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1. Esoteric Posted: April 05, 2013 at 10:05 AM (#4405093)EDIT: Darnit, this Keri interview...makes me like Pete Rose a little bit more. Which is wrong, and ridiculous. But it's entertaining stuff.
Eso[2], very mildly disagree; he's just setting different parameters of when his unwritten rules are invoked.
I hope that keri is not getting s7ckered like poz was by paterno. that would be disappointing.
... says (wait for it)... Pete F-ing Rose!"
Does this make any sense? Petco was a joke to pitch in? Really?
The pitch from Santos that mark Reynolds hit out the other night was almost shoulder high, and he didn't even have to tomahawk it.
Looks like someone also edited Dags BBref page to claim he was setup, despite massive evidence to the contrary.
I hear he was a graduate of the Gold Medal Class of Ought-5 from the Gary Conservatory of Music.
Next up for him is the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music.
And who cares if you throw a change-up to a guy trying to extend a hitting streak...right, Pete?
I'll say this, though: Whatever one thinks of his other traits, the guy's pretty damn smart.
and
Don't seem to quite agree with each other.
Oh, wait
Now I know what he means by "bills"
thanks for the follow up.
I have my own personal knowledge of rose since our paths crossed many a time at horsetracks.
I know full well how engaging he can be. but I also know the lesser parts of his person.
I don't want to see a writer I enjoy be beguiled
Regards,
Tim
He either means "joke" in the opposite sense he used it earlier, to say that Petco is an extreme pitcher's park, or he misspoke and meant to say that it's a joke in which to hit.
If you can find a quote to the contrary I'd be willing to admit I'm wrong, but I always thought he got a bad rap on this. My understanding of his complaint -- and as a fan watching the game at the time I agreed -- is that it wasn't about Garber throwing changeups, it was Garber throwing changeups OUTSIDE THE STRIKE ZONE.
He didn't want a fastball to hit so much as he wanted, and expected, Garber to throw strikes with a 12-run lead in the 9th.
Upon hearing this Gene commented: "He was hitting like it was the 7th game of the World Series"
Now that I think about it...has there ever been an example of a stadium which had its dimensions INCREASED? As in, moving the fences BACK?
"@ZuckermanCSN: Dan Haren's debut inning as a Nat: Two flyball outs, a 2-out single by Votto, then struck out Phillips on a 91 mph fastball."
Yes, back in the 1950s/60s it happened numerous times. Teams farted around with their fences a lot back then (most notoriously Charlie Finley's A's in Kansas City), moving them in here, then back there. It was easy to do when the fence was just chain link placed arbitrarily across the field.
Kind of tough to do in the modern era when the ballparks are constructed with permanent concrete grandstands all around the outfield.
This is what my Google-Fu turned up:
To his credit, Pete (or whoever's writing) has been pretty gracious toward Geno in his books.
But at least one of the written rules has been broken!
More like four months than two weeks, but otherwise checks out.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN196307310.shtml
I saw him several times at his previous autograph gig--also in Vegas. I'd have a cigar and a drink at Casa Fuente (directly across from Pete's perch in the memorabilia shop across the way). Most of the time, the shop was empty, and it made for a poignant scene. On one occasion, Pete came into the cigar shop -- ordered a coffee to go (I didn't say anything to him). I asked the waitress, "Hey, what's he like?" Her response? "He's always really nice to the waitresses, but the managers can't stand him."
Take that for exactly what it's worth (nothing).
Is he still laughing? Haren gave up four home runs in four innings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okSIywgQXL8
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