Phillies Legend Pete Rose Passes Away at 83
Tough Monday if you’re a sports fan. Former Phillies World Series Champ, Pete Rose, passed away at 83:
Former Phillie Pete Rose has passed away at 83 pic.twitter.com/4QB7Funo6H
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) September 30, 2024
The Hit King finished with 4,256 hits which will probably be a record until most of us reading this are in the ground. I obviously wasn’t alive to watch him, but it was obvious he was still beloved in Philly to this day. You still see Pete Rose jerseys around CBP and he received a good reaction from Phillies fans when he returned a couple years ago to celebrate the 1980 World Series champ – a day that didn’t end without controversy.
He wasn’t a perfect dude, but he played baseball probably harder than anyone in the history of the MLB. This guy loved the game:
I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball. -Pete Rose pic.twitter.com/j2WKoSI2M6
— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) September 30, 2024
Greg Luzinski rips a go ahead double in Game 4 of the 1980 #NLCS as Pete Rose races home from first and barrels over Bruce Bochy! #Phillies @PeteRose_14 pic.twitter.com/5rIxIzaaEo
— Baseball4Ever (@Baseball4Ever31) February 13, 2021
Eduardo Perez, who was childhood best friends with Pete Rose Jr., announced the passing live on ESPN after the Mets and Braves doubleheader:
Eduardo Perez announces on ESPN that Pete Rose passed away pic.twitter.com/joV7lePaou
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 30, 2024
You just know the Hall of Fame is going to give Rose a posthumous induction and it’s going to be the biggest bullshit ever. The induction speech will probably be sandwiched in between two gambling ads.