PETE ROSE TALKS ABOUT WILLIE MAYS LEGACY AS A PLAYER AND PERSON

I'm 75 years-old, and Willie Mays was, hands down, the greatest all-around player I've ever seen, or will ever see. Willie also had charisma, and was a great showman on the baseball field. He probably drew more fans to watch a MLB game than any player not named Ruth. He had a aura about him that no player had.

This was a treat, as a native Cincinnatian, Godspeed Mr. Mays...🙏🏽🕊

This is why Rose is such a tragic figure. He has so much love for the game -he was such a great teammate. He is generous with praise for other players. His knowledge of the game is unmatched! Yet, he knowingly broke the UNBRAKABLE rule!

Thanks, Rob Dibble! Great interview, and Pete Rose ALWAYS says the best things about former players he played with and against, especially the legends.

I saw Mays play at Seals Stadium and Candlestick Park about 30 times and caught a line drive foul ball from him 8/26/63 which he signed about 30 years later. I'll never forget one day with my Dad at a game at the Stick. I asked my Dad if there ever was an inside the park grand slam. He didn't think so. Well, on the next pitch, with the bases loaded, Willie hit one to right center where there were a lot of newspapers, hot do wrappers cluttered at the fence. When the center fielder finally found the ball and threw it back to the cut off man, Willie slid into home just before the tag. WOW!!!

Great Interview! Pete is a great baseball historian. The Best. RIP Willie.

And do not forget that Willie missed 2 seasons in his prime, serving in the army! This was a great conversation!

Man, listening to Pete Rose talking about Willie Mays is such a treat . I loved the story of Pete first meeting Mr. Mays , ‘Mr. Mays? That’s my father, I’m Willie’… Hahaha, says it all , what a great player and person.

Baseball is for kids. When I was 12, playing the sport myself and watching my favorite Red Sox play Rose in the ‘75 Series, there was nothing better. Watching a game in my house was an event and getting an entire series of baseball cards was my preoccupation outside of school. At that age, you aren’t jaded by the cynicism that has crept into the country and major league sports commentary today. There was no free agency and the announcers and sports writers were for the most part friendly. I loved watching the A’s play in the daytime Series in the early ‘70s and I saw Mays briefly at the end of his career with the Mets. There was no equal then or now.

I;m for allowing Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame. Whyy? Because he played the game the way it is supposed to be played. I don't like watching millionaires running 45 feet and giving up on a ground ball. Pete Rose would never do that. They didn't call his Charlie Hustle for nothing.

Contrary to the image created by the media of Pete Rose as an arrogant, selfish person, he always has good things to say about other players. RIP Willie.

Pete Rose wasn't just "one of the best players ever to play in his era." He was one of the best players ever to play. Period.

Pete belongs in the Hall of Fame. No questions asked, like BARRY Bonds, Roger Clemens. These guys were the pillars of the game. Even today listening to these guys dispense their knowledge of the game is hall of fame stuff. Nobody talks like this if they haven’t played on the highest level for years, not just a good year here and good year there.

Mays' MVP'S were a decade apart,as were his 2 fifty homer seasons

I saw Willie when he was past his prime

Great interview. I know we did wrong, but how do you keep Pete Rose out of the Hall of Fame?

Put Pete Rose in the Hall

Willie also missed a season or 2 for military service.

As much as I dislike Pete Rose, because of how Rose damaged the game by betting on the game and then lying over and over about gambling on the game; contrast that with Pete's pure enthusiasm and love of the game, coupled with his remarkable memory of the players, he played with, especially many of the all time greats, including Willie Mays and his Cincinnati Reds as well as his Philadelphia Phillies teammates.

Pete belongs in the hall of fame murders get pardoned after 30 years