Although Rose is best known for being baseball's all-time leader in hits, he also holds the all-time records in singles, at-bats, games played, and seasons with a batting average above .300. ... The Reds brought Rose back in 1984 as a player-manager, a role that he retained through the 1986 season. ... Clearly, Pete is not a changed man. ... Ty Cobb, the man whose all-time record for hits was broken by Pete Rose, was one of the nastiest men ever to play the game. ... He was also a "fire-breathing racist" and once went into the stands to beat up a crippled man who had been heckling hi...

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