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Originally Posted by Balticfox
Ty Cobb's career hit record of 4191 had stood for 57 years when Pete Rose broke it in 1985. The irony here is twofold. Pete Rose was the "modern" day player whose competitive drive was most like Ty Cobb's. And if alive Ty Cobb would have been the last person to congratulate Pete Rose for breaking his record. Ty Cobb would have just sneered.
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I don’t know how you could possibly know that. If you deduce that from Al Stump’s biography, it’s apparently less than truthful.