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In response to "MLB commissioner Bud Selig is s said to be seriously considering lifting Pete Rose's lifetime suspension from baseball. -- (link)" by Don Homer

Worst mistake of Selig's tenure if he does this.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jul 27 '09, 04:43

Rose has shown no real remorse for his 'crimes' against the game.

And he ain't getting in the HoF cuz all it'd take is 17 players to say fuck off to him and he's done. I'd bet more of them value integrity to the game more than his 4256 hits.

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nah, his worst mistake would be not reinstating Rose, but allowing a 'roider into the Hall. - znufrii Jul 27, 05:50 7
- Baseball history has dozens of guys who looked to gain a performance edge....openly gambling = violating Rule #1. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 05:55 6
  - *shrug* Personally, I put more emphasis on rule-breaking that actually impacts the outcome of a game. -- nm - znufrii Jul 27, 06:02 5
    - Right, ultimately what he did didn't affect the game itself. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 06:04 4
      - At least, there's no evidence that it did. -- nm - znufrii Jul 27, 06:07 2
        
        And no suggestion that it did either. The bookie wasn't exactly Rose's friend when he ratted on him yet there was no suggestion he bet against the team. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 06:13 1
        
        And I can't imagine that if he had colluded with other teams it wouldn't have come out by now. -- nm - znufrii Jul 27, 06:14
      - Really? That's a rather bold statement. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 27, 06:06
Really? Is this day and age of cheaters, actual cheaters breaking records in MLB? nm -- nm - Jim Jul 27, 05:48 8
- Baseball has decades of guys looking for edges. HGH now, greenies in the 60's/70's...etc etc. - Will Hunting Jul 27, 05:56 4
  - I guess I just dispute that that is Rule #1. - TFox Jul 27, 05:58 3
    - Word. I would think cheating would be the first rule of the game. And tanking a game because you gambled on it would fit that bill. - Jim Jul 27, 06:13 2
      - Especially when you consider that the HOF didn't even make the rule until the year before he'd have been eligible. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 06:15 1
        
        (Which kind of makes me wonder what all the guff about Shoeless Joe was about, if he wasn't ineligible for the Hall until 1991.) -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 06:16
- He only got all those hits because because he bet on the games, obviously. Without gambiling, he's a .240 hitter with limited range in the field. -- nm - TFox Jul 27, 05:50 2
  - Has nothing to do with his unquestioned baseball talents. Just his ethics about the game. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 27, 05:57
  - Well, since you put it THAT way... :) nm -- nm - Jim Jul 27, 05:53

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