1. 1981 Pete Rose breaks National League hit record
Rose gets congratulated by Stan Musial after breaking N.L hit record, 1981
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the famous “Pete Rose” head fist slide
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Infamous professional baseball player, Pete Rose, set the National League hit record on this date in 1981. Rose was playing for the Philadelphia Phillies at the time and the record hit would happen in the 8th inning against the St.Louis Cardinals. August 10th also happened to be the first day back after a seven week player strike regarding the compensation for free agents starting on June 12th. Previous record holder was Stan Musial, who ironically played his entire career for the Cardinals. Interestingly when Musial got his last two hits of his career, they happened to be playing the Cincinnati Reds in 1963 which who had a rookie second baseman that was none other than Pete Rose.
