October 1, 2024 • 7 mins
Rob and Ben weigh in on who they feel most resembles the late Pete Rose's style of play and attitude towards the game of baseball in today's era?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Let's open up fresh helping the rough Tivil Show. Talking
to my first manager in the major leagues and the
all time hit king, Pete Rose, I know you love
teaching baseball and hitting. What would you tell a young
kid on what to work on? Uh, you know, as
far as trying to hone his skills.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm going to give the kids to name three bits
of advice. My first bit of advice is to be aggressive.
My second bit of advice is to be more aggressive.
And my third bit of advice is never be satisfied.
That means would begin to be you want an a
to get two hits, you want three and score ten points?
You want twelve points? Do you score a goal? You
want two goals? Never be satisfied. Don't worry about what
(00:43):
happened yesterday, worried about what's going to happen to Mark's
You're in control of that.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I had not remembered that Ben actually found that cut
from another time over head Pete On And it's perfect
because that just shows you how positive he is, how
how he approached his craft. But it applies to so
many things in life, it really really does. And that's
you know again, the first NIPS question of the Day
(01:11):
sponsored by Trantol and Trantolo your personal injury law firm.
Eighty five years in the business in Hartford, Waterbury, Bridgeport,
new Haven and Torrington. Saved some time down nine eight
for four nine ninety nine. Who plays like Pete Rose today?
It's easy for me, Bryce Harper.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I was gonna say that, but I didn't know how
you were going to react to that. Really, Bryce for that,
and I brought that.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I brought a twelve year old kidyesterday didn't even know
who Bryce Harper was. Our kids are lost people. If
you don't know who the best in the game today are,
you're playing baseball. He's a little leaguer And I was like, dude,
how do you know. He's like, well, I'm playing because
my dad wants me.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Oh my gosh, kid.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
But again, you know, back in the day, that's the
one thing like Pete Rose. He knew every player on
every team on he knew guys in the minor leagues.
He knew everything, because that's what you need to know.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
So you think it's more of a cerebral thing when
you compare Harper to Pete unless of just the dirt
dog kind of base running and do anything I can
for a win.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
But Pete, but I've listened to Bryce over the years,
even from a younger player to an older player. I
coached against him out on the West Coast. He is
a very positive human. That's why I love Bryce Harper.
Bryce is not a negative guy. He doesn't dwell on
bat at bats.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
He doesn't.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
He's like, I look forward to the next to bat.
I mean, that was my roommate too, with Norm Charlton.
We would sit there and talk about the psychological part
of baseball.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
And you're only as good as a pitcher.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
You're only as good as your next pitch, not as
good as your last pitch that's already gone.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
You can't control that. And that's what Pete talks about there.
He's like, you can't control that last at bat.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
You can only so when I'm talking to my kids,
my fifteen you guys, I have some fourteen year olds
on my team, or I'm talking to these ten to
twelve year olds, I'm like, listen, don't dwell on negatives.
Don't let those first two at bats in a game
affect the last two. You know, don't If you just
walk two guys, it doesn't matter. You got one out,
You're one pitch from getting out this inning. That's the
way I try to approach baseball and coaching it. So
(03:13):
to me, when I watch some of these guys and
they're they're fighting this war, I'm very much into like
what Gino ri Emma talks about, and Dan Hurley and
these guys and some of the best in the business,
Bill Belichick and things of their thoughts. Like you know,
people laughed and scoffed at Bill Belichick when he was like, well,
we're on to the next game.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Because you don't have time to fix that.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Like, yes, you could go watch the tape and try
to fix some of the mistakes and execute them better
the next time. But you can't sit there and get
down into the dirt of it and dwell on that.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
You just need to move on to the next thing.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
And Pete today, you know, even though he died yesterday,
Pete would be like he don't sit there and mourn
over me. Move on, be happy, get on with your life.
You know, that would be his message to people. And
that's that's the thing. My father was the same way.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
My father was.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Dying in leukemia and he would be like, I don't
want you to worry about me. You can't help what
I'm going through. You need to worry about you and
be happy. And that's helped me. Twenty seven years ago
my father passed away. So I you know, my message
about Pete is Pete was the most positive person. All
of this stuff didn't bog him down. Yes, he regrets
(04:21):
that his actions caused him not to get into the
Hall of Fame, but he also wasn't gonna sit there
and like, don't feel sorry for me. Dude, look at
my life. I'm driving around in a Betley or a
Rolls Royce. I'm living high on the hog in Vegas.
