Editing Pete Rose (section)

====1973 NL MVP season====
[[File:Pete rose at bat.jpg|thumb|Rose at bat during a game in the 1970s]]
In [[1973 Cincinnati Reds season|1973]], Rose led the league with 230 hits and a .338 batting average en route to winning the NL MVP award and leading "[[the Big Red Machine]]" to the [[1973 National League Championship Series]] against the [[1973 New York Mets season|New York Mets]].

During the fifth inning of Game Three of the series, Rose was on first base when [[Joe Morgan]] hit a [[double play]] ball to Mets first baseman [[John Milner]]. Rose slid into second base in an attempt to break up the double play. This incited a fight with Mets shortstop [[Bud Harrelson]] that resulted in a [[bench-clearing brawl]]. When the Reds took the field, the game was nearly called off after the [[Shea Stadium]] crowd threw objects at Rose from the stands. The disruption caused Reds manager [[Sparky Anderson]] to pull his team off the field until order was restored.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pete-rose-mets-reds-fight-new-york-baseball.html|title= Pete Rose Remembers the Biggest Brawl in Postseason History "You know how many second basemen or shortstops I knocked on their ass in my career?" |work=New York Magazine|first=Keith |last=O'Brien|date=October 8, 2023|accessdate=October 1, 2024}}</ref> Mets manager [[Yogi Berra]] and players [[Willie Mays]], [[Tom Seaver]], [[Cleon Jones]] and [[Rusty Staub]] were summoned by NL President [[Chub Feeney]] out to left field to calm the fans. The Reds ended up losing the game, 9–2, and the NLCS, 3–2, despite Rose's .381 batting average in the series, including his eighth-inning home run to tie Game One and his 12th-inning home run to win Game Four. It was also around this time that Rose, who had previously sported a [[crewcut]], grew his now famous [[bowl cut]], a hair style he would wear for the rest of his career.