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Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

Pete Rose

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Pete Rose
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 14
Baseball Player
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peter Edward Rose
Sr.
Charlie Hustle
Peter Edward Pete Rose Sr.
Pete Edward Rose
Fun
Four
Games
Wells
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Forty
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I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.
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Day after day there are lots of fans here and it helps a lot with them out there rooting for us.
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Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.
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