 and then retired after one more full season at age 40, he didn't have the longevity that Rose had. Rose played until he was 45 At age 38 Derek Jeter had 3304 hits, Rose had 3424 at age 38, difference is Rose kept on going until 45, Jeter retired at 40
I don't count Ichiro stats from Japan but one wonders if he had played his entire career in the States what he could have done. If someone does come close to Rose hit total, he will need to be someone who starts young(by age 20) and plays almost entirely full seasons for over 20 years and hit .300, how many players has that been through the history of the game ?
Joe Lewus ...Ichiro is the one man who would have, DEFINITELY. He's absolutely unbelievable. No one ever like him. The way he moves. I never saw anything like him & I have no doubts, barring a bizarre injury, he would've set an unreachable hit record, among many, many, other sorted records. He's 43 and still going....who knows !?
Watched the end of Pete's steak...[live] on Braves televison...back in August of 1978 and the press conference that followed the game...was very happy at that moment, it was over for Rose, however 41 years later...damn was I wrong...wish now he would have broken record and was sitting alone with the record....
I remember the networks NBC, ABC, CBS breaking into their regular programs to cover some of his at bats once streak reached maybe 35 or 40. Never saw this before, or since.
Man that summer of 78 was magical. Being a huge Reds fan recall following this religiously. Then Gene Garbor and the Braves ( who were terrible then) screwed it up.
Johnny bench was on one of the popular talking head shows and said Pete doesn't belong in the HOF; he said if you allow pete in you should go home and tell your kids there are no rules...I find his attitude and other Reds players like him very ummm....what's the word....a haughty-ness containing an almost religious fervor. The powers that be in baseball, which included Johnny bench, wanted Rose to do about 4 or 5 very distinct things, one was to admit that he'd bet on baseball while managing, they wanted for all intents total capitulation. Pete Rose never bet against his own team. Not once. Pete Rose didn't believe gambling was immoral. He played the horses as did millions of americans. He even hit a pick 6 that paid several hundred thousand dollars. But can you imagine asking pete Rose for total capitulation? That goes against everything that made the man the player he was, they were asking him to denounce his own very being. He told them to fuck off, for all intents. He didn't need the HOF to give his contribution meaning. The man stayed true to who he was, like him or not. He'll always be a HOFer in my book, and he doesn't need anything "official" to be a HOFer in the eyes of a majority of Americans, I am sure. So to Johnny Bench and those that think like him: The man has paid his due. He didn't hurt you or the game. Let it go for the sake of baseball history.
Pete Rose is the greatest hitter the game has ever known but liberal politics kept him out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. What a disgusting shame to his fans and to the game of baseball. A record that will never be beaten! Pete Rose, Mark McGwire, Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth are the greatest players to have ever played this glorious American pastime called baseball!
Guy is banned from the hof because of his gambling . Today sports gambling is endorsed by all sports. Mlb needs to rethink its value . Unban the guy and put the top 5 true hof'er of all time in there
He wasn't banned for his gambling. He was banned because he signed a paper that banned him permanently because he wouldn't admit to what he had done. He was betting on games he was managing. Sports gambling today still does not allow a player or manager to go place bets on baseball games. As we know he finally admitted to betting, but of course after 14 years of keeping a straight face and denying it all, no one knows for sure what all his bets were. One of the investigation's witnesses (who Rose said for years was lying about everything, and of course now we know the witness wasn't lying about everything) stated that Rose once told him if the bet was big enough he'd throw a game. Of course there is no evidence from the investigation that proves he did that, but how can anyone ever know for sure based on Rose's ability to lie while staring straight into the camera or looking right into the eyes of the interviewer. Rose doesn't belong in the Hall. He was a great player, and everyone knows of all his records, and that's where his story will end.
You know what... I think Garber may have celebrated it a bit too much, but Pete played every game like it was the 7th game of the World Series. (Ask Fosse.) I think that was just frustration coming out. He would not have wanted Garber to just groove one in there.
@@ronflatter1235 Whatever the case, whether it was for the whole game or just for Rose’s at bats, Gifford clearly was there at Shea Stadium announcing. Look at 2:56. You’re probably right, though, and ABC most likely did send him out there to Shea just to announce Rose’s at-bats and be prepared to get an interview, since Rose was about to break the National League record, because I don’t see any evidence of Gifford ever being part of any ABC baseball broadcasting team, nor do I personally recall it from growing up in the 70s and 80s. Hearing Gifford announce any baseball at all, even one at-bat, sounds just as strange to the ears as hearing Keith Jackson announcing Mike Weaver’s knockout of John Tate.
