Today on the blog, we have my special "1970s
National League Player of the Decade" card for Pete Rose, which was a
special insert in my custom set which was released a couple years back:
On
top of my selection as "Charlie Hustle" as the player of the decade for
the Senior League, he was honored by the Sporting News as the overall
"Player of the Decade" by the time the wild-70s were done.
In a decade where we had future powerhouse Hall of Famers like Johnny
Bench, Tom Seaver, and Joe Morgan, Rose was the guy who came out in
front of them all when it came time for me to select
someone who would represent the go-go '70's.
In the ten years spanning 1970-1979, he was on two world champion teams, four pennant winners, had six 200-hit seasons, and lead his league in no less than 13 offensive categories!
And that's not all: in NINE of those years he received Most Valuable Player consideration, taking home the award in 1973.
For me, the man was a machine in the 1970s, and
truly a sparkplug and celebrity that was the whole package when it came
to becoming an American Icon.In the ten years spanning 1970-1979, he was on two world champion teams, four pennant winners, had six 200-hit seasons, and lead his league in no less than 13 offensive categories!
And that's not all: in NINE of those years he received Most Valuable Player consideration, taking home the award in 1973.
