Rose says he’s biggest winner in all of sports

CINCINNATI Like the switch hitter who sprayed baseballs all over the field on his way to a record 4,256 career hits, Pete Rose touched a lot of bases in a news conference on Tuesday.

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Tue, March 13th, 2007

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