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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB all-time hits leader Pete Rose made his first appearance as a baseball analyst for Fox Sports 1 on Monday and discussed a variety of subjects, including whether he thinks anyone will break his hits record.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rose set the record in 1985 and retired with 4,256 hits, 67 more than Hall of Famer Ty Cobb.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"No, I don't want [the record] to be broken,\" Rose said. \"I'm going to die as the hit king, because there's nobody who can beat my record while I'm alive. Once I'm gone, I really don't give a damn if someone beats my record.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rose was also asked if baseball should celebrate New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez and his climb up the all-time home run list. Rodriguez is also MLB's active leader in hits with 2,965.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I don't know if they should celebrate it,\" Rose said. \"I never did quite understand anybody that's going to celebrate something that you become No. 4. I mean, he\u2019s No. 4 on the list. Babe Ruth is No. 3. Hank Aaron is No. 2. Barry Bonds is No. 1. A-Rod, nice going, you hit a lot of home runs, but you're No. 4. I don't want to celebrate being No. 4. That\u2019s like celebrating losing the World Series.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rose declared Detroit Tigers first baseman and two-time American League Most Valuable Player Miguel Cabrera as the best hitter in the game.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"That guy, you could wake him up on Christmas morning, he'd get you 2-for-4. And probably line out twice,\u201D Rose said.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rose, 74, is still hoping his lifetime ban from baseball will be overturned.&amp;nbsp;He received the suspension in August 1989 after an investigation by Major League Baseball concluded he had bet on Cincinnati Reds games while managing the team.&amp;nbsp;Rose applied for reinstatement in 1997, but former commissioner Bud Selig never ruled on the matter. Rose applied again after Rob Manfred replaced Selig in January.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GALLERY: RARE PHOTOS OF PETE ROSE&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em &gt;Scooby Axson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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