Folks, we sorta got a problem. 4256 is the number of hits Rose smacked, not times he went to the bookie. I'm sorry Pete isn't portrayed on a tobacco card that will soon pay your grand daughters college tuition. I'm sorry Pete wasn't even born until after Pearl Harbor. And I'm sorry Ty Cobb's hit record was violated by a gambler.... No matter what he gambled, how much his cards suck or whatever, the man was and still is the best in baseball history at doing the very thing baseball is all about, "hitting the gosh damn ball with a stick." And he did it during an era where curve balls were actually considered gentlemanly.
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