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Is Donald Trump Pardoning Pete Rose? MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Tight-Lipped on POTUS’s Plan of Action
Pro Football & Sports Network ^ | 4/30/25 | Pro Football & Sports Network

Posted on 05/01/2025 10:05:36 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Even after Pete Rose’s passing, Rob Manfred still finds himself continually talking about the legendary career Rose had and his controversial ban. When Donald Trump was re-elected, many began to realize that the ban could soon come to an end, which could put Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame. Manfred has been very quiet on the topic, but he did recently sit down with the president of the United States.

Rob Manfred Remains Quiet on Pete Rose’s Status

At the age of 83, Pete Rose passed away last September. Rose was a 17-time All-Star and holds more records than anyone can imagine. Leading the MLB in hits, games played, at-bats, singles, and outs, Rose is a three-time World Series champion to go along with numerous other awards

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To: Vaquero
But he was never accused of that

I would not bet on that either. ;~)

Entries in long-hidden notebook show Pete Rose bet on baseball as player

61 posted on 05/01/2025 2:47:06 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: MinorityRepublican
But sports gambling is legal now.

What’s that have to do with players betting? The reason Baseball was so against players betting was not the legality of gambling. It was the integrity of the game. It makes no difference if betting is legal or illegal. If they were allowed to bet, a player could throw a game just to win his bet. That destroys faith in the integrity of the game which would destroy the game. But Pete Rose chose to ignore those rules. He figured they applied to everyone but him. He found out differently.

62 posted on 05/01/2025 7:16:13 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: whitney69

Giamatti made the most favorable decision in Rose’s favor that he could have under the rules without ignoring the evidence.
He left the door open for the owners to change the rules.
They did not.


63 posted on 05/01/2025 7:52:42 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Ditto

Thanks for posting this.

It’s irrelevant what President Trump thinks or does regarding Pete Rose. Rose bet on baseball as a player (lied about this) and manager. He should not be in the HOF.


64 posted on 05/02/2025 7:24:00 AM PDT by Fury
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To: scrabblehack

“He left the door open for the owners to change the rules. They did not.”

And I applaud them for that. Gambling was displayed a detroyer of the game and Ban Johnson took it out of the parks in 1903. But the incident that really exhibited the profanity of the game was the 1919 black sox scandal. But we don’t know how many players performances were effected by betting and approachability of people trying to make a buck on the games. Mobsters like Arnold Rothstein were “connected” to the MLB players for many years and was involved with sports betting as early as 1910 when he established a casino in Manhattan and mentored people like Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello and Bugsy Siegel.

So the gambling rules in sports, to include baseball, had been around for decades before Rose broke them. But the bad part is he lied to the fans. And that is the worst of all. And he was sent to prison for not paying taxes on those gambling actions.

Pro sports have swept things that the public didn’t directly see under the rug before. But this was right in the face of the fans. Kind of like pro football and Carrol Rosenbloom. Names like Al Capone, Sam Giancana, and Vincent Alo were some of his “acquaintenances” tied into gambling casinos that included open betting. And there’s also Edward DeBartolo Jr., then head of the 49ers, paid a Louisiana governor $400,000 to get a riverboat casino license. The governor went to the slammer; DeBartolo got a wrist slap but had to leave the 49ers. (He was an owner) And in pro football two names come to mind about caught gambling:

Alex Karras and Paul Horning.

It isn’t just Rose. And the integrity of the game was better for the owners standing by their decision on him. The owners and media did the same thing to Barry Bonds. He was only found guilty of evasive tesimony and not perjury or use of steroids.

wy69


65 posted on 05/02/2025 5:02:37 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: Fury
We agree. It's not about emotion. It's just a fact. Rose broke the cardinal rule. What he accomplished on the field stands on its own in the record books. But he does not deserve the honor of the Hall when he dishonored the game with his own selfishness.
66 posted on 05/02/2025 5:35:29 PM PDT by Ditto
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