Word: rosing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plane carrying the Cincinnati Reds bucked and yawed through a storm front, scattering drinks and scrambling stomachs. Peter Edward Rose, the irrepressibly proud captain of the Reds, used the moment to tease a teammate whose fear of flying far exceeded opposing pitchers' fear of his bat. "We're going down!" Rose shouted. Then the punchline. "We're going down, and I have a .300 lifetime average to take with...
...good deal more to be proud of. In his 16th major league season, "Charlie Hustle," the man of the headfirst slide, has plunged headlong into the record books, taking with him a new mark for consecutive-game hitting streaks by modern-era National Leaguers. Last week Rose surpassed Tommy Holmes' 37-game record, set in 1945. Then, tackling the American League, he moved past Ty Cobb (40 in 1911) and tied George Sisler (41 in 1922) in pursuit of Joe DiMaggio's 56-game major league record...
...fact that Pete Rose was hitting so consistently came as a surprise to no one, least of all Pete Rose. "When you think about it, it's strange I never had a long streak going before," he said after tying Holmes' record. "I've had nine 200-hit seasons. You'd think I'd have put some of those hits back to back." In fact, he has, putting together hitting streaks of 25 and 22 games and two stretches...
...Rose has been a remarkably efficient hitting machine since winning rookie of the year honors in 1963. He has batted over .300 twelve times in the past 13 seasons, a relentless production that has carried him past Frank Frisch's record for switch-hitters and into the select circle of 3,000-hit men. While breaking Holmes' record, Rose performed with the tenacious concentration that has marked his career. Six times he kept the streak alive on his last turn at the plate...
...streak grew, the adulation of the fans grew with it. Long one of the game's fiercest competitors, Rose has been booed with equal ferocity for his playing style. Never a graceful player, he made himself indispensable with the kind of hustle Enos Slaughter personified and the aggressive disregard for physical safety of Ty Cobb. Running like a blocking back, Rose has broken up more double plays?and infielder's pride?than any other man playing baseball today. During the 1970 All-Star game, a bone-crunching collision at home plate left Cleveland Catcher Ray Fosse sitting stunned...