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From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Pete Rose
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 16:08:40 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 31 16:08:40 1985
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> > David Cheerson asks, "What do you think of Pete Rose?"
> 
> >		blah, blah, blah etc. 
> 
> > I think he is the greatest.
> > 
> > 				Warren P. Hentrich
> > 				ihuxn!wph
> 
> I am not a fan of Pete Rose (probably because I detest the Reds and Phillies)
> but, I would have to agree he is ONE of the greatest players of all time 
> because year in and year out he always produces.  However ...
> 
> > 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.  While some players are 
> > making excuses not to play, Pete is risking injury to win.
> 
> ... due to that (unforgettable?) collision with Fosse I would also have to
> say that Pete Rose is also ONE of the greatest assholes who ever played the
> game.  Your right; some players don't want to play in the All-Star game for
> reasons of not wanting to risk injury to needing a rest to whatever...
> 
> 						Joseph M. Dakes
> 						AT&T Bell Laboratories
Pete Rose is not an asshole for colliding with Ray Fosse in the 1970 All-
Star game!  What the hell was Fosse doing in the baseline if he himself
didn't want to risk injury in this "worthless" game?!  And he was in the
baseline, blocking the plate, when the collision happened.  True, Fosse was
never the same afterwards, but that is his own fault.
Mike Clifford