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.
He AGREED to a lifetime ban in return for MLB ending its investigation into him. He was still lying about gambling on baseball. What did Rose get out of signing the lifetime ban? An end to the investigation.
What did Rose do after signing that lifetime suspension?
He lied about gambling for fifteen more years after signing.
I like Johnny Bench's comments "The question always is: 'Do you believe Pete should be in the Hall of Fame?' And I ask, 'Do you have kids?' [If Rose is in,] you can tell them that there are no more rules.' We've all had to abide by rules.""