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- <text id=91TT1254>
- <title>
- June 10, 1991: American Notes:Baseball
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- June 10, 1991 Evil
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 25
- American Notes
- BASEBALL
- It Takes One To Play One
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- <p> He may not be a role model anymore, but Pete Rose has found
- what may be a model role. This week the onetime Cincinnati Reds
- star, who is barred from baseball for gambling, will begin filming
- The Babe Ruth Story, an NBC made-for-TV movie. Rose will play Ty
- Cobb, the volatile Detroit outfielder who reigned as baseball's
- best hitter every year but one (1916) between 1907 and 1919.
- Talk about typecasting! Rose broke Cobb's long-standing record
- for most hits (4,191) in 1985 and went on to collect 4,256
- before retiring in 1986; like Cobb, he had a reputation as a
- hell raiser on the field and off. While Rose never sharpened his
- spikes to tear up infielders, both enjoyed good fistfights with
- opponents. For good measure, Cobb was also accused of gambling.
- If Rose's movie career takes off, maybe next time he can play
- yet another celebrated baseball reprobate: Pete Rose.
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- </body></article>
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