@Sideshow Bob - even if you take 400 away Pete has 3856 hits - also, Pete Rose had over 1000 extra base hits - more than Rogers Hornsby, Ernie Banks, Honus Wagner, Al Simmons, Al Kaline, Mickey Mantle, Willie Stargell, Eddie Mathews, Willie McCovey, Harmon Killebrew, Joe DiMaggio, Duke Snider & Roberto Clemente, to name only a few. Pete Rose is not the greatest hitter of all-time. I grant you that. But trying to cheapen his accomplishments by citing "400 bunts" only embarrasses anyone who makes such a silly argument.
@Sideshow Bob As TED WILLIAMS said, his career wasn't made of being a singles hitter he was referring to PETE ROSE AND FOR TWO YEARS WILLIAMS WAS SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY
Bunting is hitting and actually very hard to do, which helps the argument for Rose, not hurts him. You’re last statement about Ichy is so ignorant I’m not even gonna respond. I don’t even like Rose. I was a Pirates fan, but you are a complete idiot.
What impressed me were the Mets fans. Back in 1973 they were booing Pete Rose. The Mets and the Reds played for the national league pennant in the National League Championship Series. Then five years later they're cheering him to continue his hitting streak. Great fans. Knowledgeable fans. They're loyal to their team, but realize historical excellence and it happens. Fantastic.
I put Rose just a shade below (but it's very close) behind my "big 3" of Mays, Ted Williams and Aaron. (My "big 3" consists only of players post 1946.)
Pete Rose only became an asshat after these unfounded allegations of his gambling came about. Until then he was just a hard nosed player who gave it all everytime he suited up. See in that interview he just told it like it is. He was a well respected and liked guy by his peers.
LOL... it is quite an experience living in a time where facts don’t matter. Pete lied about betting for years and finally admitted to it only because there was evidence he did bet. Pete was a great ball player...but that does not make him a honorable person. He lied and broke the cardinal sin in baseball. No HOF ever.
These were some great days in the game of baseball. Remember '75 & '76 Big Red Machine!
Pete Rose belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
I missed it all! I was a young squirt in the 70s. And then for the 1990 season, I was in the military away for 6 months only to come back home right as the World Series started. At least I got to see that much.
Hall of Fame for sure. Especially now after holding this over his head for 30 years, that's enough.
I left Cinci in '78, moved back in 1990 to watch the Reds sweep Oakland! That was a treat. Felt like a good luck charm. :D
I was born in 67. Pete was the best until he fucked everything up.
He violated the one rule in baseball, the one rule that saved baseball in 1920, the ban on gambling after the World Series was fixed. Let him in then every player, no matter how successful or mediocre, will be tempted to gamble, throw a game and knowing there will be no final consequences.
@@kevinerose so if your best friend tagged your wife the day after you were married .....30 years would absolve him of his indiscretion?
I was at the game in Atlanta-Fulton County for no. 44. Pete Rose brought pure excitement to every game he played. HOF! HOF! HOF!!
What's really cool about these broadcasts is how the home crowds of opposing teams went nuts when he got a hit.
Jeff Drummond Pete Rose received boos of respect, people liked to boo him because they knew how great he was, it's not that they disliked him as a player when they booed, that was done out of the utmost respect, many of them admired the way he played the game.
During the 44 game hitting streak, opposing crowds realized that they were witnessing history, and something that they never saw again, or will ever see again in their lifetimes. In the 20th century, only Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak was longer, and by the time Rose's streak came along, some who had witnessed DiMaggio's streak were deceased...
Bryce Harper is today's Pete Rose in that respect. You hate him because he's on the other team but secretly you'd love to have him on your squad. Nothing but respect for a guy that is balls out all the time.
They would cut from a soap opera on TV whenever ROGER MARIS would come to bat in the last game to watch him break the BABE'S RECORD FOR MOST HOME RUNS IN A SEASON, WE were IN STUDIEHALL WITH TRANSISTOR RADIOS HID ON US AND LISTEN TO THE GAME, When ROGER MARIS hit #61 some fool screamed out MARIS BROKE THE RECORD THEY TOOK 11 RADIOS FROM US,
People loved baseball.
S. Chris T. Good points. Of course, Met fans at Shea usually had a special dislike/respect for Rose, due to his fight with Bud Harrleson during game 3 of the 1973 NLCS. They had already given Pete a standing ovation @ 4/29/78, when Rose hit 3 HRs in a game - only time he did that in his career - and went 5-for-6 with 5 RBI. The following Friday - 5/5/78 - Rose collected hit #3000 Against Steve Rogers of the Expos. 1978 was quite a year for him. Signed with Philly as a Free Agent in December.
Interviewer: "Pete, When you go up to the plate, how often do you really expect to get a hit?"
Pete Rose: "Every time I go up to the plate, I EXPECT to get a hit, if I didn't, I wouldn't have any business being out there."
