He is an icon in Cincinnati, where he totaled the majority of his record 4,256 hits while playing for his hometown Reds. But his five seasons at the Vet -- Rose arrived in 1979 as the missing piece ...
For a town that lauds itself as "The Crossroads of Indiana" (a state that is itself "The Crossroads of America"), it's interesting that Bainbridge never actually became the crossroads town residents ...