If you’re at all familiar with the narrative of baseball history, any sort of “Pete Rose is a terrible person”-story shouldn’t be all that surprising. But that doesn’t mean the stories stop being captivating, right?
Pete Rose Cheated And Then Lied About It? Get Outta Town!
↵We’re still talking about one of the greatest baseball players of all time most magnificent bastards of our time. Purely as a spectacle of negative karma, Pete Rose is a historical treasure. Just how far can he fall from grace?
↵Facing accusations of bat corking, he once sneered, “Take [my bat] to an examiner and see if there’s any cork in it. I guarantee you there won’t be. If somebody has a corked bat that has my name on it, bring it on down.”
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↵Oh that? That’s an X-Ray of Pete Rose’s corked bat... Deadspin has the full story, and it’s a fantastic read, with a theme that’s well-worn by now, but somehow never gets old. “Pete Rose: greatest hitter ever, a pretty huge scumbag.”
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