That was a helluva summer to be a kid.
Yep.. I was 18...and my summer was glued to the streak
40 years later, no one In The History of the National League has ever come close to This Hitting Streak by Pete Rose.
It puts dimagio's streak in perspective and I'll bet no one alive has more respect for that streak than pete rose...Lord knows how he did it...
Paul Molitor hit in 39 consecutive games and my boy Jimmy Rollins hit in 38, I'd say that's pretty close.
@@davidmayberry3190 yeah that's pretty good
@@davidmayberry3190 Jimmy Rollins shocked me. He was good but he wasn't DiMaggio, Rose, or Molitor good.
He played for 23 years and had over 14,000 at bats. Average career in the MLB is 5.6 years. If you put it into perspective of what others do in their short time playing he’s hardly average with 4,200 hits out of over 14,000 times at bat over a quarter of a century.
What a great summer to be a baseball fan. I miss that brand of baseball and the blue-collar type players like Rose. Those Reds' teams had everything; batting average, power, defense, speed and pitching. Nothing boring about baseball back then.
Fully agree with you!!
Rose was hitting for high average and leading the league during a time when pitching was great especially in the 60s . Rose was facing Gibson, Marichal, Drysdale,Koufax, Perry , Seaver and batting .330 when the league as whole was batting 240
Steve Carlton and Nolan Ryan as well.....
The year of the pitcher, 1968, Rose batted 335 and finished second in MVP voting behind Gibson with that insane era of 1.12.
The year of the pitcher, 1968, Rose batted 335 and finished second in MVP voting behind Gibson with that insane era of 1.12.
@@acornsucks2111 That is because Rose was willing to hit the ball where it is pitched the other way.....Brett followed suite but with ungodly line drive power. I have coached and managed baseball for 30 plus years from struggling little league teams to USSSA World Series victory and taught kids how to hit the ball wear it is pitched.....these days with uppercut swings, launch angles, every hitter trying to pull every pitch, it's so frustrating. My son played DII college baseball in Central Ohio a few years ago and his Manager was none other than Ron Osters son Jake.
Dude was a wizard masterful at going the other way with it. Can only hit what they give you to hit is what I tell my kids. I think I’ll show them these Rose highlights. Helluva hitter. Put em in the HOF already! HOF’er in my book!
This guy love baseball to the core.
He also loved betting on it too,but a life long ban was to harsh
Best hitter ever with an unparalleled love for the game. He deserves to be in the Hall.
What?! Can’t have a love for the game when you know that gambling is the number 1 sin in baseball and still do it
@@TL2354 youre clueless...thats fact.
It hard to argue against switch hitter pete rose not being the greatest baseball hitter ever
Cobb
True Hitting Machine...Even the players gave Pete Rose respect when he reached first base on a hit. Tony Perez long time teammate and Montanez gave him five and the ball. 👍 Hall Of Famer...Respect the player...it's what he did on the field that gets recognition.
Not only did the game of baseball provide me with my greatest memories and experiences as a kid, it’s still the #1 passion within me today. One of the things I love about baseball is its statistics, and of course today, we have an incredible array of advanced statistics available to us with the advent a decade+ ago of Sabremetrics, and then, more recently, StatCast. In today’s world of statistics, it’s truly amazing when realizing the many advanced metrics we have available to us to use in evaluating the overall contribution of a player. The fact that these advanced metrics adjust for many of the game’s factors, such as ballpark (hitter’s park vs pitcher’s park), and the era in which the player spent his career (think Babe Ruth vs Mike Trout...different era...very different game...fewer teams then...perhaps higher quality players with fewer teams...very different ballparks...etc., etc.)
Aside from that, I just love how this game seems so full of certain “coincidences.” Now, maybe “coincidences” is not the correct term, but I’ll share two of these instances.
1) Just last night, I was rewatching the HR race of ‘98 with Big Mac and Sammy Sosa. That year, McGwire hit HR #61 on....his dad’s 61st birthday. Just amazing. To think, it wasn’t just any HR that year. It was #61...the vaunted number that hadn’t been reached since 1961 (speaking of “coincidences,” Maris hitting HR #61 in...1961). Also, it wasn’t just any birthday for his dad, but #61.
2) Here is Pete Rose during games 37 and 38 of his 44 game hitting streak. Now, I chose those two games since the first would tie the NL record of 37, while #38 would obviously set a new NL standard. The Reds opponents for these two games...the NY Mets...where are these two games played...New York (well, Flushing Meadows, actually)...who is the current NL record holder with hits in 37 straight games...Tommy Holmes...long retired as a player, which team’s front office employs Tommy Holmes in community relations (at that time)...the NY Mets. Who is able to be in attendance during these two games to see his record possibly tied or broken...Tommy Holmes.
