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From: ogre@mhuxl.UUCP (LO COCO)
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Subject: Re: Pete Rose
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 08:00:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 31 08:00:58 1985
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> David Cheerson asks, "What do you think of Pete Rose?"
> 
> ...lifetime batting average over .300.  
> ... elected to the all-star game while being a regular at 5
> different positions (2B, LF, RF, 3B, 1B).
> 
> While the above are individual stats, Pete has always been the 
> ultimate team player.  
> Sparky Anderson said publically that Pete
> was responsible for a smooth transition and was one of the most
> unselfish players in his memory.  
> Pete made all the moves with a spirit of teamwork.
> I doubt that an asshole, as David suggests Pete is, would 
> have moved at all, let alone as often and as smoothly as 
> Pete did.  
> What I do remember is seeing him hustle to 1B after a walk,
> always taking the extra base, diving for balls in the field, in 
> short, doing whatever was necessary to win.
> Even in the all-star game his hustle and desire to win for his
> team is exceptional.  Who can forget his collision with Ray
> Fosse in the 1970 all-star game.  
> 
> "What do I think of Pete Rose?"
> 
> I think he is the greatest.
> 
> 				Warren P. Hentrich
> 				ihuxn!wph

	I'd like to second what you say about Pete. Unfortunately for
	my tenure as a fan of baseball, I have more often than not been
	on the opposite side of the fence with Pete. His aggressive 
	play usually upset me since it was he doing what he could to
	win! Now that the dust has cleared, so to speak, I'd like to
	say that I wish Pete had played for a team that I was rooting for.
	He is the essence of what Vince Lombardi cultivated in football:
	a winner; for what do we play for but to win.

	HE IS MR. HUSTLE! Good luck Pete! Go for the books and of course
	the HALL OF FAME.
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