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Pete Rose Short on Grantland

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  • CooptownCooptown Posts: 397 ✭✭✭
    Loved the Pete Rose clip.

    Pete was my favorite player growing up. He passed Cobb's record on my parent's wedding anniversary (9/11/85) and my Mom's maiden name was Rose. In 1996, I was in line getting his autograph in Cooperstown, NY and was apparently filmed doing so because in 2002-03 the clip ran on ESPN when they spoke about Rose. I would get random emails saying "I *think* I just saw you on ESPN." Even to this day, my friends still refer to Pete Rose as "Uncle Pete" because I jokingly tell people I am related to him.

    My sister knew I was a big Pete Rose fan and autograph collector in general, and a couple of years ago she passed by this store while in Vegas. She called me and said "Pete Rose is in Las Vegas...do you want me to get his autograph?" I thought for a second she was near him in a restaurant or something, but then she later explained that he was inside a store "with no one in line" and gave me the fees. I passed.

    I would have loved to have seen a 1 hour documentary on this. Surprised that the Pete Rose topic can't be an hour long. Sure fire HOFer, breaks one of the longest standing records in baseball, gets caught gambling, Giamatti dies before he can apply for reinstatement, swears he never bet on baseball, admits he bet on baseball, now sells "I am sorry I bet on baseball" autographed baseballs, etc. Seems like a slam dunk to me.

    Edit: Happy 100th post to myself!
  • lifeshouldbefunlifeshouldbefun Posts: 431

    Thanks for the link. ESPN's 1st 30 for 30 was outstanding. My favorite was "The Best that never was", or something like that, about Marcus Dupree
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