It’s just amazing to me. It’s not just any opponent, but the Mets. It’s not just any city, but NY (instead of at home in Cincy). It’s not just any game(s) during the streak, but #37 and #38...and it’s not just any team that employs Tommy Holmes, but the Mets. And, of course, it’s not just any former player that the Mets employed in their front office, but Tommy Holmes.
My apologies if I may have repeated myself, or dragged out too much detail, but that’s what I love about this game...the detail. There are thousands of these examples throughout the game’s history. How could you not be sucked in? Baseball...there is NOTHING like it.
I got to meet Rose at his memorabilia store in Las Vegas. I asked him if he remembered his response when reporters asked him “do you feel relieved?” He looked at me and said, “Hell no!” Lol
This really brings into perspective just how far out there Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hit streak is. Even someone like Pete Rose could only reach 44, still quite a ways away from 56.
Pete Rose is a hall of famer...i dont care what they say
He’s not
@@TL2354 oh youre just a trollin everyone. Hey everybody this guy wouldnt know baseball from backgammon...hes got no sense...all us real knowledgeable baseball fans know his talent overides ant hall of fame. He was the best...fact
He was just an amazing athlete. Thank you for posting.
In the Websters dictionary beside the word baseball player there needs to be no words just a picture of pete rose..
Love how the Mets fans and players congratulated Rose. Let’s Go Mets!!
DBR00 yes the 1978 Mets were awful and had awful attendance except for when Pete Rose came to town
It’s good that the Mets fans put that Bud Harrelson issue behind them five years earlier.
During Rose’s hitting streak, ABC did a video montage using Bob Seger’s song, “Still the Same.”
“You always won every time you placed a bet
You're still damn good, no one's gotten to you yet
Every time they were sure they had you caught
You were quicker than they thought
You'd just turn your back and walk”
I don’t think anyone knew or suspected anything, but it was incredibly prescient.
WOW! How about that?
40 years ago? Can't be. That's fkn insane. I remember like it was yesterday. Put this fkn guy in the hof already. His punishment has been enough already
stripervince1 , no doubt! I’m with you. Let the man in the HOF.
stripervince1 - I remember this too so well. Pete BELONGS in the Hall of Fame! Period!
Love him or hate him, the sob could hit! HOF!!!
Yeah lots of singles!
@Alex Yamach and?
Agreed
@@alexyamach3635 moron
Bet on baseball while in the dugout of baseball... no HOF ever. Betting on baseball while in baseball must never be accepted. His name in record books...yes. Honored with the highest honor...you can’t do it.
pete rose, living legend....rising to the occasion as usual
Good to see Montreal Expos again🤩
I was 15 in 1978 and this was historic for sure !
Put the guy in the Hall of Fame for God's sake he was one of the greatest players of all time he loved the game and he played hard.
Pete needs to be in the HOF.. He's been banned from baseball for 30 years now,...He has more then paid enough of a price.
All time hits leader not in the HOF, top 4 players with the most HR's in a single season not in the HOF, all time HR leader not in the HOF, most Cy Young awards not in the HOF, these guys either need to be in or we need to start a new record book and a new HOF, or they could just stop keeping stats altogether because right now it looks absolutely ridiculous to have so many of your all time records held by non hall of famers.
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@@GeorgeRPope What are you the official editor of RUclips comments or something? Don't you realize how annoying grammar nazi's are? It's a RUclips comment not a dissertation. Most people are typing hastily on their cell phones using swype text, not sitting at their desktop CPU using spell check. Is that how you spend your time, just endlessly combing through social media posts correcting spelling, punctuation, and grammar to make yourself feel intelligent? Well I guess everybody needs a hobby, but yours SUCKS!!!!!
He bet on Baseball . 'Nuff said.
Daveyboy _ To WIN.
This shows you how true baseball fans appreciate the game. After Rose got in a fight with Bud Harrellson at Shea, Rose was booed every time he played there. Then after he broke the NL hitting streak record there, they cheered him.
That's right. He got booed every time up after the fight with Harrelson. But give the devil his due. A great hitter who gave his all everytime he stepped on the field and the fans appreciated it wether his was on your team or not.
ZZBlue Comet and get this. The next game he hit a homerun to beat the Mets. And the Shea Stadium crowd cheered him. Those are fans who understand and appreciate good baseball. Let's go Mets! Pete in the Hall of Fame!
I was at the game when Pete Rose tied the NL modern record of 37. My parents were big Mets fans but Rose was my hero. When Mike Lum hit the homerun in the 9th inning that gave the Reds the lead, my stepfather immediately got up and we had to leave. Sore loser! I was 14 and I wanted to stay and take the train home. I still love Rose and I hope that he finally gets his rightful induction into the HOF before he passes.
Sadly, no.
