Pete Rose
Pete Rose
Peter Edward "Pete" Rose, Sr., also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player and manager. Rose played in Major League Baseballfrom 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth14 April 1941
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
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Any time you've got big teams winning, you've got big stars.
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Sparky Anderson taught me this a long time ago: 'There's three ways you can treat a person. You can pat 'em on the butt, you can kick 'em in the butt, or you can leave 'em alone.'
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How can I be on a list that expires after 15 years if I'm suspended? ... It should be that time stops.
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Back in 1960 at Christmas time, I did work loading and unloading boxcars for Railway Express. That was a kind of weight training that helped me. I weighed about 160 when I started. I began to gain weight and kept right on gaining until I reached 195 pounds.
false hope
I think amphetamines, if I'm not mistaken, are something that's going to give you something like false hope.
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I think people understand that I understand I made some mistakes and I can?t change them,
player respect umpires
No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.
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I still gamble, but it's all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don't go daily.
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I look at the records, and you don't win the Cy Young seven times or the MVP without being a good player.
batting runway
In the old days, you know, they didn't have batting cages. And in most ball parks, they only had one runway to the dugout.
except size
I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat.
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When people think of me, they think about me knocking catchers down and knocking second basemen down and yelling at pitchers. But when I took the spikes off after the game, I was a nice guy when I went home.
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I met Gerald Ford. I met Richard Nixon. I met Jimmy Carter. I met Dwight Eisenhower when he was a general. George Bush senior. I haven't met Bill Clinton or George W. Bush, although I got a letter from him.
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Umpires got power, man. You ever notice if you go to a ballpark and there's a close play on first base, they will not run the replay at the ballpark? I've seen umpires go underneath and call up and say if you run one more of those replays, we're gonna forfeit the game. That's how strong their union is.