Ran down to Vegas today to Ceasars Palace and met Pete Rose today. He signed my 1970's game used Adirondack: Pete Rose MY BAT- 75 and 76 WS CHAMPS and 75 WS MVP. He was real cool. I sat down and talked to him for about 5 minutes or more. He said he always thought Adirondack bats had better wood than LS. He told me about all his different bats he used: U1, S2, S222, R195. I actually knew more about his bats than he did. He forgot what years he used the Adirondack. I reminded him that he used it in the 1975 and 1976 seasons. He said he doesn't like to sign GAME USED on items because he doesn't understand how people got his game used bats. He said he NEVER gave one away (yea right). He also said he hardly EVER cracked a bat. Said during his 44 game hit steak he used the same bat the whole streak. I reminded him his bats were 35 inches and 33.5 ounces in the 70's. He said: Yea, only at the start of the season. As it wore on I would use a lighter bat (I'm not sure about this either). When he signed 1975 WS champs I said to him: STill the best world series ever, right Pete? And he said Yep. It was a cool experience. He was really great. He took pictures with me and my boys and talked to them too. My youngest had his Charlie Hustle T-shirt on and told Pete that he had his son's game used bat-Pete Jr-that I bought him. Pete kept holding that bat and swung it and didn't let go of it for the whole time. Even during the picture he's holding on to it like it brought back good memories. It also shows that athletes won't rememeber everything about their game used stuff-I mean it was 35 years ago! I will post my pictures once I get them ready. Nice to meet your childhood hero-and after meeting them-they still remain your heroes.
Greg
biggamebird@yahoo.com
Greg
biggamebird@yahoo.com
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