Being a Met fan, I watched Rose come up to bat against the Mets and actually gave him a standing O along with the Shea faithful when he continued his streak of 30+ games. It was exciting, and great for baseball. Pete was my kind of player, loved him and to be honest, most of the Big Red Machine players at the time.
Legendary. Love these videos.
The greatest player in my lifetime.
Lawrence DeHerrera wrong
Maybe the greatest singles hitter
Pete Rose is a dick and not the greatest player in any lifetime,.. Ichiro Suzuki is the all time hits leader now.
Greatest Steroids free baseball ⚾️ player in your era
@@lloydkline6946 Pete Rose took "Speed" amphetamines pills so he did take drugs to stay more alert.
Rose was so confident and tough that the insane pressure didn't even bother him , certified legend
Tommy holmes...class act
Michael Frazia If it was reversed and he broke Rose’s record, Rose would have punched him in the mouth lol
Players today aren't content with base hits. All going for the home run and launch angle. You'll never see anything like this again.
Pete Rose is baseball
There is no hall of fame without him front and center .
Pete Rose IS baseball. Let him in. He more than deserves it.
Like Clint says in the Unforgiven, " Deserves aint got nothing to do with it" . Can't forgive what this prick did.
"and he asks Joe West to look over the baseball"... geez, what's this guy in his 90th year as an ump??!!
Colin Duffy I thought the same. Didn’t expect that 😂
Wow, good catch. He's been in there a while.
He calls games like he's been doing it for 90 years. One of the worst there is.
Debut in September, 1976.
I think he was on the same crew with Bill Klem
"...and more important than anything to Pete you know is that he keeps the rally going for the Reds." No truer words ever spoken.
Still remember .... Gene Garber pitching, Joe Nolan catching when the streak ended! Goodbye to that streak, Pete!! On another note, I will NEVER forget going to ATL FUL CO stadium (the god awful old Braves stadium, long since gone) with my parents in the 70's--- Rose was with the Phillies and they were in for a series ... Dick Ruthven was pitching for Atlanta... Rose was the lead-off hitter, came up to bat... first pitch...SMACK! over the fence for a home run! First pitch! Very unusual, I would think. I looked at my Dad and said "this is going to be one hell of a bad night"!
Pete Rose was always great with the press/media. Rose the baseball player belongs in Cooperstown.
Isn't he about 37 yrs here old too?
It's crazy how some guys lose that little bit of bat speed at 33 or so, and a select few keep it to about 40.
God do I love and miss simpler times in America.
Rose is a genuine 1st ballot HOFr as a player!!! No doubt about it!!
im so glad i had a one on one chat with him.Hes my idol and inspiration all my years playing ball.His jersey signed will always be my highlight.Hes done his time .now get him in the hof so he can see the appreciation and his contribution in this game
A guy that knowingly broke the rule about gambling is your idol and inspiration? Wow
Reminds of 1987, watching Paul Molitor hit in 39 straight.
Rose is the best baseball player I've ever seen. Not the best power-hitter, not the best fielder, not the fastest baserunner, not the best hitter. But the best baseball player by far. He belongs in the HoF more than all of them.
There are hall of famers that brought and were dealing drugs in America. Rose should be in the hall of fame. double standard for Pete.
@Love Seeking Accomplished can you name drop a few? I’m out of the loop
Not
The best hitter? I’d
Rethink that one
@@havrisen6620 ur right
Nobody. No, I meant that Pete Rose IS the greatest hitter and the guy needs to rethink his statement of “maybe not the greatest hitter”.
Back when the game was still more than just hitting homeruns! It was a lot more fun, and Pete Rose made it electrifying!
Love 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, baseball ⚾️, best ever
@@lloydkline6946 The 50's! YANKEES!
@@MajorWolfgangHochstetter 1960s Boston celtics with red Auerbach, star at every position, think the 1950s Yankees could matchup with 1970s Cincinnati red machine 1975,1976, only pitching was their weakness
I'd love to hear what the exchange was with Perez and Rose there... timeless.
Pete Rose was to MLB what Michael Jordan was to basketball and to us longtime Reds fans he was our modern day Babe Ruth.....
Back when people just played the game and loved it. No kneeling. No whining.
Yeah ok....nice revisionist history racist. Never mind free agency and Curt flood were huge issues you probably would of slammed them for. Gtfoh
I have no issue with Garber striking Rose out and ending the streak, however jumping up and down in a 16-4 win was very unprofessional, and showed no class.
totally agree. no class.
I can't blame Garber. The world media was there. It was getting incredible publicity and he wants to be remembered as the one that ended it. Showing emotion at ending what couldn't be ended in 44 games is a part of the game. If Rose had gotten a hit in that bat he would have shown emotion too.
