In 1960, three years before Pete Rose became a rookie
for the Cincinnati Reds, he filled out a questionnaire
that a baseball statistician sent to minor leaguers.
The questionnaire asked the usual questions, name,
date of birth, etc. It also left a space for "Ambition
In Baseball" to be filled in.
Most players wrote "to play in the major leagues."
Not Pete Rose, baseball's future all-time hits leader.
He wrote "Big Time."
This document shows the fire and confidence Pete
Rose had three years before setting out on the odyssey
of becoming baseball's hit king.
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