If it was his destiny, Rose has at least kept it in perspective."When I get the record, Rose has said, "all ..

Question

This paragraph is from a newspaper article the day after Pete

Rose broke Ty Cobb's all-time hits record.Are the tenses correct? Thank you.

Answer 1

Yep, tenses are all correct.

The event happened in the past, so it was his destiny.

Rose exists in the present, so he has kept it in perspective (up to now) and he has said things about it (before now).

He spoke about it in the past as if it were a future event that had come to pass.