Pete Rose died last Monday at age 83 and so ended one of the great American tragedies. Throughout his entire playing career — which encompassed three batting titles, the Rookie of the Year award in 1963,

Rose’s death this past week at the age of 83 renewed the endless debate of whether he should be in the Hall of Fame.

Ray Birmingham, now retired as one of the winningest coaches in college baseball, remembers the day 20 years ago when Pete Rose spoke to a group of minor league prospects about the evils of gambling.