HEARD but not SEEN: Richard Nixon, Frank Robinson and The All-Star Game’s most debated play

More than 16 million viewers saw the 1970 All-Star Game on national television, and more than 50,000 baseball fans watched in person at Riverfront Stadium. But a group of sports writers could only LISTEN to a description of the most debated play in All-Star Game history, the Pete Rose-Ray Fosse home plate collision, because the President of the United States, Richard Nixon – truly an avid and knowledgeable baseball fan – stayed until the dust settled at home plate in the bottom of the 12th inning. HEARD but not SEEN tells the best behind-the-scenes story, never told until now. It’s the story of Cincinnati’s rich baseball legacy, and of a long-gone ethic embodied in Pete Rose, who said before the game: I play it like any other game – I play it to win. The punch line is a surprising exchange with Frank Robinson, one of the game’s fiercest competitors ever.