Pete Rose Passes
- Thread starter NMEDGE
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Grew up watching Johnny Bench and Pete Rose. To me that was a selective enforcement issue. Nobody in MLB management had much against Darryl Strawberry’s (and others) rampant drug use but somehow Rose was worse than those guys!
Onewolf426
Professional
The betting should have never had anything to do with his career. They were separate. It is BS that he was denied the Hall of Fame for it.
Annihilator
Emissary
RIP Mr Rose!
I admit I have no dog in this fight, but wasn't there rumors (or maybe proof/admittance) of him betting on his own team he was coaching? I might not be remembering accurately....was a long time ago and I have CRS.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Not really.
Onewolf426
Professional
Yes, he bet against his own team while he was the manager. His punishment should have only applied to his professional management career, NOT his professional career as a player.
Bassbob
Emissary
No he didn't. He insisted and no one ever proved otherwise that he only ever bet with his team, not against them. Unless you saw some evidence I didn't see.
RIP Pete. It's a damn shame he died without being in the HOF.
Onewolf426
Professional
I stand corrected.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
So was OJ, but they never proved his murder.
Apples to filet mignon I know, but what one does defines their character…. Even after the fact.
He should have known it would be a black eye forever
Biggest no no in sports is sports betting .
Well, politics and insider trading is above that
Apples to filet mignon I know, but what one does defines their character…. Even after the fact.
He should have known it would be a black eye forever
Biggest no no in sports is sports betting .
Well, politics and insider trading is above that
Bassbob
Emissary
BoooSo was OJ, but they never proved his murder.
Apples to filet mignon I know, but what one does defines their character…. Even after the fact.
He should have known it would be a black eye forever
Biggest no no in sports is sports betting .
Well, politics and insider trading is above that
last2brake
Elite
It's Bullshit that MLB makes MILLIONS from on-line betting.
Should MLB be banned from baseball ?
Should MLB be banned from baseball ?
last2brake
Elite
I guess HIS lifetime ban from baseball has expired, but Rose shouldn't have had to wait to get in the HOF until he was dead.
It's more of a black eye for MLB than betting on his own team ever was.
Most games played.
Most base hits.
Perennial All-Star.
That's first-ballot stuff.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Should every sport be banned the same .. really .. you said that..
Want to try to ban me again
KillerFord1977
SAINT
Every sport has rules.. he knew it when he signed.. so does Wall Street on insider trading.. wow..
Where can I sign up to throw the game and insider trade cause I know all the angles
What proof do you have? He was only shown to bet in his team winning so while sure that’s a violation and he should have taken a couple lumps the lifetime thing was Horse S&$t
Bassbob
Emissary
He should have did what Otari or whatever his name was and blame the whole thing on his personal assistant.