'I’m the Biggest Winner in the History of Sports'

Pete Rose, 1941-2024.

A dozen or so people texted me the news at almost exactly the same time, the news of Pete Rose’s passing at age 83, and there’s something odd that stays with me. Just about every one of them, both his fans and his haters, added words to this effect: “I thought he’d live forever.”

I did, too. It makes no sense at all. He certainly didn’t live a life geare…