You look at guys like Ted Williams, Mantle, Maris and others who did not cheat. Micky had drinking issues but by and large they were good guys. Ted was a WW2 and Korean War fighter pilot who would have beaten Ruth’s home run record if he had not served.
These guys are heroes. There were no juiced balls, bats or players.
Rose has always been a shady guy.
Wasn’t his nickname ‘Mister Hustle’? ... He was hustling the sport, and I don’t mean hurrying.
Rose was a hell of a baseball player who worked his ass off, hustled and gave it his all. After retiring and becoming a Manager he bet on the game, got caught and rather than man up, he lied. That is the biggest affront of all. Admit that he had a problem, apologize for his failings and maybe people could have had some forgiveness. The charade that he played out for years made him nothing more than a loser.