Pete Rose

April 13, 1963 – Scrappy Pete Rose, told his whole life that he was too small to play sports, gets his first hit in the big leagues - a triple for the Reds off the Pirates’ Bob Friend. Too slow? Pete would show 'em. Rose becomes baseball’s all-time hit leader but a pariah for betting on games (and probably throwing a few, while managing, to wipe out debts to a NYC mobster named Bruno, aka Jocko).
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