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Rosey Scenarios
Sliding head first into Pete. A Schlesingerian Howie. Amnesty rationale. Extending the Bush dynasty. Plus much more.
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SLIDING INTO HOME
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Re: Paul Beston’s
When Remorse
Isn’t Rosey
:
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p>Pete Rose should be in Baseball’s Hall of Fame for his
accomplishments on the field. Pete Rose should not be accepted back
into the world of baseball because he knew the rules and he broke
them.
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—
Larry Wade
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Jackson, Mississippi
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Undeniably, Pete Rose, one of baseball’s greatest players ever, earned lifetime banishment from baseball. This is unambiguous and incontrovertible, however sincere Rose’s apology may eventually become.
However, did he earn exclusion from the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown? Nothing in Rule 21(d) says this outright, however you want to read “permanent ineligibility.”
To this amateur baseball legalist, one solution repeatedly rears its head: (a) confirm Rose’s lifetime ban from active participation in professional baseball; (b) submit his name for election to Cooperstown; and c) if/when he is elected, grant him his plaque in the Hall, but without a part in any induction ceremony. Case closed.
p>The sooner his stellar career gets its shrine in Cooperstown, the sooner this ambiguous and silly state of affairs can end, and the sooner his ugly mug can disappear from our screens. br> —
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