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January 22, 2004
Pete Rose Jr. is still striving for a major league career at age 34. In a 16-year-span, he has played 1,400 games in 18 cities, reaching the bigs only once for a cup of coffee in 1997.
In case you are curious, here are the boxscores for all the games that Pete Rose Jr. got a hit: September 1 1997. September 5 1997. That's it.
posted by grum@work at 08:31 AM on January 22, 2004
My favorite line in all the linked items: "I don't read books."
posted by jeffmshaw at 08:58 AM on January 22, 2004
The odds of Pete Rose Sr. being reinstated to baseball are much better than Pete Rose Jr. ever playing in the majors again. I admire the guy, though. I'd never stop until they forced me.
posted by wfrazerjr at 09:08 AM on January 22, 2004
In a TV story on Pete Rose Jr., he said he makes $10,000 a year playing for his current team. So it isn't paying the bills, but he's still plugging away.
posted by rcade at 02:15 PM on January 22, 2004
Hey, why not? If it paid the bills, I would keep shooting at it until no team would have me. Even if I knew there was no prayer of making the show. Think about Rickey Henderson playing in Newark! The shit gets in your blood.