RIP Pete Rose
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Put him in.
Those stats were done on the field.
If we're gonna go by the quality of the man off the diamond, we're gonna lose a quarter of the HOF.
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Put him in.
Those stats were done on the field.
If we're gonna go by the quality of the man off the diamond, we're gonna lose a quarter of the HOF.
@Jolly said in RIP Pete Rose:
If we're gonna go by the quality of the man off the diamond, we're gonna lose a quarter of the HOF.
Off the diamond is not the same as while still playing ball.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Jolly said in RIP Pete Rose:
If we're gonna go by the quality of the man off the diamond, we're gonna lose a quarter of the HOF.
Off the diamond is not the same as while still playing ball.
@George-K said in RIP Pete Rose:
@Jolly said in RIP Pete Rose:
If we're gonna go by the quality of the man off the diamond, we're gonna lose a quarter of the HOF.
Off the diamond is not the same as while still playing ball.
Amen. No one else here lived through his arrogance like I did.
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Ok.
Cincinnati needs to vacate those World Series wins...
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@Jolly said in RIP Pete Rose:
Cincinnati needs to vacate those World Series wins...
If an athlete cheats, his winnings can be vacated.
To wit: I have won as many Tour de France races as Lance Armstrong.
Should cheating by a player of a team vacate the winnings of his team?
This seems like something that could be set into the rules for future controversies. Perhaps an asterisk would be appropriate.
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@Jolly said in RIP Pete Rose:
Ok.
Cincinnati needs to vacate those World Series wins...
None of those wins took place during the gambling accusations. U
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Every man, woman and child baseball fan knows the rule.
And everyone of them knows it is unbreakable, no exception.
And it should be unbreakable.
He broke the unbreakable rule.
He knew.
@Copper said in RIP Pete Rose:
Every man, woman and child baseball fan knows the rule.
And everyone of them knows it is unbreakable, no exception.
And it should be unbreakable.
He broke the unbreakable rule.
He knew.
Tom Brady lists Pete Rose as his greatest inspiration.
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@Jolly said in RIP Pete Rose:
Ok.
Cincinnati needs to vacate those World Series wins...
None of those wins took place during the gambling accusations. U
@Mik said in RIP Pete Rose:
@Jolly said in RIP Pete Rose:
Ok.
Cincinnati needs to vacate those World Series wins...
None of those wins took place during the gambling accusations. U
Gamblers gamble.
I'm pretty sure Pete gambled much of his adult life.
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From Wiki:
Rose was a switch hitter, and is MLB's all-time leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215) and outs (10,328).[1] He won three World Series championships, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Glove Awards, and the Rookie of the Year Award. He made 17 All-Star appearances in an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder, third baseman and first baseman). He won two Gold Glove awards when he was an outfielder, in 1969 and 1970.
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There's interesting detail about Pete's career that I never knew. Not sure why they highlighted his net worth, which is unimpressive.
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Not sure if this should be here or in the "Trump Lies" thread but here goes.
Days before Ohio’s presidential primary in 2016, the first-time candidate told a crowd in West Chester, Ohio, “We gotta let Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame.” Trump also tweeted a photo of an autographed baseball he had “just received from @PeteRose_14.” The note on the ball read, “Mr. Trump, please make America great again,” along with Rose’s signature.
Ray Genco, an attorney for Rose, said in an email to the Washington Post on the eve of the 2016 primary: “Pete has made a point not to ‘endorse’ any particular presidential candidate. Though he respects everyone who works hard for our country — any outlet that misinterpreted a signed baseball for an endorsement was wrong. Pete did not send any candidate a baseball or a note of endorsement.”
