ROSE VISITS DODGERS.Byline: Brian Dohn Daily News Staff Writer Pete Rose But fans knew him. A crowd flocked around as he watched his son, Pete Jr., play in an intrasquad game. They wished him well and brought him anything they could find to be autographed. And while baseball has banished Rose, he hasn't banished baseball. ``I've made mistakes, so let's not Let's Not is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in Boston University Graduate Journal in December 1954. It was written for no payment as a favour to the journal, and later appeared in the collection Buy Jupiter. say I was an angel, but the game . . . was very, very good to me,'' said Rose, who splits time between homes in Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla., and Studio City. ``I miss the competitiveness of the game. I miss the teaching of the game.'' Rose arrived at Dodgertown the day the veterans committee added Orlando Cepeda He was born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania of Ukrainian descent, and attended the University of Scranton. , turn-of-the-century manager Frank Selee and Negro Leagues pitcher Smokey Joe Williams to the Hall of Fame. Many people believe Rose, whose 4,256 career hits are tops in baseball, should be enshrined in Cooperstown, N.Y., but a lifetime ban makes him ineligible. |
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