As I suspected, #MLB cowed down to tRump allowing #PeteRose to possibly enter the #Baseball HOF.
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.
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 https://www.joeposnanski.com/p/instant-reaction-baseball-s-ban-on-rose-is-over-96e8
Commissioner 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.
I’m glad #PeteRose wasn’t reinstated before he died. Now his probable #HallOfFame election can be for his (surviving) fans.
The hall is still a joke without #RogerClemens and #BarryBonds, though.
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"
Pete 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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