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I believe that someone will eventually become MLB's all-time hits leader. It is going to take a lot of time, though. Ty Cobb was passed by Rose fifty-nine years after he retired.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 30, 2014 at 11:05 AM
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I dont know, but i was there to see Charlie Hustle do it!
What a team, Johnny Bench, Dave Concepcion, Tony Perez, Pete Rose!
posted by
dsm_tchr
on May 29, 2014 at 8:08 PM
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Jimmy A has said it all!!
posted by
Kabu
on May 29, 2014 at 5:42 PM
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Never, for one simple reason, and it's the same reason no one will ever break Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak either: middle relievers and closers! Back in Joe D.'s day ( and for the most part, probably Rose's as well ) there were no 'starting' pitchers. The pitcher who took the mound at the beginning of the game was there til the bitter end, no matter what! So, every batter got to 'see their stuff' for 3 or 4 at bats, and could zero in on the pitches they knew they could eventually hit. Today, teams change pitchers so often during the course of the game that there's no rythmn or flow to the pitches! Just as the batters get used to one style, and possibly take advantage of their next at bat, in comes another pitcher with a whole new repertoire of pitches! For that reason, you will never see either of those records fall . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on May 29, 2014 at 12:59 PM
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