There was still even up to this last moment of
his life. I think he just signed another contract. Now,
this guy was paying him a million dollars a year
(04:42):
to sign his autograph. And you know the latest autograph
he was signed, I'm sorry, I bet on baseball. So yes,
he was down on a smidgeon of what he had
done and regretted, but he was already moving on to
the next thing, the next thing, the next thing. And yes,
some people don't like that about Pete, but the thing
that it teaches me is enjoy your family, enjoy your friends,
(05:03):
enjoy your job, you know, and and there was a
lot of positive messaging in some of the things that
Pete was trying to do because Pete was a simple guy.
If you don't understand that about Pete, you don't know Pete.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
It was really hard for me to come up with
names for this question.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Bryce Harper wasn't the first one, but I was wondering
how you felt about that comparison. But I can't believe
you even brought it up Before I did. I had
Dustin Pedroia written down. He's a dirt dog, especially just
his size.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
And and and he and bring Ben Cherrington on the
the you know, Anthio Epstein. So I had Ben Cherrington
on a former show and I said, how did you
know you're gonna do you know, draft Dustin Pedroia first round.
He goes, dude, five minutes talking to that guy, most
positive guy, I'm.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Gonna do this. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna be
the best.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
But we're like, we're drafting that guy that was that
was before that even saw him play wherever it was Arizona,
Arizona State. You know, I can look it up and
find for you. But they knew sized middle infielder. So
think about that in college he was nowhere near as
big as he got with the Red Sox. And I'm
talking about, you know, putting on twenty pounds, you know,
which still made him one hundred and seventy pound guy.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
You know.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
But listen, Brett Boone. Brett Boone played like Pete. John
Cruck played like Pete. John Cruck loved Pete so much
that every time he played against us, he wanted to
destroy us for Pete like like the only.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Person of matter.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
There'd be fifty thousand people San Diego, wherever, in Cincinnati,
and he's like, the only guy I want to think
that I'm.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Good is Pete.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Can you imagine having that effect on people? That's that
and that was listen and so many people today. I
know that my friend that you know has sent me
pictures was with Pete right before Pete got on a plane,
went home and passed away.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Was showing me pictures of Pete.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
But he was also saying he's had hundreds of people
text him and say how sorry they are, but from
all walks of life and how he affected them growing
up in the Midwest.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
I also wrote down nick A Mules absolutely. I don't
even think she knows who Pete Rose is, but man,
she played the game kind.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Of like Pete one hundred percent. I would say Brian
Stewart would be like Pete Rose.
Let's open up fresh helping the rough Tivil Show. Talking
to my first manager in the major leagues and the
all time hit king, Pete Rose, I know you love
teaching baseball and hitting. What would you tell a young
kid on what to work on? Uh, you know, as
far as trying to hone his skills.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm going to give the kids to name three bits
of advice. My first bit of advice is to be aggressive.
My second bit of advice is to be more aggressive.
And my third bit of advice is never be satisfied.
That means would begin to be you want an a
to get two hits, you want three and score ten points?
You want twelve points? Do you score a goal? You
want two goals? Never be satisfied. Don't worry about what
(00:43):
happened yesterday, worried about what's going to happen to Mark's
You're in control of that.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I had not remembered that Ben actually found that cut
from another time over head Pete On And it's perfect
because that just shows you how positive he is, how
how he approached his craft. But it applies to so
many things in life, it really really does. And that's
you know again, the first NIPS question of the Day
(01:11):
sponsored by Trantol and Trantolo your personal injury law firm.
Eighty five years in the business in Hartford, Waterbury, Bridgeport,
new Haven and Torrington. Saved some time down nine eight
for four nine ninety nine. Who plays like Pete Rose today?
It's easy for me, Bryce Harper.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I was gonna say that, but I didn't know how
you were going to react to that. Really, Bryce for that,
and I brought that.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
I brought a twelve year old kidyesterday didn't even know
who Bryce Harper was. Our kids are lost people. If
you don't know who the best in the game today are,
you're playing baseball. He's a little leaguer And I was like, dude,
how do you know. He's like, well, I'm playing because
my dad wants me.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Oh my gosh, kid.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
But again, you know, back in the day, that's the
one thing like Pete Rose. He knew every player on
every team on he knew guys in the minor leagues.
He knew everything, because that's what you need to know.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
So you think it's more of a cerebral thing when
you compare Harper to Pete unless of just the dirt
dog kind of base running and do anything I can
for a win.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
But Pete, but I've listened to Bryce over the years,
even from a younger player to an older player. I
coached against him out on the West Coast. He is
a very positive human. That's why I love Bryce Harper.
Bryce is not a negative guy. He doesn't dwell on
bat at bats.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
He doesn't.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
He's like, I look forward to the next to bat.
