[Scoutmaster]

The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is the sad end of a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. By choosing not to come to a hearing before me, and by choosing not to proffer any testimony or evidence contrary to the evidence and information contained in the report of the Special Counsel to the Commissioner, Mr. Rose has accepted baseball's ultimate sanction, lifetime ineligibility."

Statement by then Commissioner of Baseball, A. Bartlett Giamatti, August 24, 1989

[Zenjitsuman]

25 years, murders get out in less time.

Good behavior, he doesn’t want to work he wants commutation of sentence.

Baseball itself has done worse.

Vindictiveness pure and simple.

Its baseball that has lost my respect, and I am not the only one who has given up watching it. Just look at the ratings and attendance. Baseball may slip behind Soccer in popularity, its already behind Pro Football who puts on half time shows, showing that stodgy Baseball doesn’t understand marketing.