@@antonioacevedo5200 Rose seemed to think Garber should've challenged him with fastballs, which is not what Garber was paid to do. Relief pitchers watch the news, too, so who WOULDN'T want to end that streak? That's about the only highlight for the 1978 Braves; that and Bouton's comeback.
As far as your first sentence, is that what Rose said or are you simply giving your opinion? Why would Pete Rose offer an opinion as to how he should be pitched by Garber?@@aboxofbroken8tracks983
@@antonioacevedo5200 Rose's contention was that Garber pitched him as if a world championship was on the line, rather than closing out a 16-4 win, in which a pitcher would simply try to throw strikes. Fastballs down the middle would be the easiest way to do that. The announcer himself said Rose was miffed that Garber "tried too hard" to get him out.
I was there with my grandpa when he got the tying hit # 37 a line drive to left field.
I was at Shea for both games - 37, 38. My friend, Glenn, was an avid Reds fan. After he tied the record there was no way we were going to miss the next game. BTW... Tommy Holmes was a class guy all the way.
Special memory
I am Italian and read about his monstruous number of career hits : according to Wikipedia they are more than four thousand ! 😱⚾ Well, what can I say apart a " bravissimo" ? Ciao
Quando aveva 19 anni, lui giocava in un campionato semi-professionale e otteneva un successo di 90.4% ("batting average" di .904) nelle sue opportunità
I never knew that Frank Gifford did Monday Night Baseball.
I think it was because ABC wanted it on and didn't originally have the game on their schedule. Frank was in town so he got the gig. Did a nice job for a 'football guy'. Of course he had done Olympic events in the past, as well.
@@clintscroggs65 He pretty much did it all for ABC sports.
Rose totally set up Schmidt for that game 43 hit. That is freaking impressive
Schmidt credits Rose with taking him to the next level as a ball player when he joined the Phillies the next season. Their Series victory in 1980 probably wouldn't have been possible without Rose as a motivator.
I was at Shea for his 38th!
Lucky, pete rose had the advantages over ty cobb being a switch hitter
When Pete Rose bunted down 3rd base line and HOF Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt bobbled it I was there. Riverfront Stadium double header with my Dad and brother. Hot day....30 minutes between games back then.
I was 12. I watched the game on WOR, when he broke the NL record. I think it was a Tuesday. I've always loved Pete Rose. And this streak was big news back then.
Pete doesn’t have the NL record.
What I remember most about the hit that passed Tommy Holmes was that it happened in New York where Mets fans had hated Pete Rose ever since the Bud Harrelson incident. But he won many of them over earlier in 1978 when he went 5 for 6 with 3 homers, by the 3rd home run the fans were on their feet. When the record hit streak came around later in the year, they were cheering and even sign man got into it with Rose Fever and It Had to be You signs.
Even the day the streak was broken he hit two ropes for outs
The year of this incredible streak, Rose hit a whopping .302!! They don't make hitters like this any more. The past was so awesome. The present is so terrible. It is truly devastating...
.302 is not whopping. especially when you’re not hitting homeruns. it’s decent. .340 would be whopping. just sayin. i’m actually surprised to hear that he only hit .302 in a year he hit safely in 44 straight. i would of assumed it would be in the whopping area, .340 or .350 or something.
Back when baseball was baseball....
Watching this sure brought back some memories.
Awesome player, love playing real baLL
In Rose's hit against the Expos I noticed the first baseman name was Pérez. Is this Tony before joining the Reds or a different Pérez?
Tony
he was traded from the Reds.
I was ten years old. I remember following this through the newspaper. No ESPN back then.
I think it's pretty cool that two of THE greatest ballplayers of all time both were born in Cincinnati. Pete Rose and Ken Griffey Jr. Both Rose and Junior were all around beasts on the field. Rose could play every position and Junior made everything look easy.
Junior was born in Donora, PA. He grew up in Cincinnati, though.
A HOF without Pete Rose is just another building with baseball stuff in it . You can't have a HOF without one of the best players ever .
Can’t have one with a gambler in it that affected outcomes of games because of his gambling
@17:33 someone got a great picture of the 44th game hit. They had great timing from the first base side near home plate. I wonder if that picture is still around.
9:20 standing at first base with Richie Hebner, whose place he took as Phils’ 1b the following season.
4,000 - that's 200 hits a season, for 20 seasons. how can that EVER be broken ??
Not a easy feat to match, but it would take a .300 hitter with an extremely long career. How often does that happen ? The closest recently would be Derek Jeter, but he got hurt at age 39 and then retired after one more full season at age 40, he didn't have the longevity that Rose had. Rose played until he was 45
At age 38 Derek Jeter had 3304 hits, Rose had 3424 at age 38, difference is Rose kept on going until 45, Jeter retired at 40
Joe Lewus ...If you count Ichiro's Japan stats he surpassed Rose...I don't!
