"After Pete Rose's death was announced...a lot of clever microphone addicts...explain[ed] that he was 'a complicated figure.' It’s the sort of thing people say about people when they can’t believe that the person they're describing is really just what they appear to be." Oh yeah. That's the stuff.

Pete Rose, All-American | Defector

After Pete Rose’s death was announced on Monday night, a lot of clever microphone addicts opened their obligatory thumbnail summaries of him by explaining that he was “a complicated figure.” It’s the ...