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On the evening of September 11, 1985, before a sellout crowd of 52,000 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Pete Rose was poised to collect hit number 4,192 of his long brilliant career, passing Ty Cobb as the all-time career hits leader. Rose came up to bat in the first inning against the San Diego Padres Eric Show and on the fourth pitch lined a clean single to left center. As he reached first base, thousands of camera flash bulbs fired off rapidly, his teammates mobbed him, fireworks exploded above the stadium and the crowd overwhelmed him with an unprecedented nine-minute standing ovation. In 1963 Pete Rose ran to first base on a walk. Baseball was never the same. From Pete's first at bat to that immortal September evening where history was made, "4192" traces the Hit King's rise as one of baseball's greatest and most controversial stars. Pete Rose was perhaps the most versatile player in Major League Baseball history, having played five hundred or more games at five different positions in his twenty-four year career. He holds numerous major league records including most hits, most games played and most at-bats. He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, the 1973 NL MVP, 1975 World Series MVP, won two gold gloves, three World Series rings, and appeared in seventeen All-Star games among other notable achievements.—Anonymous
On the evening of September 11, 1985, before a sellout crowd of 52,000 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Pete Rose was poised to collect hit number 4,192 of his long brilliant career, passing Ty Cobb as the all-time career hits leader. Rose came up to bat in the first inning against the San Diego Padres Eric Show and on the fourth pitch lined a clean single to left center. As he reached first base, thousands of camera flash bulbs fired off rapidly, his teammates mobbed him, fireworks exploded above the stadium and the crowd overwhelmed him with an unprecedented nine-minute standing ovation. In 1963 Pete Rose ran to first base on a walk. Baseball was never the same. From Pete's first at bat to that immortal September evening where history was made, "4192" traces the Hit King's rise as one of baseball's greatest and most controversial stars. Pete Rose was perhaps the most versatile player in Major League Baseball history, having played five hundred or more games at five different positions in his twenty-four year career. He holds numerous major league records including most hits, most games played and most at-bats. He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, the 1973 NL MVP, 1975 World Series MVP, won two gold gloves, three World Series rings, and appeared in seventeen All-Star games among other notable achievements.—Anonymous
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00:00 More than any other game, baseball connects us with our childhood and those who transcend the game,
00:07 who become heroes on this sacred diamond, define what it means to be an American legend.
00:14 And for two decades, no man was more intent on leaving his mark on the game of baseball than Peter Edward Rose.
00:22 I waited for an opportunity to play and I got an opportunity to play and I got lucky and got some hits.
00:28 First thing you know, opening day, three hours before the game, I signed a big league contract.
00:34 I think that the success that Pete's had in his major league career would be directly attributed to the kind of work ethic that his old man demanded of him.
00:45 You always remember what he taught you and you just continuously do those things because if I didn't hustle, I'm leaving him down.
00:53 If I didn't try to win every game, I'm leaving him down.
00:58 You know, I would give a recommendation to anybody who's listening.
01:01 If you're trying to block a base, you don't have your ball and I'm coming for the base, you're in trouble.
01:07 You're in for some trouble.
01:10 My three greatest feelings is my three world championships and my three worst feelings is the three World Series I lost.
01:17 So, in other words, 18 of my 24 years were a failure in the big leagues.
01:23 That's what Pete was about. He was about milestones and goals and attaining them and nothing was going to stop him.
01:30 And on that warm September night in 1985, it wasn't about strength or speed.
01:37 My wife and I were sitting not that far up, you know, kind of between home and first base and it was actually there the night we got the hit.
01:45 It wasn't about range or height.
01:47 As soon as it happened, I think everybody kind of looked around and knew that, you know, this is something to be remembered.
01:53 For me, it was the most unforgettable scene on a field in all the years I've been broadcasting Reds baseball.
02:00 It was only about heart.
02:02 As a young player, this is what you want to try to become.
02:04 It's somebody that puts up numbers and things like that.
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