‘Hit King’ Rose Still Signing Up to Please Large Crowds of Fans

Pictured here with Baseball Legend Pete Rose is renowned sculptor Tom Tsuchiya (standing behind Rose) who sculpted the bronze statue of Rose outside Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. Rose is signing a canvas print of the statue that depicts Rose in his trademark head-first slide, on Dec. 3, 2021. (Photo by Michael Sakal/The Epoch Times).

More than 35 years after playing his last game—and 32 years after managing his last one for the Cincinnati Reds—baseball’s “Hit King” Pete Rose still draws large crowds in Cincinnati, where he remains one of the Queen City’s favorite sons.

Now 80 years old and a grandfather, Rose likely won’t be attempting his signature head-first slide that underscored his nickname of Charlie Hustle, but the three-time World Series champion—and 17-time All-Star at five positions—is still hustling his autograph and bantering with fans who wait in long lines to get it.