I mean, that was my roommate too, with Norm Charlton.
We would sit there and talk about the psychological part
of baseball.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
And you're only as good as a pitcher.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
You're only as good as your next pitch, not as
good as your last pitch that's already gone.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
You can't control that. And that's what Pete talks about there.
He's like, you can't control that last at bat.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
You can only so when I'm talking to my kids,
my fifteen you guys, I have some fourteen year olds
on my team, or I'm talking to these ten to
twelve year olds, I'm like, listen, don't dwell on negatives.
Don't let those first two at bats in a game
affect the last two. You know, don't If you just
walk two guys, it doesn't matter. You got one out,
You're one pitch from getting out this inning. That's the
way I try to approach baseball and coaching it. So
(03:13):
to me, when I watch some of these guys and
they're they're fighting this war, I'm very much into like
what Gino ri Emma talks about, and Dan Hurley and
these guys and some of the best in the business,
Bill Belichick and things of their thoughts. Like you know,
people laughed and scoffed at Bill Belichick when he was like, well,
we're on to the next game.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Because you don't have time to fix that.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Like, yes, you could go watch the tape and try
to fix some of the mistakes and execute them better
the next time. But you can't sit there and get
down into the dirt of it and dwell on that.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
You just need to move on to the next thing.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
And Pete today, you know, even though he died yesterday,
Pete would be like he don't sit there and mourn
over me. Move on, be happy, get on with your life.
You know, that would be his message to people. And
that's that's the thing. My father was the same way.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
My father was.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Dying in leukemia and he would be like, I don't
want you to worry about me. You can't help what
I'm going through. You need to worry about you and
be happy. And that's helped me. Twenty seven years ago
my father passed away. So I you know, my message
about Pete is Pete was the most positive person. All
of this stuff didn't bog him down. Yes, he regrets
(04:21):
that his actions caused him not to get into the
Hall of Fame, but he also wasn't gonna sit there
and like, don't feel sorry for me. Dude, look at
my life. I'm driving around in a Betley or a
Rolls Royce. I'm living high on the hog in Vegas.
There was still even up to this last moment of
his life. I think he just signed another contract. Now,
this guy was paying him a million dollars a year
(04:42):
to sign his autograph. And you know the latest autograph
he was signed, I'm sorry, I bet on baseball. So yes,
he was down on a smidgeon of what he had
done and regretted, but he was already moving on to
the next thing, the next thing, the next thing. And yes,
some people don't like that about Pete, but the thing
that it teaches me is enjoy your family, enjoy your friends,
(05:03):
enjoy your job, you know, and and there was a
lot of positive messaging in some of the things that
Pete was trying to do because Pete was a simple guy.
If you don't understand that about Pete, you don't know Pete.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
It was really hard for me to come up with
names for this question.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
Bryce Harper wasn't the first one, but I was wondering
how you felt about that comparison. But I can't believe
you even brought it up Before I did. I had
Dustin Pedroia written down. He's a dirt dog, especially just
his size.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
And and and he and bring Ben Cherrington on the
the you know, Anthio Epstein. So I had Ben Cherrington
on a former show and I said, how did you
know you're gonna do you know, draft Dustin Pedroia first round.
He goes, dude, five minutes talking to that guy, most
positive guy, I'm.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Gonna do this. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna be
the best.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
But we're like, we're drafting that guy that was that
was before that even saw him play wherever it was Arizona,
Arizona State. You know, I can look it up and
find for you. But they knew sized middle infielder. So
think about that in college he was nowhere near as
big as he got with the Red Sox. And I'm
talking about, you know, putting on twenty pounds, you know,
which still made him one hundred and seventy pound guy.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
You know.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
But listen, Brett Boone. Brett Boone played like Pete. John
Cruck played like Pete. John Cruck loved Pete so much
that every time he played against us, he wanted to
destroy us for Pete like like the only.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Person of matter.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
There'd be fifty thousand people San Diego, wherever, in Cincinnati,
and he's like, the only guy I want to think
that I'm.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
Good is Pete.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Can you imagine having that effect on people? That's that
and that was listen and so many people today. I
know that my friend that you know has sent me
pictures was with Pete right before Pete got on a plane,
went home and passed away.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Was showing me pictures of Pete.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
But he was also saying he's had hundreds of people
text him and say how sorry they are, but from
all walks of life and how he affected them growing
up in the Midwest.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
I also wrote down nick A Mules absolutely. I don't
even think she knows who Pete Rose is, but man,
she played the game kind.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Of like Pete one hundred percent. I would say Brian
Stewart would be like Pete Rose.
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