Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, "4192nd Hit" Swing, Double Matted 8" X 10" Photograph in Black Anodized Aluminum Frame Review

This is a photograph of Pete Rose doing something that nobody had ever done before, namely getting their 4192nd hit in a major league baseball game. It was the night of September 11, 1985 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati where the Reds were hosting the San Diego Padres before a crowd of 47,237 and a nationally televised audience. At 8:01 p.m. in the bottom of the first inning Rose hit a single on a 2-1 slider by Eric Show to become "the hit king" of baseball, breaking Ty Cobb's career hit record. The game was stopped as Rose was congratulated by his teammates and then given a blaze red Corvette with the license plate "PR 4192" by Reds owner Marge Schott. It was not until Rose was standing by himself on first base that he finally broke down, crying on the shoulder of first base coach Tommy Helms and then his son Pete Rose, Jr., who emerged again from the dugout and rad to his dad for an emotional embrace.

This double matted 8 x 10 color photograph in a black anodiz frame show Rose making contact with Show's pitch for the record breaking hit and is one of the best photographs of a big moment like this around. He is one of the rare members of the 3,000 hit club of the post-World War II era where you cannot find a photo of that celebrated hit because it was never Rose's goal. Rose retired after the following season at which point he held the all-time major league records for most career hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at bats (14,053), singles (3,315), total bases by a switch hitter (5,752), most seasons of 200 or more hits (10), most consecutive seasons of 100 or more hits (23), seasons with 600 or more at bats (17), seasons with 150 or more games played (17), most seasons with 100 or more games played (23), and the record for playing in the most winning games (1,972). All of these records speak to the longevity of Rose's career, which saw him become the only player to ever play over 500 games at five different positions (1B, 2B, 3B, LF, RF).

As everyone knows four years after he broke Cobb's record Pete Rose was banned from baseball by then Commissioner Bart Giamatti after an investigation by John Dowd found he had gambled thousands of dollars on baseball games as a player and a manager for the Reds. At the time Rose would only admit to having "made some mistakes," but denied ever betting on baseball and noting at the time or subsequent has indicated he did anything but try to win the game when he bet on his own team. The ban put Rose on baseball's ineligible list, which meant he could not be voted on for the Hall of Fame and therefore would be denied the capstone on his fabled career.

Being denied a spot in Cooperstown has arguably kept Rose's name in the public eye all these years. Along with arguing about the designated hitter the Rose case is a hot topic for baseball fans to debate. There were those who maintained that if Rose apologized his case could be reconsidered, but that would involve admitting his guilt, which Rose finally did in his book "My Prison Without Bars." But so far the current commissioner, Bud Selig, seems unwilling to make Rose the exception to baseball's prohibition against gambling and as long as the job is not an elective position I have a feeling things are not going to change in the future, no matter how much pressure Rose and his fans bring to bear on baseball.

I am not sure if Rose should be let into the Hall of Fame: I can certainly make a distinction between throwing games (e.g., Shoeless Joe Jackson not being in Cooperstown) and gambling on games (e.g, Paul Hornung being in Canton), but baseball has never made that distinction. However, I do know that if Rose gets another chance there are a couple of things that would need to happen before that should be allowed. First, since Rose denied from 1989 until this year that he had ever bet on baseball his name should not become eligible for another 15 years: the same period of time he lied and tried to cover up his gambling. Second, Buck Weaver, the third baseman for the Black Sox whose only sin was that he never ratted out his teammates and who was never offered let alone accept any of the money for throwing the 1919 World Series, should be made eligible. Ty Cobb named Weaver to his all-time team and you can only imagine what Ty Cobb would think of some guy breaking his hit mark with a lifetime batting average of .303 (I think it would be something along the lines of "If I had played that many games I would have had 5,000 hits").

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Product Description:
Enjoy this photograph featuring MLB player Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds. A great collector's piece for all Cincinnati Reds fans!
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OFFICIALLY LICENSED Photo
Custom printed and cropped on high-gloss photographic paper
Mounted in an acid-free mat with precision cut beveled edges
Made in a custom photographic lab, not on a printing press
Each game-action or portrait photograph was taken by a professional photographer
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Outside matte is eggshell white with a black interior matte.
Black anodized aluminum frame
Size with frame is 11"x14"
Note: This is an unautographed photograph.

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