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#PeteRose

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Sada Reed

"In two years, a committee will determine if [Pete Rose] should be on a ballot, and if so, 16 men and women will vote on his candidacy." I'm curious to know how committee members will vote and what their reasoning will be. #sport #sports #PeteRose
usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/

USA TODAY · MLB bowing on Pete Rose is a historic self-own for baseball | OpinionBy Gabe Lacques
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Steve's Place

I forgot to mention that Christopher Russo probably exploded a few capillaries in a day-long rant about MLB's treatment of Pete Rose.

"Everywhere you look in Cooperstown, it's Pete Rose! It's a freaking shrine to Pete Rose! The only thing that's missing is a plaque! Every record he set, they sent the bat, the ball, to Cooperstown!" - made-up sample for illustrative purposes only.

He was spitting fire against MLB. Hit on my favorite re Barry Bonds - no owner ever banned them from showing up at their ballpark to fill the thing and make tons of money for the owners.

My late father's law partner became president of the California Bar Assn., and the annual audits were time-consuming when dear old dad was handling both of their cases, so they merged into another firm. That firm has as a partner Allen Ruby, Barry Bonds' attorney.

The then-called legal secretaries had a pecking order for who did the most work for the firm. Allen had over 3 filing cabinets full of open cases. He won.

So, in addition to being a huge Barry Bonds fan, I might have a minor bias in favor of athletes over league management.

"Now, everywhere you look, it's Draft Kings and what's the other one? They post the odds with the games! He bet on his own team to win!"

Pete was a jerk. Barry was a jerk to media. There are far worse people enshrined in Cooperstown who were never banned from baseball.

Remember when the now extremely pro-gambling MLB banned Mickey freaking Mantle because he was spokesperson for a casino?

It was a glorious rant.

#MLB#PeteRose#MadDogRusso
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Beth P

Best thing I've read about #PeteRose so far, by #JoePosnanski: "Every single time i speak somewhere people will ask me, “Do you think Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame?” I respond by asking the crowd, “By a show of hands, how many of you think Pete Rose belongs in the Hall of Fame?’

Always, and I do mean every single time, half the hands in the room go up. Exactly half." #mlb #baseball #hof #baseballhalloffame joeposnanski.com/p/instant-rea

JoeBlogsInstant reaction: Baseball's Ban on Rose is OverCommissioner Rob Manfred has declared that deceased players are no longer subject to Rule 21’s Hall of Fame ban — making Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Black Sox eligible for induction. Here’s what that means — and what might come next.
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Doug Baker - Elbows Up!

Appalling, just appalling. It's like #MLB wants to have a limitations period on cheating/betting. When Roger Maris broke Ruth's home run record the Commissioner Ford Frick directed an ASTERISK next to the record because he'd had more games than Ruth to do it. We need an asterisk next to #PeteRose: "*he bet on games and broke the rules"

cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/pet

CBCMLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them eligible for Hall of Fame | CBC SportsPete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson restored to eligibility for Baseball Hall of Fame.

"it is hard to conceive of a penalty that has more deterrent effect than one that lasts a lifetime with no reprieve."

Seems reasonable.

Time to watch Field of Dreams again... wait, I just did that. 😂 Must have felt it coming! ⚾️
#mlb #peterose #shoelessjoe #hallOfFame
upi.com/Sports_News/MLB/2025/0

UPI · Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson reinstated to MLB, eligible for Hall of Fame - UPI.comBy Sheri Walsh
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Ken

I understand this isn't the most critical issue facing the #UnitedStates yet, it just shows that integrity, honesty and laws don't matter.

Oh, and tRump has discussed a pardon for Pete Rose. Not only did Pete bet on baseball, he's a rapist - just like tRump!!

#Baseball
#HallOfFame
#PeteRose

espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/440719

ESPN · Sources -- Manfred mulling family's request to remove Rose from ineligible list - ESPNBy Don Van Natta Jr.
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Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦

Cooperstown's not having it.

President Trump says he will pardon baseball legend Pete Rose ⚾

John Dowd, who investigated Rose for MLB in 1989 and served as Trump's lawyer seven years ago, noted that MLB is "not in the pardon business nor does it control admission to the HOF."

@espn

espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/440651

ESPN · President Trump says he will pardon baseball legend Pete Rose - ESPNPresident Donald Trump says he will pardon baseball great Pete Rose and criticized MLB for barring the all-time hit champion from the sport's Hall of Fame for gambling.
#Baseball#Sports#PeteRose
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Andrew Leahey

Somewhat nauseated at the hagiography going on around #PeteRose. You can argue he was unduly banned for engaging in behavior #MLB would one day use as a primary source of revenue, but he was also a predator.

And he admitted as much.

And he was unrepentant.

Barry Bonds wasn't a “bad guy," he just broke the rules and you can decide for yourself if its fair for him to be punished. Rose broke the rules AND was a bad guy.

No sympathy required.

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kurtsh

RIP Charlie Hustle.

Hey guys, can we just put him in now? He was flawed but isn't it just a little hypocritical at this point? Give the man his due & let him rest eternal.

"Embattled MLB legend Pete Rose, all-time hits leader, dies at 83" - ESPN
espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/415384

ESPN · Embattled MLB legend Pete Rose, all-time hits leader, dies at 83 - ESPNPete Rose, the all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for betting on the game, has died at age 83.
#peterose#hof#mlb
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