{"id":1473368,"date":"2022-01-28T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1473368"},"modified":"2022-01-28T08:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:48:01","slug":"pete-rose-has-stats-and-stories-to-prove-he-belongs-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/pete-rose-has-stats-and-stories-to-prove-he-belongs-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Rose Has the Stats and Stories to Prove He Belongs in the Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens,<\/a> and Curt Schilling can now officially join Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose as outsiders looking in when it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame.<\/a> The three, who statistically belong in Cooperstown, were on the ballot for the 10th and final time and fell short of earning the required 75% of the votes to get in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose, banned from baseball after a gambling issue, took time this week to reflect on his Hall of Fame-worthy career. He spoke about various topics, including how the game has changed, the first big purchase he made as a pro baseball player, and the one player he looked up to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pete Rose says players today don't have the will to win like they did in his era<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pete Rose hustles to steal a base during the 1980 playoffs. | Wally McNamee\/CORBIS\/Corbis via Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rose is old-school. He's always been that way. With Rose, there was no such thing as a jog. He was always full-steam ahead. <\/a>With today's players, he believes that isn't the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Back in the '40s, '50s, and '60s, that's all we had was sports,” Rose said in a January episode of the Talking to Titans<\/a><\/em> podcast. “We didn't have the iPads, didn't have the computers, and we didn't have the iPhones, none of that stuff. We had sports.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose, who finished his career with 4,256 hits and a .303 batting average, said some of today's players have that drive to be great, but not nearly enough share his passion for the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They got too much stuff going on today,” he said. “We didn't have that much going on. We had sports. I'd rather be playing today because I'd be making $40 million a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My style of play don't make a dent on the guys today. They're not worried about getting to first and getting to third and getting him. All they're worried about, and God bless them, but all they're worried about is how many home runs they can it and how much money they can make.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pete Rose revealed the first big purchase he made with his baseball money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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