?My Dad Who Mentored Me, They?re All Gone?- Controversial Reds Legend Pete Rose Once Described the Overwhelming Feeling of Receiving a 9-Minute Standing Ovation

Controversies and controversial players are a part of Major League Baseball. A new controversy arrives in the Major League after every few years. One such controversial baseball legend is Pete Rose or Charlie Hustle of the Cincinnati Reds.

As great as a baseball player and manager is Pete, he is also one of the most controversial players in the League. Apparently, Rose gambled on the game he played, and because of this, he got banned from Major League Baseball in 1989, which ended his career. Another controversy that surrounded him of sexual misconduct with a teenager.

Keeping aside the controversies, it is of no doubt that Charlie Hustle is also a legend of the game. And once, he got a nine-minute standing ovation from the audience.?

Why did Pete Rose cry after getting a nine-minute standing ovation from the crowd?

Hustle once sat for an interview with Graham Bensinger, where he talked about the reason behind crying after getting a nine-minute ovation from the spectators of the match.

“You start thinking about people who were responsible you being there that aren’t there,… it was my high school coach, my little league coach, my uncle.. My dad who mentored me, they’re all gone. They can’t be part of the celebration, and that brings tears to your eyes. I just saw my dad when I looked up and that’s what brought tears to my eyes,” he said.

Rose has said that if wasn’t for him looking up after those nine minutes, he would not have cried. He wouldn’t have cried if the ovation ended after six or seven minutes.?

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The moment he looked up, he saw his dad, his mentor. And all the people who supported him to bring him where he was at the time. It brought tears to his eyes because none of those people were there to celebrate the big moment with him.

What was that big moment in Pete or Charlie Hustle’s life?

On September 11, 1985, at Riverfront Stadium when Pete Rose hit his 4192 hit of the career. And broke Ty Cobb’s Record. A 2-and-1 pitch from Eric Show into the left-center field at 8:01 pm was the time of one of the great moments for Rose. That’s when the wave of affection took over the crowd present.

All of them stood and celebrated the big moment with Charlie by giving him a nine-minute long standing ovation. Following this, he cried.?

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Well, this was not the last hit of his career. As he went on to have 4256 hits in his career, a record that is yet to be broken.