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To: Chu Gary; thesummerwind

I wonder what would be sufficient contrition for the folks with all this venom.

But, it's not a matter of "sufficient contrition." Major League Baseball's Rule 21 is simple and clear. The prescribed penalty for breaking it is permanent ineligibility. The Rule and its penalty have always been posted in every MLB clubhouse. Rose knew them both, and broke the Rule. In doing so, he willingly accepted permanent ineligibility. (It's as if he drove off a cliff and is steadfastly and belligerently surprised that the miraculous hand of God didn't save him from certain death.)

No amount of contrition can change the simple facts, regardless of whether he's the bullpen catcher or the all-time hits leader.

21 posted on 01/09/2004 5:59:56 AM PST by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)

Rose is a fraud and a giant egomaniac. May he never get into the Hall of Fame or back into baseball.

22 posted on 01/09/2004 6:12:56 AM PST by petercooper (DEAN = Democrats Experiencing Another Nightmare)

No amount of contrition can change the simple facts, regardless of whether he's the bullpen catcher or the all-time hits leader.

Totally agree here. I always considered him an over-rated, classless bum, and I knew him.

23 posted on 01/09/2004 7:15:49 AM PST by thesummerwind (Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)

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