You could’ve asked Ray Fosse if I was wrong. But the former A’s catcher died in 2021, so you’ll have to Google the clip of the 1970 All-Star Game to know how savagely Rose attacked opponents.

Pete Rose is pictured at a Phillies game in 2022. AP In 24 seasons with the Reds, Phillies and Expos, the switch hitter collected 4,256 hits — 67 more than Ty Cobb (4,189), who had held the ...

Perhaps no play better demonstrated Rose's hard-nosed style than his collision at home plate with Ray Fosse on the final play of the 1970 All-Star Game. Rose collided with Fosse as the throw ...

Pete Rose graduated from high school in June 1960. He flew to Rochester, New York, two days later, and then rode a bus some 45 miles to Geneva, home of the Reds' level D minor league team.

Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83 For fans who came of age in the 1960s and ‘70s, no player was more exciting than the Cincinnati Reds’ No. 14.

Pete Rose graduated from high school in June 1960. He flew to Rochester, New York, two days later, and then rode a bus some 45 miles to Geneva, home of the Reds’ level D minor league team.

Pete Rose-Ray Fosse collision One of Rose's most memorable moments came at the end of the 1970 All-Star Game when he scored the game-winning run for the National League in the 12th inning.

He barrelled over Cleveland catcher Ray Fosse during a home-plate collision at the 1970 All-Star Game, separating and fracturing Fosse’s shoulder. No matter that the All-Star game was a ...

The Fosse collision isn't Rose's only connection to southern Illinois. After leaving baseball over accusations of gambling on major league games, Rose was convicted in 1990 of tax evasion.