Pete Rose

[ashie62]

No he wont, but a whole generation of steroid guys are elgible.

[nymr83]

Ashie62 wrote: No he wont, but a whole generation of steroid guys are elgible.

but the punishment for steroid use was never clearly spelled out until recently. gamblers knew or should have known what they were getting themselves into

[Guest d'Kong76]

I was going to say before (but didn't because I know people get tired
of hearing me) but until it comes out that there was a league/media/
fan-wide indifference to gambling for the Rose era like there was for
the steroid era there really is little comparison of the two 'crimes.'

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Shunning Rose for gambling while allowing the owner of the Tigers to own the largest independently owned casino in the country seems -- amiss.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Perhaps, but whoever that guy is he isn't affecting the outcome
of games from the bench. He also isn't doing it with his bat, glove,
or good ol' charlie hustle or lack thereof.

But you knew that!

[metsmarathon]

Nymr83 wrote: Ashie62 wrote: No he wont, but a whole generation of steroid guys are elgible. but the punishment for steroid use was never clearly spelled out until recently. gamblers knew or should have known what they were getting themselves into

it's already been established that violating the rules of hte game to increase your chance of success and of winning games does not invalidate one from consideration for the hall of fame.

[Lefty Specialist]

Let's not kid ourselves, Rose will never be reinstated. His chances were vanishingly small before these revelations and they just got smaller. There's a lot of hoopla about this because it's just more evidence that Rose is and always has been a congenital liar.

Trying to draw the line between managing and playing has been the strategy from Team Rose since the last set of Bombshell Revelations. I find it hard to believe that he developed a severe gambling habit just after he stopped playing.

[metsmarathon]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Shunning Rose for gambling while allowing the owner of the Tigers to own the largest independently owned casino in the country seems -- amiss.

yes, baseball has an inherent conflict with gambling, moreso vis-a-vis draft kings and daily fantasy baseball, but i don't think htere's really all that much similarity between betting on baseball and owning a casino.

hmm... are ballplayers allowed to be bookies?

and i thought it far more amiss that mlb radio would be running multiple ads for products designed to boost testosterone in males, for such reasons as "to incresae performance"

[Edgy MD]

Both those ad campaigns are creepy.

[Lefty Specialist]

I wonder if Rose won a Shipload of money when gambling.

He appears to have won the Pulchritude Lottery.

[Guest themetfairy]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Trying to draw the line between managing and playing has been the strategy from Team Rose since the last set of Bombshell Revelations. I find it hard to believe that he developed a severe gambling habit just after he stopped playing.

This!

[Frayed Knot]

Personally, I think that Bryce Harper's admission that he spends 30 minutes prior to each game doing his hair should make him ineligible for the HoF.

[Guest themetfairy]

Frayed Knot wrote: Personally, I think that Bryce Harper's admission that he spends 30 minutes prior to each game doing his hair should make him ineligible for the HoF.

Many HoF voters will agree with you.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's probably what's been keeping Mike Piazza out.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lefty Specialist wrote:

Nice! She went for the slightly-less-than-basketball job so
that men of all hand sizes can palm them.

Pete's classic smirk is funnier than those, whatever they are.

[Edgy MD]

That shot comes from a thoughtful blog post.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Can't even joke about his boobs of choice. I obviously didn't
go checking where that picture came from.

[Fman99]

I've said it before but it bears repeating.

Pete Rose is America's retard. That's why so many American retards have Pete Rose's haircut.

Disclaimer: No offense meant to Retard-Americans, I hold you all in high esteem.