Rose did not set hit record against Padres

David Kohl-USA TODAY SportsKev and I went to the Padres game last night in hopes of seeing Ichiro Suzuki tie the all-time world hit record. Instead Ichiro grounded softly to first base in his pinch hitting appearance. But we got to talking to a guy near us about the hit leaders setting their records against the Padres. Remember Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb’s record against the Padres in 1985. Or did he?

The longtime Season Ticket Holder reminded us of an error in counting Ty Cobb’s hit total.

Because record keeping in baseball in the early part of the 20th century wasn't up to today's standards, the American League erroneously double-counted a two-hit game by Cobb in 1910. So in actuality, Cobb…