I don't count Ichiro stats from Japan but one wonders if he had played his entire career in the States what he could have done.
If someone does come close to Rose hit total, he will need to be someone who starts young(by age 20) and plays almost entirely full seasons for over 20 years and hit .300, how many players has that been through the history of the game ?
Joe Lewus ...Ichiro is the one man who would have, DEFINITELY. He's absolutely unbelievable. No one ever like him. The way he moves. I never saw anything like him & I have no doubts, barring a bizarre injury, he would've set an unreachable hit record, among many, many, other sorted records. He's 43 and still going....who knows !?
Aaeon Karma altuve possibly?
i remember being 13 years old collecting cards i could never find a pete rose! Wish i did i love this guy
Watched the end of Pete's steak...[live] on Braves televison...back in August of 1978 and the press conference that followed the game...was very happy at that moment, it was over for Rose, however 41 years later...damn was I wrong...wish now he would have broken record and was sitting alone with the record....
One of the greatest seasons ever for many reasons.
Name them
Pete’s in my Hall of Fame loved his approach to hitting just not against the Mets :)
Pete is a national treasure
I remember the networks NBC, ABC, CBS breaking into their regular programs to cover some of his at bats once streak reached maybe 35 or 40. Never saw this before, or since.
Man that summer of 78 was magical. Being a huge Reds fan recall following this religiously. Then Gene Garbor and the Braves ( who were terrible then) screwed it up.
Johnny bench was on one of the popular talking head shows and said Pete doesn't belong in the HOF; he said if you allow pete in you should go home and tell your kids there are no rules...I find his attitude and other Reds players like him very ummm....what's the word....a haughty-ness containing an almost religious fervor. The powers that be in baseball, which included Johnny bench, wanted Rose to do about 4 or 5 very distinct things, one was to admit that he'd bet on baseball while managing, they wanted for all intents total capitulation. Pete Rose never bet against his own team. Not once. Pete Rose didn't believe gambling was immoral. He played the horses as did millions of americans. He even hit a pick 6 that paid several hundred thousand dollars. But can you imagine asking pete Rose for total capitulation? That goes against everything that made the man the player he was, they were asking him to denounce his own very being. He told them to fuck off, for all intents. He didn't need the HOF to give his contribution meaning. The man stayed true to who he was, like him or not. He'll always be a HOFer in my book, and he doesn't need anything "official" to be a HOFer in the eyes of a majority of Americans, I am sure. So to Johnny Bench and those that think like him: The man has paid his due. He didn't hurt you or the game. Let it go for the sake of baseball history.
I Remember it well back in the Summer of 1978. The Best Baseball ⚾⚾ to be a 14 year old like myself.
Pete Rose is the greatest hitter the game has ever known but liberal politics kept him out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. What a disgusting shame to his fans and to the game of baseball. A record that will never be beaten! Pete Rose, Mark McGwire, Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth are the greatest players to have ever played this glorious American pastime called baseball!
Classic MLB1...Classic Pete Rose!
the man is in his early 80s now time to put him in the hall of fame
The hall of fame is not totally legit until the induct the greatest, purest baseball player ever!
"greatest, purest baseball player ever"? That is downright laughable on so many levels.
Pete Rose el mejor jugador de Beisbol de todos los tiempos....
....un crack
The truth is, no matter what problems he had after retiring, he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. He gave everything for baseball.
Great streak, showing how great a player he was! What are the chances anyone will ever approach his streak or DiMaggio's ever again?
I watched that streak-breaking game live on WTBS. Probably the highlight for the sad-sack Braves in 1978.
He really choked up on the bat! Maybe I just have never noticed that w other batters before but it really stood out watching this video.
"56 games left, I would go crazy all winter." Hank Aaron had to go all winter thinking about breaking Babe Ruth's HR record.
Gonzalo1968 Reyna
Yes, and he received death threats that winter. It must have been awful.
He received death threats for about three years from about the time it was clear he was gonna have a better shot than Mays to break it.
A hitting streak and home run record are two different things. Home run totals aren't wiped out if you go a game without hitting one.
Glad habyss is speaking my exact thoughts :)
Death threats are overrated
Guy is banned from the hof because of his gambling . Today sports gambling is endorsed by all sports. Mlb needs to rethink its value . Unban the guy and put the top 5 true hof'er of all time in there
He wasn't banned for his gambling. He was banned because he signed a paper that banned him permanently because he wouldn't admit to what he had done. He was betting on games he was managing. Sports gambling today still does not allow a player or manager to go place bets on baseball games. As we know he finally admitted to betting, but of course after 14 years of keeping a straight face and denying it all, no one knows for sure what all his bets were. One of the investigation's witnesses (who Rose said for years was lying about everything, and of course now we know the witness wasn't lying about everything) stated that Rose once told him if the bet was big enough he'd throw a game. Of course there is no evidence from the investigation that proves he did that, but how can anyone ever know for sure based on Rose's ability to lie while staring straight into the camera or looking right into the eyes of the interviewer. Rose doesn't belong in the Hall. He was a great player, and everyone knows of all his records, and that's where his story will end.
