The rest is history – the image of Rose sliding head first immortalized in bronze to this day on the Great American Ball Park plaza. This story is part of an ongoing series this year on the Big ...

Pete Rose was famous for his head-first slide, but he was capable of more conventional approaches. Here's proof. By Dayn Perry ...

Pete Rose-Ray Fosse collision. One of Rose's most memorable moments came at the end of the 1970 All-Star Game when he scored the game-winning run for the National League in the 12th inning.

Pete Rose tugged on the edge of the tarp and slowly unveiled a bigger-than-life sculpture of one of his headfirst slides, revealing it from the airborne cleats to the ground-scraping elbows. The Re… ...

Pete Rose was a childhood hero of mine. But he chose his path of disgrace. ... Maybe this was his way of keeping alive the thrill of sliding into home head-first.

Those coming to pay their respects will first pass the iconic Charlie Hustle statue of Rose's head-first slide, as well as a "14 Forever" banner that hangs along the wall next to the team store.

The idea of a sliding Pete Rose was conceived by Tsuchiya years ago and he often approached John Allen, appointed by Major League Baseball to steer the Reds in 1996 after Marge Schott was forced out, ...

Cincinnati's Pete Rose watches from the Fenway Park stands, Friday, Oct. 10, 1975, a day before Game 1 of the 1975 World Series. (AP) This story is part of Only A Game's 2019 Thanksgiving ...

Pete Rose was a bundle of contradictions. On the field, few played the game as hard or with more determination. He sprinted to first base after drawing walks, sacrificed his body willingly and ...

On Wednesday, the Cincinnati Reds celebrated Pete Rose Night with a Q& ... “We’d go outside and try to imitate the head first slide,” Larkin said. “We played hard.