Bud Harrelson, scrappy Mets shortstop who once fought Pete Rose, dies at 79
NEW YORK – Bud Harrelson, the scrappy and sure-handed shortstop who fought Pete Rose on the field during a playoff game and helped the New York Mets win an astonishing championship, died early Thursday morning. He was 79. The Mets said Thursday that Harrelson died at a hospice house in East Northport, New York after…