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Botany

(72,253 posts)
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 08:55 PM Sep 30

Now Pete Rose can go into the Hall of Fame

Great baseball player but not so much as
a person. His attacks on Bart Giamatti* were classless. He absolutely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame but not when he was living.

* no idea on how to spell that nsme.

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WestMichRad

(1,722 posts)
1. As far as I'm concerned, they can wait another 10 years.
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 09:01 PM
Sep 30

No question Rose is deserving, but there’s no need to rush it. Let the Veterans Committee take it up after they’ve reviewed ALL the other candidates.
(You spelled Mr Giamatti’s name correctly.)

Botany

(72,253 posts)
4. Pete called out the mouth breathers before ..
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 09:07 PM
Sep 30

...they went on to become MAGA to attack Giamatti to cover up for his actions.

ms liberty

(9,766 posts)
6. I grew up in Tampa in the Pete Rose time period, so to speak
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 09:12 PM
Sep 30

And he was a real ahole. I never met or heard of even one person who said otherwise. I think it was his divorce that was all over the news for a couple of years.

biophile

(306 posts)
7. Never met him but from various interviews I gather
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 09:24 PM
Sep 30

That he was a jerk and probably a misogynist. No wonder his wife divorced him. But I’m not sure if good character traits are a requirement for Hall of Fame. There seems to be consensus that he was a good ball player. If that’s all you need to get in, maybe he still has a chance.

rsdsharp

(10,038 posts)
10. The rule against gambling appears on every clubhouse door.
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 10:17 PM
Sep 30

GAMBLING.
(1) Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has no duty to perform, shall be declared ineligible for one year.
(2) Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform, shall be declared permanently ineligible. . . .

Rule 21

He bet on Reds games as manager. He knew it was a bannable offense, and he did it anyway.

Different Drummer

(8,390 posts)
8. I lost all respect for Rose after the incident at the 1970 All-Star Game where he...
Mon Sep 30, 2024, 09:53 PM
Sep 30

fractured and separated Ray Fosse's shoulder. Fosse was never the same after that and the effects of the collision with Rose shortened his career.

rpannier

(24,549 posts)
12. He had sex with a minor (and I don't mean minor leaguer)
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 08:12 PM
Oct 1

and he went to jail for cheating on his taxes

The reply title is enough for me

And yes I know he denied he knew she was underage

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