I'm with you. Half of the reason why I have lost interest in sports as an adult is that it turns so many otherwise rational people into irrational boobs - like some on this thread. The fact that Pete Rose was a great player is not justification for people to lose sight of their mental faculties. The guy agreed to his lifetime ban. Given that, how can anyone possibly think that he is innocent? It's the same damn thing as Jonathon Pollard. Accept the plea bargain, thus ending the need for a trail or its MLB equivalent - and then years later whine that nothing was ever proven at trial or its MLB equivalent.
I find it interesting that the non-judemental person so non-judgmentally labled you as someone who hates everything based upon one comment. (See my above comment about sports causing irrationality).
Learn your facts prior to shooting off your mouth.