Pete Rose DEAD

[78]

Cause not disclosed. Never realized his dream of making it to the Hall. Age 83. In Nevada.

MLB hit king Pete Rose dead at 83

Pete Rose ended his playing career as MLB's all-time hits and games played leader.

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[78]

"Has died" evidently wasn't strong enough, so it's become DEAD. BTW, he's still DEAD.

 

[Ironhead]

Damn, I know all my childhood heroes are going to die. I loved Pete Rose.
I just watched the Netflix show "Charlie Hustle".
Enjoyed it very much. Got a little cringy near the end though.

As I just mentioned in chat.
I loved baseball when I was a kid. Went to my first baseball game at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati in 1972. "Big Red Machine".

Everyone should play every game at every level like Pete did.
RIP GOAT

 

[NVGator]

Thread title has AIDS.

Rest peacefully Pete.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

One of my all time favorites players. It's a damn criminal shame he wasn't in the HOF.

 

[78]

Thread title has AIDS.

Rest peacefully Pete.

I don't believe I've ever seen you use "peacefully" before. It's usually, well, there won't be any more birthdays for this guy.

 

[Grumbler]

One of my all time favorite players. It's a damn criminal shame he wasn't in the HOF.

Fuch Manfred, Giamatti, the whole band of hypocrites. The guy who wrote "Me and the Spitter" sits in the Hall and the all-time hit king reduced to begging and signing "I'm sorry I bet on baseball". Loved Pete.

 

[RiverRat]

Wonder if he took the over or under on Sept 30th

 

[78]

Wonder if he took the over or under on Sept 30th

I started to laugh but caught myself in time. Am I going to hell?

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Meh. I heard he's a real douche and @soflagator used to tower over him.

 

[URGatorBait]

Wonder if he took the over or under on Sept 30th

This is funny, I don't care who you are.

 

[Gatorbait25]

He always played hard and I admire the toughness. Pete wasn't a pussy, I'll give him that.
He was an ******* though and a poor man's version of Tony Gwynn IMO. Still a well respected
player that is worthy of a HOF nod. I would've enjoyed seeing him beat the hell out of that worm jim gray.

 

[RiverRat]

I started to laugh but caught myself in time. Am I going to hell?

Judging from your reply I’d take 2 to 1 your not

 

[oxrageous]

Rose even corked his bats, at least in his later years.

Deadspin | This Is Pete Rose's Corked Bat

Deadspin | This Is Pete Rose's Corked Bat

deadspin.com

 

[78]

He always played hard and I admire the toughness. Pete wasn't a pussy, I'll give him that.
He was an ******* though and a poor man's version of Tony Gwynn IMO. Still a well respected
player that is worthy of a HOF nod. I would've enjoyed seeing him beat the hell out of that worm jim gray.

Dude, you can't be a "poor man" version of anyone who who played after you.

 

[Grumbler]

Rose even corked his bats, at least in his later years.

*gasp!* Next we'll hear he took greenies!

 

[FireFoley]

I grew up not too far from Cincy and was a Reds fan. Those Big Red Machine teams were built on hitting and did just that. And just enough pitching to bring 2 WS rings. Rose was a great player just not such a great person.

 

[MJMGator]

One of the biggest pricks I’ve ever met. No one will miss his company.

 

[oxrageous]

No one doubts Rose was a great player, even with the bat corking when he was trying to break the hits record.

He's controversial because he was a drunken gambling addict, blatantly broke the rules that he KNEW resulted in a lifetime ban, then lied about it for decades. No remorse of any kind. If he hadn't been such an arrogant, reckless fool, he would have stayed in baseball as a manager after his playing days and been in the Hall of Fame right around 1991.

Now that he's gone, I think they should put him in the Hall.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Cause