He's suggesting that if he were so s***** at one component of baseball that he would consider killing himself. I'm suggesting he was s***** at several components of baseball by 1983 (and was one of the worst defensive players in baseball for several years). I wonder if he considered killing himself then...I wonder if he even considered retirement. Did he consider killing himself after being charged with 2 counts of tax evasion, or after spending time in jail? How about after he went broke due to his gambling addiction?
I think it's a bit much for Pete Rose to go throwing stones at a quality major league ball player (or anyone for that matter). He's a well above average hitter coming off a 3.5 WAR season. What's the threshold for strikeouts where one wouldn't consider killing themselves? Is it 184? If Pete Rose was Mike Trout - would he consider killing himself then?
I'm too young to remember, but why did the Phillies continue to play him full time? Were they so s***** that it didn't matter and they wanted him to break the hits record? I always suspected that Rose was self centered and was chasing the record himself, but I could be wrong.