European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 23 Musial figures in roses career plans when Pete Rose blows into its like a fresh Breeze off the the Little Guy with the Prince valiant hairstyle and unquenchable enthusiasm is so so so uninhibited that its hard to believe Hes for real in a game being inundated with pompous Pete got up before Daylight caught a plane from Philadelphia to new York and arrived a half hour late for a breakfast news conference at which the Mizuno of unveiled some of its bizarre ideas for moving baseball into the space its a Long Way to come for he grumbled then added Ive been roasted so much this Winter i feel like a Rose got hooked on japanese equipment on his visits to the Orient with the Cincinnati before he was using their shoes and gloves for a princely of they re really smart got brains that Are hard to he i dont see How they lost the the 39yearold first baseman of the world Cham Pion Phillies said he expected to play out the final two years of his con tract and perhaps go a couple or three if he hinted that he might wind up his career in they offered me taxes he id go through hell in a gasoline suit for that kind of but i got other one of those plans is to overtake Stan Musial As the National league record Holder in number of he needs Only which would give him then Only those two other Iron men Tycobb in the american league and Hank Aaron Over including in the no would be ahead of Mizuno presented Rose with a Rose coloured Bat with which to pursue his he will be swinging it on opening i cant hit Home in not going to beat out anybody in runs batted the Peppery old warhorse i dont have much Speed and i dont throw All that but i dont need playing first i have to try to Excel in areas that fit my talents most runs no one realizes More than Rose his physical draw up Pete Rose celebrates after Phillies won no East title he is a Stocky 203 he will turn 40 april As he he is not fast or possessed of a lot of natural his Forte is a wealth of dedication and a faculty to get along with team his Public and on the he is Able to isolate himself in an invisible Booth and to squeeze every ounce out of the rugged tools god has Given people ask me if in going to catch Tycobb in hits Rose i dont look ahead that who knows How Long i will be playing i remember Sparky Sparky former manager of the reds once told me that it didst make any difference How much Money a Man How Many records or How much when those reflexes go you might As Well Cash it so i take care of my baseball its men a kids you have to play it like a you have to love it if you dont want to grow Pete said he never tried to be a hero in Spring he prefers to work himself into shape slowly to be at his Peak when the season a year Dallas Dallas Phillie manager left Bob Mike the whole starting infield Back in Camp while the team went to play an exhibition Dallas got chewed out by the commissioner Bowie who told him he must always use his Best How Are you going to develop Young players like that once so naive he said he would play baseball for nothing and would like to be buried under third base at Cincinnatus riverfront Pete has experienced a rude asked if he thought the owners deserved More consideration in their face off with players on the compensation Issue More equitable return for play ers lost in the free agent Rose said i can Only talk from my the reds decided they didst want me any they told me to get if they didst want Why should they get compensation the associated press proposal implemented major league owners spark new labor crisis Ray Grebey letter triggers storm Jerry k not optimistic at All new York a baseball manage ment dropped the other shoe implementing its controversial compensation proposal for reentry free agents and Trig Gering a new labor crisis for the they have chosen to Start the said Marvin executive director of the players they have fired the the shot heard around the world of base Ball came in the form of a letter from Ray director of the player relations managements bargaining to it read in part since agreement has not been achieved through the 26 a Jor league clubs have chosen to exercise the rights provided and agreed upon in the May memorandum of agreement effective this february to uni laterally adopt and put into effect As part of the Basic the modification in player selection rights that modification would provide unprotected roster players As compensation for or As management Calls ranking free agents signing with a new among the matters at Issue is the method for determining ranking managements proposal combines criteria that involves number of pitching or batting appearances with the number of teams draft ing a for compensation to be a player would have to be drafted by More than eight teams and be in the top half of All players in his league in performance pitchers would be ranked by appearances and All other players by times at those criteria dont sit Well with you must remember you Are dealing with a fraudulent Miller their propaganda keeps saying they Are interested in compensation for but that just not if you Are ranking players by plate appearances and saying the top 50 percent qualify for does that mean the top 50 percent Are superstars that throughout the management has emphasized that Only three players in the 1980 reentry draft Dave Don Sutton and Darrell Porter would have qualified for compensation under its Miller scoffed at do you mean to Tell me there ready to shut Down an Industry just because they want compensation for three he How can anybody believe that the key word in grebes letter was management had the right to take that action but now the Ball is in the players they have until March 1 to answer and almost certainly the reply will come wednesday when the unions executive Board meets in the management move was hardly unix we Haven exactly surprised Grebey what there trying to do is limit free a right Given to us by the said Jerry player representative of the los Angeles Jerry Koosman the Minnesota twins echoed in not optimistic at All the Veter an Lethander no one likes to see a but the owners didst show Why they needed Marvin Miller owners have fired the gun Jerry Reuss player representative