The Sporting Life: Pete Rose, Sports Mascots, and the 86 Mets Mookie Wilson
The Leonard Lopate Show | Apr 29, 2014
On today’s show: New York Times Dining Section columnist Melissa Clark shares her ideas for making a dinner from scratch after you get home from a long day at work! It’s been 25 years since Pete Rose was banned from baseball, and Sports Illustrated's Kostya Kennedy asks whether the man with the most base hits in the game’s history belongs in the Hall of Fame. AJ Mass, who’s a former Mr. Met, takes us into the sweaty world of sports mascots. And the legendary Mookie Wilson looks back at the 1986 World Series and what it was like being part of the Amazin’ Mets.
