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Pete Rose petitions commissioner
ESPN.com ^ | 3/16/2015 | Mark Saxon

Posted on 03/16/2015 5:01:01 PM PDT by Beave Meister

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says he has received a formal request from Pete Rose asking that his lifetime ban be lifted and that he will consider the all-time hits leader's request "on its merits."

"I want to make sure I understand all of the details of the Dowd Report and Commissioner [Bart] Giamatti's decision and the agreement that was ultimately reached," Manfred said after a meeting with Los Angeles Dodgers players in Arizona on Monday morning. "I want to hear what Pete has to say, and I'll make a decision once I've done that."

Rose's previous efforts to gain leniency from commissioners Fay Vincent and Bud Selig were never considered.

Rose, 73, played from 1963 to 1986, amassing 4,256 hits, still a major league record. Three years after he retired, Rose agreed to a permanent ban from baseball amid accusations he gambled on games while playing and managing for the Cincinnati Reds.

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To: Ditto; Freestate316
My pick would be Reggie Jackson.And I'm a lifelong Red Sox fan so that's not easy for me to say.
101 posted on 03/16/2015 11:53:20 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obama;A Low Grade Intellect With Even Lower Morals)
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To: Beave Meister

He bet on his team to WIN while manager

It should not affect his entry into the hall. His accomplishments were before his disgrace. And his admittance into the hall must be tempered with his inability to be part of current play. What’s so hard about that.

A hall of fame with the arguably BEST player and definitely BEST hitter is a joke.


102 posted on 03/17/2015 2:47:59 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I always thought the lifetime ban would be lifted, the day after Pete Rose passes away.


103 posted on 03/17/2015 4:22:47 AM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: Ditto

I’m a lifelong Phillies fan. How painful is it for me to say Joe Carter?


104 posted on 03/17/2015 4:23:09 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Freestate316
I’m a lifelong Phillies fan. How painful is it for me to say Joe Carter?

Carter struggled at the HR derby the next year, the other players chanted, “get Mitch Williams!”
105 posted on 03/17/2015 4:27:10 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: Ransomed
good points all... thx
106 posted on 03/17/2015 4:46:46 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: President_Cotton

“Rose’s understanding at the time was that at some point he could petition to get unbanned.”

Yes, thanks, by Post #55 I had discovered proof of that.


107 posted on 03/17/2015 5:04:21 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Beave Meister
Rose agreed to the ban in 89, it was 91 that the rules were changed to keep folks on the banned list out of the Hall. Rose could argue that he never agreed to a lifetime ban from the Hall, that MLB changed the rules after the fact just to keep him out; which is exactly what they did.

Even is Rose is cleared by MLB he would still have to be voted into the Hall. I'm not sure he could get the votes needed from the sportswriters or the old timers commission.

108 posted on 03/17/2015 9:46:41 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: rstrahan
Time for baseball to get its head out of the sand and acknowledge Rose’s accomplishments.

I assume they will, but not while he's alive to see it.

109 posted on 03/17/2015 12:00:11 PM PDT by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the eGOP does not want you.)
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To: gogeo

Rose has been in tonight’s All Star Game both in the pre game show and now a commercial.

Looks like he is going to get his pardon.


110 posted on 07/14/2015 6:00:41 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS)
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