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...fifth, Cincinnati went ahead. The pitcher continued to be an unexpected offensive force in this series. This time it was Don Gullett, who singled to start the Cincinnati threat. Pete Rose brought him home with a double, and the Reds...
Rogelio Moret came in for Jim Willoughby and intentionally walked Pete Rose, the first batter he faced. Mery Rettenmund pinch hit for Ken Griffey and Moret struck him out. Joe Morgan followed Rettenmund and hit the one and two pitch over centerfielder Fred Lynn's head to produce the winning...
...fifth Wise gave up back to back home runs by Concepcion and Geronimo and, after striking out Cincinnati reliever Pat Darcy, gave up a triple to Pete Rose. At this point, Wise was replaced by Jim Burton, who gave up a sacrifice fly to Joe Morgan that scored Rose. Starter Wise had only given up four hits, but three of them were home runs and one was a triple...
...with good reason. Nobody has been more of a military-industrialist than Pete Rose. In fact, Rose is good enough reason to hate any ball club. My particular dislike of the man ran so deep that when he finally dropped 16 points under .300 in 1974 I considered it a banner year for baseball...
...network could pan its cameras so as to make his locks bounce as he slid into third. To me his shorn head will always be the symbol of baseball's bad side. Hell, I'm not asking for a Ted Simmons or even an Oscar "High Hat" Gamble -- but Pete, cut us some slack. Let it grow...