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Precisely at 7 o'clock on a muggy, mosquito-filled evening, we pushed off from a south Miami marina and sped east into the open Atlantic, heading for the deepest reaches of the Gulf Stream. Our skipper was Pete Peacock, 41, a contractor by trade but a fisherman by avocation, one of the best in the Miami area. If anyone could find the big broadbill, it was Peacock. Two other fishing boats tagged along in convoy as we tore out of the Cape Florida Channel at 30 m.p.h. The CB radio crackled with reports of battles near...
...find a way to get up to Sugarbush Valley in Vermont, you'll want to see Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie...
...fact that Pete Rose was hitting so consistently came as a surprise to no one, least of all Pete Rose. "When you think about it, it's strange I never had a long streak going before," he said after tying Holmes' record. "I've had nine 200-hit seasons. You'd think I'd have put some of those hits back to back." In fact, he has, putting together hitting streaks of 25 and 22 games and two stretches...
Trying to tie Holmes' record, Rose was hitless when he came to bat in the seventh in New York. "Let's go, Pete!" chanted the Mets crowd. Rose promptly singled to left, took a big turn at first, then allowed himself an elated clap of his hands before tipping his cap to the fans. They stood and cheered for three minutes. Rose's first thought after getting his hit? "I wanted to be sure I had a chance at second in case the ball took a bad hop. We're in a pennant race, you know...
...there was only joy for Pete Rose last week and, for baseball, joy in him. At an age when most ballplayers are collecting their pensions, he still plays with the verve of a rookie delighting in his accomplishments. But through all the hoopla, he showed the canniness and instincts that have made him a consummate hitter. When Rose set the new National League record, Tommy Holmes rushed onto the field to congratulate him, and a swarm of photographers gathered to capture the moment. Rose smiled, shook hands and tipped his cap?all the while keeping one foot solidly planted...