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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Poz’s new book
Dude is a great writer:
Up in the radio booth, Reds announcer Marty Brennaman watched closely. Sparky had told Marty that Rose would play third base, but Marty did not believe him. Now Rose was out there. Marty watched as Garr cracked a ground ball to third. Rose took a step to his left, kind of lost his footing, grabbed the ball, stumbled slightly again, steadied himself, threw the ball across the diamond. “He got him,” Marty told his radio listeners. “How about that Pete Rose?”
Early the next day at his second home, in Arizona, Bob Howsam picked up his morning newspaper and saw what he thought was a misprint. The box score showed a 6-1 Reds win. It also showed Pete Rose playing third base. He called up Chief Bender.
“I see Rose at third,” he said. “That’s a mistake, isn’t it?”
“No, Bob,” Chief said. “Sparky put him at third base.”
“Oh, my God,” Howsam said.
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