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YankeeLinks
01-22-2003, 01:58 PM
What did a famous Hall of Famer say when Pete Rose got his 4256th hit?
YankeeLinks
01-22-2003, 09:42 PM
It was a deprecating comment referring to Rose's lack of pop.
LeGrandOrange
01-22-2003, 10:19 PM
I know Mantle's comment, but I can't remember what he s--oh yeah, something about wearing a dress.
YankeeLinks
01-22-2003, 10:30 PM
Close enough, LGO

Mantle said,

"If I'd a hit that many singles, I'd a wore a dress."

Here's an blurb from a 1985 TIME magazine story.

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/from_redirect/0,10987,1101850923-142527,00.html

The writer also mentions, "Like him or not, Charlie Hustle is on his way to Cooperstown." Little did he know