RIP Pete Rose
Mike Vick is in the Hall of Fame?....but anyway, they DIDNT forgive Shoeless Joe Jackson and they WONT forgive Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, etc etc. Rose was a crook...got what he deserved.
Forgiveness cannot be counted on by man. God can guarantee, however.
Good to see you still here!
Totally agree . The stats !!!!
Cause of death?
My brother was in Las Vegas about eight years ago and, for a hefty price, went into a stall in a casino mall and bought two copies of Rose's memoir, which Rose then autographed on the spot. With no one else in line, my brother got to speak pleasantly with Rose about baseball for twenty minutes or so. My brother thought that he got quite a bargain.
In fairness to Rose and other errant pro players, even though they are exceptional athletes, most are not very bright outside of baseball or self-aware about themselves until they are forced to become reflective by adversity. Fair or not, there was a hard lesson in Rose's disgrace, for him and for others.
God gives even money he’ll be let in.
Went to lots of ballgames in 1978. Saw Rose break the NL consecutive game hitting streak at Shea Stadium vs the Mets. A week or so earlier I saw him extend his hitting streak vs the Phillies by dropping down a bunt single in the 9th inning that Mike Schmidt couldn’t handle....
A serious mistake him not being in hall .
Now you are considered weird as a player if you don’t bet on sports and have 4-5 different betting apps on your phone and doing TV and ad commercials for them as well.
The NFL has a different HOF standard; what happened on the field of play is all that matters. Peter Rose was a HOF player who disgraced himself as a manager. His HOF plaque should state that. Roger Clemens risked his freedom to deny steroid use, and a jury acquitted him. As things currently stand, MLB’s HOF is a joke.
I’ve got an old comic book with two celebrity endorsements. One is from Pete Rose, the other is OJ Simpson.
To quote Bill James, athletes are heroes, that is their job.