BY BOB LUTZ, The Wichita Eagle-
Pete Rose finished his career with 4,256 hits. You think he remembers every one?
No way. Not even someone as self-absorbed as Rose can remember that many hits.
Kevin Hooper -- former Wichita State Shocker, current Wichita Wingnut -- has exactly one hit in the big leagues. He remembers it. He'll always remember it. It is burned into his hard drive, right next to the birth of his first child, Lucy.
July 21, 2005, Comerica Park, Detroit.
Hooper was with the Tigers after having been called up from Triple-A Toledo 17 days earlier. He hadn't had many opportunities, and he wasn't sure he was going to get one on this night, either.
It was the ninth inning and the Tigers trailed the Minnesota Twins 10-3 on a steamy night. Many in the crowd of 23,769 had headed home.
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