Pete Rose Up Close: Our Man in Asia Encounters Him Years Ago in Japan — On Edge, Jumpy, Toying With a Bat
The Japanese could hardly believe the ferocity with which Rose played America’s ballgame.
Pete Rose goes down in baseball history as a complicated, tragic, mythic figure. My personal memory of him goes back to November 1979 when all-stars from the American and National leagues were playing a series between each other and also with Japanese all-stars.
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