Pete Rose's death sparks bizarre Caitlin Clark claim by Jason Whitlock

Jason Whitlock made a bizarre examination betwixt Caitlin Clark and Pete Rose pursuing the legendary shot star's death.

The Cincinnati Reds legend passed distant connected Monday astatine the property of 83. His decease opened a Pandora's container of what his beingness and vocation volition beryllium remembered for.

While speaking of Rose's devotional emotion for the sport, Whitlock compared his dedication to that of the WNBA rookie, Clark.

'When I deliberation astir Pete Rose, I recognize wherefore there's specified a passionateness for Caitlin Clark,' Whitlock said connected his YouTube channel. 'Because erstwhile Caitlin Clark plays basketball, it reminds you of Pete Rose playing baseball.'

'When you ticker Caitlin Clark, it's similar 'Holy cow!' She puts everything and volition hazard everything to play hoops and scope her goals,' helium continued.

Clark's rookie run inspired a monolithic boost successful the WNBA's viewership and attendance numbers, mostly owed to her rivalry with chap rookie Angel Reese.

On the court, Clark proved to beryllium the champion of her people by bagging the Rookie of the Year grant and finishing among the apical players successful MVP voting.  

Nicknamed Charlie Hustle, Rose played astir of his vocation with Cincinnati and was portion of their ascendant epoch successful the 1970s. As the poster lad for the Reds, Rose holds the league grounds for astir hits with 4,256.

While galore described him arsenic an adrenaline junkie, Rose was notorious for his gambling problem, which MLV warned him astir successful the 1980s.

After the league investigated his betting, Rose was yet banned from baseball, adjacent though his betting was lone for an other propulsion successful games. Rick Reilly of The Washington Post wrote that Rose did not attraction astir the wealth but lone 'about the juice.'

While nary indications pb to Clark risking her hoops vocation for vices disconnected the court, Whitlock points retired 'Holy cattle does she person a passionateness for the game. She's consenting to hazard everything – her reputation, getting poked successful the eye, getting bushed up by everybody connected the tribunal and we emotion that and we respect that astir her.'

'That's wherefore there's truthful overmuch vigor and radical trying to support Caitlin Clark astatine each costs, wherefore her instrumentality basal is retired of power and rabid. Because she reminds america of what sports utilized to beryllium like.'

The arguable expert past listed NBA greats, stating Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and however they 'Played the crippled similar the wealth didn't matter.'

'This is what Pete Rose represented,' Whitlock said. 'And it's a torch that has present been handed to a 22-year-old small miss retired of Iowa.'