I Don't Think I Can

Major League Baseball Has Created A Pete Rose Purgatory, And That's Where He Is. And That's Where He's Always Going To Be. It's Unfortunate That The Commissioner's Office Has Decided To Allow That To Be The Reality. I Don't Think Pete Would Mind If They Said 'no' To Pete. Pete Wants Them To Go One Way Or The Other And Get Him Out Of The Void He's In.

I'm 61 Now, And I'm Comfortable In My Lifestyle... I Don't Yearn For The Limelight On A Regular Basis. I Get A Kick Out Of It Every So Often. I Go To Philly And Go To A Game, And They Make A Big Deal About Me. That's Fun For A Couple Of Days, And I Can Go Back To My Own Private Life.

I Could Ask The Phillies To Keep Me On To Add To My Statistics, But My Love For The Game Won't Let Me Do That.

If You're Associated With The Philadelphia Media Or Town, You Look For Negatives. I Don't Know If There's Something About Their Upbringing Or They Have Too Many Hoagies, Or Too Much Cream Cheese.

If You Could Equate The Amount Of Time And Effort Put In Mentally And Physically Into Succeeding On The Baseball Field And Measured It By The Dirt On Your Uniform, Mine Would Have Been Black.