That’s what Pete Rose said.
Betting & hitting — Pete knows something about both. But who did he say it about?
Why, Fidel Castro. Pete Rose had just been told (erroneously) that Fidel and his ‘right-angle curve ball’ had once turned down a contract with the New York Giants.
Fidel took another path. But I’d sure liked to have been at the Polo Grounds . . . late summer, top of the ninth, Giants up by one, pennant in the balance . . . the Reds’ tying run on third and the winner on second.
At the plate is Charlie Hustle . . . and on the mound is Castro Ruz.
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