Nice to hear Harry Kalas again
Only complaint i have is his whining about Garber pitching like it was the 7th game of the world series.
Garber had a cool windup
You know what... I think Garber may have celebrated it a bit too much, but Pete played every game like it was the 7th game of the World Series. (Ask Fosse.) I think that was just frustration coming out. He would not have wanted Garber to just groove one in there.
Great point about Fosse.
Patrick Leichliter . Both Garber and another pitcher cant remeber his actual name, but they called him the "Mad Hungarian".
Al Hrabosky... that guy was a character for sure.
Wow...I didn’t remember Frank Gifford ever doing baseball.
That was a live cut-in just to cover Rose’s plate appearance.
@@ronflatter1235 Whatever the case, whether it was for the whole game or just for Rose’s at bats, Gifford clearly was there at Shea Stadium announcing. Look at 2:56. You’re probably right, though, and ABC most likely did send him out there to Shea just to announce Rose’s at-bats and be prepared to get an interview, since Rose was about to break the National League record, because I don’t see any evidence of Gifford ever being part of any ABC baseball broadcasting team, nor do I personally recall it from growing up in the 70s and 80s. Hearing Gifford announce any baseball at all, even one at-bat, sounds just as strange to the ears as hearing Keith Jackson announcing Mike Weaver’s knockout of John Tate.
Arguably the greatest hitter who ever lived...
@Trump Fan Network he said professional not mlb CLOWN
@Trump Fan Network
That's literally incorrect.......
A lot, in fact most of Ichiro's hits were against MLB pitchers.....
Moron.
@Sideshow Bob - even if you take 400 away Pete has 3856 hits - also, Pete Rose had over 1000 extra base hits - more than Rogers Hornsby, Ernie Banks, Honus Wagner, Al Simmons, Al Kaline, Mickey Mantle, Willie Stargell, Eddie Mathews, Willie McCovey, Harmon Killebrew, Joe DiMaggio, Duke Snider & Roberto Clemente, to name only a few. Pete Rose is not the greatest hitter of all-time. I grant you that. But trying to cheapen his accomplishments by citing "400 bunts" only embarrasses anyone who makes such a silly argument.
@Sideshow Bob As TED WILLIAMS said, his career wasn't made of being a singles hitter he was referring to PETE ROSE AND FOR TWO YEARS WILLIAMS WAS SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY
Bunting is hitting and actually very hard to do, which helps the argument for Rose, not hurts him. You’re last statement about Ichy is so ignorant I’m not even gonna respond. I don’t even like Rose. I was a Pirates fan, but you are a complete idiot.
What impressed me were the Mets fans. Back in 1973 they were booing Pete Rose. The Mets and the Reds played for the national league pennant in the National League Championship Series. Then five years later they're cheering him to continue his hitting streak. Great fans. Knowledgeable fans. They're loyal to their team, but realize historical excellence and it happens. Fantastic.
Much love Pete, Austin enjoyed your friendship.
Let Charlie Hustle in the HOF FFS!
Pete Rose is Not in The Baseball Hall of Fame Because of Betting and He is Still Off The Hook.
Can't let em in....
He broke baseball's most sacred rule..........
Based on his play, he would deserve it, but not by the rules.
# Guiltless Rose was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. That’s good enough for me. 😁
No way does Pete Rose belong in the HOF. The man bet on a professional baseball game. End of story...
Mike Wall I’m satisfied with Rose’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.
I put Rose just a shade below (but it's very close) behind my "big 3" of Mays, Ted Williams and Aaron. (My "big 3" consists only of players post 1946.)
Dale Murphy sighting at 17:40
@Troll Mctrollerson ...Yes, I believe 22 years old at the time.
Can't believe Rose made that comment about Garber. Surprisingly!!
Pete Rose only became an asshat after these unfounded allegations of his gambling came about. Until then he was just a hard nosed player who gave it all everytime he suited up. See in that interview he just told it like it is. He was a well respected and liked guy by his peers.
He admitted to the charges just to get people off his back. He never bet on baseball.
LOL... it is quite an experience living in a time where facts don’t matter. Pete lied about betting for years and finally admitted to it only because there was evidence he did bet. Pete was a great ball player...but that does not make him a honorable person. He lied and broke the cardinal sin in baseball. No HOF ever.