Posted on 09/14/2010 8:30:14 AM PDT by Beave Meister
On Saturday, the Cincinnati Reds celebrated the 25th anniversary of Pete Rose's 4,192d hit, which broke Ty Cobb's career hits record.
Later that night, at a roast of Rose at a casino in Indiana, Rose broke down and cried as he made a heartfelt apology for his involvement in betting on baseball.
"I disrespected the game of baseball," Rose said. "When you do that, you disrespect your teammates, the game and your family."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
The guy supported himself for a while selling fake memorablia for his own career. Pardon me if I don't accept the word of a career liar.
You argue like a liberal.
‘...Nostalgia...’ is your argument for Pete to be in the HOF (and his stats).
Many posters here disagree with you for factual reasons.
You wrote: “...I’d like to see my childhood baseball hero finally be forgiven for his mistake...”
You still do not get that it WAS NOT A MISTAKE! He did it on purpose for YEARS!
Your only rebuttal to our facts are your emotions. That's the liberal way.
And, since you you still can't admit it I rightly called you a wuss. And then that must have hurt your wittle fewlings.
Awwwww.
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