Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose dies at age 83

Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose dies at age 83

Updated: 10:17 AM EDT Oct 1, 2024

ALL RIGHT. KATIE, THANK YOU. AND BACK TO OUR OTHER TOP STORY THIS MORNING. CINCINNATI AND THE BASEBALL WORLD. REMEMBERING PETE ROSE, WHO DIED AT HIS LAS VEGAS HOME LAST NIGHT AT 83. A LEGEND ON THE FIELD BRINGING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EXCITEMENT. ALSO A COMPLEX MAN OFF THE FIELD FOLLOWING HIS PLAYING CAREER WITH THE GAMBLING SCANDAL AND A BAN FROM BASEBALL, WE ARE LEADING THE WAY WITH LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU ON THIS TUESDAY MORNING WITH A LOOK AT THE LEGACY HE LEAVES BEHIND AND THE TRIBUTES POURING IN. OUR CO-ANCHOR STEVEN ALBRITTON LEADING THE WAY OUTSIDE OF GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK, WHERE THAT MEMORIAL CONTINUES TO GROW. STEPHEN KELLY, MEGAN, WE’VE SEEN A FEW PEOPLE WALK BY THIS MORNING. STOP, TAKE PICTURES, TAKE VIDEOS OF THIS MEMORIAL BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW. THE ICONIC POSE OF PETE ROSE SLIDING HEADFIRST INTO HOME RIGHT NOW. T-SHIRTS WITH SOME SIGNATURES, A PICTURE THAT SAYS R.I.P. CHARLIE HUSTLE, AND IT SAYS WEST SIDE FOR LIFE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ALONG WITH SOME ROSES, A COUPLE OF BEERS AND A FEW BASEBALLS, AS WELL AS A CANDLE BURNS IN FRONT OF THE STATUE. WE’RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE ON FIELD ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS MORNING, AND THAT SEEMINGLY UNTOUCHABLE ALL TIME HIT RECORD 4256 HITS. WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL, THAT HE BROUGHT TO THE CITY. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING, THE TRIBUTES OF THE STATUE OUTSIDE OF GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK FROM FANS REALLY DOES SAY IT ALL. AND HOW MUCH CHARLIE HUSTLE MEANS TO THIS CITY. THIS STATUE BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW WAS DEDICATED IT BACK IN 2017 AND WILL BE SHARING MORE OF PETE ROSE’S OWN WORDS OF WHAT THIS CITY MEANT TO HIM FROM GETTING HIS FIRST HIT TO THAT ICONIC RECORD BREAKING HIT WHERE HE PASSED TY COBB AS WELL. SO WE’RE GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL OF THIS OUTSIDE OF GREAT AMERICAN, ALL MORNING LONG, BUT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM ACROSS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, FORMER TEAMMATES, FORMER TEAMS, EVERYBODY TRYING TO REMEMBER CHARLIE HUSTLE, PETE ROSE. OUR NICOLE APONTE, SHE’S COVERING THAT SIDE OF THE STORY. AND NOT ONLY ARE TRIBUTES HAPPENING ONLINE, NICOLE, BUT THEY’RE HAPPENING INSIDE THE STADIUM AS WELL. STEPHEN. THAT MEMORIAL RIGHT OUTSIDE OF GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK THIS MORNING, IT’S GROWING AS YOU JUST SAID. BUT I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION. WE’RE ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE IN COVINGTON. YOU CAN SEE GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK THIS MORNING. THAT SIGN IT IS LIT UP. IT SAYS PETE ROSE, THE HIT KING. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THIS CITY, HOW MUCH THIS CITY REALLY MEANT TO PETE ROSE. BUT HOW MUCH THIS CITY REALLY SUPPORTS HIM, TOO. BUT WE’VE SEEN HOW FORMER REDS PLAYERS HAVE ALSO RESPONDED ONLINE TO HIS PASSING. HALL OF FAME SHORTSTOP BARRY LARKIN KEEPING IT SHORT AND SWEET. POSTING ON TWITTER R.I.P. HIT KING PETE ROSE, FORMER ALL STAR FIRST BASEMAN SEAN CASEY, POSTING TO SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING IN PART APPRECIATE ALL THE TALKS WE HAD ABOUT HITTING. I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU. LONGTIME REDS RADIO ANNOUNCER MARTY BRENNAMAN POSTED OVERNIGHT AS WELL, SAYING, QUOTE, MY TWO BEST BASEBALL FRIENDS GONE FIRST. JOE MORGAN AND NOW PETE. RIGHT NOW, IT’S HARD FOR ME TO COME TO GRIPS WITH IT. REDS CLUBHOUSE MANAGER MARK STONE ALSO SHARED SOME MEMORIES ON HIS TIME WITH ROSE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, HE WOULD TURN AROUND TO YOU AND GO, WATCH US, I’M GOING TO BUNT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST STUFF LIKE THAT WHERE YOU WERE LIKE, OH, I’M THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO. BUT NO, HE WAS JUST A CHARACTER. AND REAL. I MEAN, HE TREATED US GREAT. WE HAVE MORE REACTION ON OUR WEBSITE AT WLWT.COM. WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR MORE FROM SOME FORMER REDS PLAYERS AS ALSO THE COMMUNITY AS THEY WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND PETE ROSE’S DEATH. LIVE THIS MORNIN

Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose dies at age 83

Updated: 10:17 AM EDT Oct 1, 2024

Cincinnati Reds legend and Major League Baseball’s all-time hit leader Pete Rose has died at the age of 83, according to multiple reports and the team.Rose, a Cincinnati native, played 19 seasons with the Reds and collected an MLB-record 4,256 hits in his career.The Associated Press confirmed with a spokesperson in Clark County, Nevada that Rose died on Monday. Rose’s cause of death was not released on Monday.One of the most recognizable Cincinnati sports figures of all time, Rose’s legendary career took a complicated turn after he was permanently banned from baseball amid allegations that he gambled on games while playing and managing for the Reds.The National Baseball Hall of Fame later ruled that players on the “permanently ineligible” list would be banned from induction as well, keeping Rose’s name outside of baseball’s most prestigious club.Rose’s career is certainly Hall-of-Fame worthy. A member of Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine, Rose is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053) and singles (3,215). Noted for his all-around ability and enthusiasm, he was referred to as Charlie Hustle — taking home three World Series titles, one MVP award, two Gold Gloves and a Rookie of the Year award (1963), among dozens of other accolades.Known by his nickname “Charlie Hustle”, Rose went to Western Hills High School in Cincinnati. A two-sport athlete in high school, Rose excelled on the baseball diamond and on the football field. Upon graduating, Rose signed a professional contract with the Reds, kickstarting a professional baseball career that entrenched him among the legends of the game.

CINCINNATI —

Cincinnati Reds legend and Major League Baseball’s all-time hit leader Pete Rose has died at the age of 83, according to multiple reports and the team.

Rose, a Cincinnati native, played 19 seasons with the Reds and collected an MLB-record 4,256 hits in his career.

The Associated Press confirmed with a spokesperson in Clark County, Nevada that Rose died on Monday. Rose’s cause of death was not released on Monday.

One of the most recognizable Cincinnati sports figures of all time, Rose’s legendary career took a complicated turn after he was permanently banned from baseball amid allegations that he gambled on games while playing and managing for the Reds.

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame later ruled that players on the “permanently ineligible” list would be banned from induction as well, keeping Rose’s name outside of baseball’s most prestigious club.

Rose’s career is certainly Hall-of-Fame worthy.

A member of Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine, Rose is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053) and singles (3,215). Noted for his all-around ability and enthusiasm, he was referred to as Charlie Hustle — taking home three World Series titles, one MVP award, two Gold Gloves and a Rookie of the Year award (1963), among dozens of other accolades.

Known by his nickname “Charlie Hustle”, Rose went to Western Hills High School in Cincinnati.

A two-sport athlete in high school, Rose excelled on the baseball diamond and on the football field.

Upon graduating, Rose signed a professional contract with the Reds, kickstarting a professional baseball career that entrenched him among the legends of the game.