There was irony when Pete Rose and Dikembe Mutombo died on the same day. One will be remembered for greatness only on the field, the other also as a great humanitarian.
Born in 1960 in Kettering, Ohio, I was destined to be a Cincinnati Reds fan. By the time I was 8, Pete Rose was in his sixth season with the Cincinnati Reds, Tony Perez, then a skinny kid from Cuba, ...