Major League Baseball legend Pete Rose, who won two World Series with the Cincinnati Reds, died at age 83.
Rose, whose nickname was “Charlie Hustle,” spent 23 years in the MLB, playing a total of 3,562 games, and spending most of his career at the Cincinnati Reds during the Ohio team’s golden decade in the Seventies. During his time with the Reds, he won two World Series in 1975 and 1976. He later won the trophy for a third time while playing for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980. Rose’s legendary No. 14 was retired from the Reds in June 2016.
Rose’s career was not without controversy, however. The baseball player-turned-manager was banned from the sport in August 1989 after being accused of gambling on games while managing and playing for the team. “There has never been another player like Pete Rose in my lifetime. This is the way I will remember him, playing the game harder than anyone else ever did,” wrote ESPN sportscaster Mike Greenberg. “Few athletes will leave behind more complicated legacies. Today isn’t the day for that. Today, let’s just say thanks to Charlie Hustle, for playing the way we always dreamt we would if given the chance.”There has never been another player like Pete Rose in my lifetime.
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