European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Henderson know the pressure Rose feels by de Shearer a sports writer Lou George Hank Aaron and Rickey Henderson know exactly what Pete Rose is going through As he closes in on to Cobbs Al time record of had a taste of Milestone the pressures like Christmas you cant wait for the big you have a passion for said the Louis cardinals hero who went through a one season record Chase in erasing Maury wills stolen base Mark of Pete is Brock the per son Hes going to choose to get the hit off is going to be Santa Brett thought he was in a living hell when he tried to hit in but fell shy of the but at the end of the season i reflected Back and that want so id like to do that again some said the Kansas City royals at the it was really the third baseman it was a Little bit you i was kind of on a race against the where Pete really petes going to get his when he its going to be and its going to be a great accomplishment for him and for while Aaron stalked babe ruths 714 Al time Home run the former at Lanta braves Star said the news Media was the Only pressure i i think Pete will probably do better than i did at and i think i handled it quite said who broke ruths record on april 1974 and ended his career with they have a Job to Aaron said of the Media attention thrust on any athlete chasing a but there were so Many stupid questions and they All wanted a piece of it was the ones that didst know a Hill of Beans about baseball that got to Aaron said he thought the pressure Roger Maris of the new York Yankees faced in 1961 when he hit 61 homers to break ruths single season record was far greater than the pressure he his was a oneyear Aaron said during a recent interview in if i had been under the same pressure Roger was probably i probably would have lost my and with him being in new that different than being in when you talk about the new York theres 100 to 200 or More press people every Aaron noted that while Rose has dealt with reporters throughout his this time its going to be something unlike Hes Ever had the hardest part in going through breaking this kind of record is talking to people that dont recognize and under stand and trying to be he like Henderson thinks Rose will do just Fine in handling the Cobb Pete int under any said the new York Yankees Center Hes been around so Many years that wont bother hell handle it but in sure hell be glad when its Over and he can Henderson became familiar with the term Media Blitz in 1980 when he stole 130 bases for the Oakland breaking a photo Hank Aaron most pressure from Media the single season record of 118 held by people were Corning around a lot to talk to me and sometimes it would distract but my teammates always got me right Back on Henderson they helped me keep my head in the you just have to let All that and play the Brett said he thought the news Media overdid some things while he was chasing but i dont think there overdoing what Pete is going to be going through because in the history of no body Ever had that Many its a very historic and it should be covered to the and what does Rose have to say about All this its if i go into the last game of the season needing six then there will be he the closer i get to the the More revved up in going to 200 hits a year for 20 plus 192 a Mark ready of stand fhe fest of time by Dave Ohara Boston a it was one of those records that appeared ready to withstand the test of time to Cobbs Al time and it since to surpass All anyone had to do was get 200 hits a year for 20 years and then smack another Pete Rose is just about you cant say any record is in break Cobb never imagined i would be com ing said the 44yearold player manager of the Cincinnati in 23 years of playing major league base All he did was hit or better for 15 years and get 200 hits or More for 10 a feat unmatched even by Only four players hit the 200level last season Tony Gwynn Don Mattingly Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg it has to be the greatest thing in All of former Boston red sox great Carl Yastrzemski says of roses its an incredible says on his Way to a third straight 200hit season in his fourth year with its something you just dont think even As a kid in your wildest when youre Young you read and hear about to but you never think of the 27yearold third baseman Ive thought about i think everybody snoots for or dreams of but Rose has been shooting for for its just an amazing to play 20 years in the major leagues is a Long to get 200 or average for 20 years is almost file photo Tycobb hits a game maybe someone will come along some Day and break roses but its going to take tremendous just to reach you have to play in Many of you have to be an exceptional one of those is seven time batting Champion Rod Carew of the California who joined the club earlier this who ranks seventh among the Al time leaders with also said he never gave a i had enough trouble with says who retired in 1983 to await certain election to the Hall of i dont think anybody Ever thought anyone would break Cobbs when you think of All the All the travel and everything else its Pete Rose deserves a tremendous amount of it int easy As you get Don who was pitching his Way to the Hall of Fame when Rose broke in with the reds in Calls Rose the epitome of a self made he didst have the swing of an Eddie Ted Williams or Willie but he worked with what he the former los Angeles dodgers Ace at he used the entire he was blessed with an outstanding body and had that burning de sire every time he stepped on the How does a baseball player get or even who won 12 american league batting titles and had a lifetime aver age for 24 averaged hits a game and played in Yastrzemski had a lifetime averaging hits a he played in Williams played 19 years with the red but never reached he missed productive years while serving in world War ii and the korean War and finished with including 521 with a keen he also walked a whopping while compiling a career he averaged hits while playing International fall classic a possibility Minneapolis a fall is on the Way and is the fall baseballs world for the first world May be an appropriate theres been talk about a subway so Ries Between new Yorks Yankees and a freeway series Matching the los Angeles dodgers and California an or a coast coast series featuring clubs from East and there is another possibility to be con according to Toronto Blue jays outfielder Jesse int it about time for an International series he this is bar Fields Way of throwing a scare into which owns television rights to the 1985 world net works Are in the business of making and the biggest paydays come when teams from major Media markets make it to the world in those 1982 was a bad year for be cause that suds series matched the Milwaukee Brewers and Louis Cardi what could be especially for than a Canadian team in americas National sporting spectacle Barfield has the How about two Barfield theres always the possibility that Mon Treal could come Back and win the no Montreal is games behind Louis in the so the expos chances for postseason play Are but there is a very real Chance that leaders in the american league East since May could Advance to the Al playoffs to the world Barfield realizes that Blue jays supporters Are the there is a prejudice with us being in says no one in the states wants a Canadian team in the world Toronto has a very real Chance of Mak ing that after a 80 Romp Over the Blue jays led the Yan Kees by five games with an 11game Home stand opening this people still think of Toronto As an expansion franchise that finished in last place All those says Al acquired by Toronto on july 9 from the dodgers for left handed punch at designated this team didst even get a taste of winning until 1983 and has been ignored by Oliver has played on some big winners the 1971 world Champion Pittsburgh for instance and likes the look of his new there he the pirate teams had More outgoing wed never because we didst have but if someone asked us what kind of team we wed be so will this team this is the Best team weve had since Ive been says Pitcher Dave the clubs Lone Star in its lean were solid a five time is the Best and bes known player in Toronto Histo he says his teammates Are just now beginning to share the if you do youll get Recagni he Ive done pretty Well and Ive gotten in tired of everyone saying were jays manager Bobby Cox until you get into a world that the Way its going to after who had heard of Kurt Bev Acqua until san Diego played in the 1984 series