Pete Rose rips MLB's stance on gambling again

Pete Rose doesn't know when or if Major League Baseball will ever lift its ban and make him eligible for the Hall of Fame.

Why does he feel that way?

"Baseball isn't good for second chances - at least not for gamblers," Rose said. "It is for people who take drugs, people who beat their wives, for people who drink alcohol."

The all-time hits leader made the comments in front of 300 people at the National Underground Freedom Center in Cincinnati. The event's theme was "Making Cincinnati a City of Redemption".

Rose accepted a permanent suspension from Major League Baseball as gambling allegations mounted against the former player/manager in 1989. The ban makes him ineligible for the Hall of Fame.

In return for Rose voluntarily accepting the ban, the league agreed not to make a formal announcement of what it found in relation to the allegations.

Rose has not been elected to the Hall of Fame, despite being the all-time leader in hits, (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053) and outs (10,328).

With one Most Valuable Player award, three batting titles and 17 All-Star appearances to his credit, Rose has also yet to see his No. 14 retired by the Cincinnati Reds - as ruled upon by Major League Baseball.

For what it's worth, only Pete Rose Jr. has worn that number since the elder Rose left the club.

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Posted by PresAlBundy
2 years ago

nnn
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Posted by highoctane3
2 years ago

i f you think these other players are not gambling on these games your living in fantasy land
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Posted by hucabuc27
2 years ago

Walktheline you are onto something and I am in total agreement it is laughable. Might I add disgusting makes me want to puke.
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Posted by hucabuc27
2 years ago

Integrity of the game? WOW !!!!!!!!!! Lets see steroids, hgh, greenies, discrimination, racists, wife beaters,rapists, drug addicts, thieves, corporate greed, and least we not forget LAS VEGAS. That list is only a start and not completely exhaustive. Some f'ing integrity!!!!!!!!!!!! He did what they asked him to do and he complied just so some B@@@@@d could deny him induction. Integrity my a@@. There is no more integrity in anything we do brother just lookaround and tell me what you see. Integrity is based on who you can buy.
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Posted by 666LES
2 years ago

All the hits pete got while in uniform to elect him to the hall,he also bet baseball while wearing the uniform.This is the stain of the blacksox and baseball has been consistant -No Gamblers in the hall.Beating the wife or driving drunk doesn"t impinge the integrity of Baseball. As a gambler I loathe Pete.
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Posted by hucabuc27
2 years ago

I must say Pete Rose does bring it out in people however there are worse people in the Hall and I truly dont understand the position taken by some of us here at this forum considering most if not all of us are gamblers ourselves and by that very fact are breaking some type rule or law unless of course you live in a legal betting state. Should we be denied our retirement or any recognition that comes with our lifetime achievement accomplishments? I think not !!!! Wow talk about self-righteous we the very scorn of the earth. GEEZ
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Posted by BetToWin
2 years ago

Tough call. I think that betting against your team is 100% worthy of the sport's version of the death penalty. However, betting on your team to win is almost admirable. The true definition of putting your money where your mouth is. Since there has never really been any evidence pointing to Rose betting AGAINST his team, then I'm inclined to forgive him.
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Posted by hucabuc27
2 years ago

Pete Rose is right. I think he should be and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. I would agree with the leagues stance if and only if they prove or can prove he fixed games. If he didnt actually fix a game or he bet against his team while managing he should be banned as he is now. I for one saw the man play and there is no other player alive or dead that played that game with the passion Rose played. If nothing else place a asterisk beside his plaque detailing the circumstances. I see no reason to continue this lifetime ban. This is only my personal opinion and stance on Pete Rose. He is and will always be one of the greatest to play the game of baseball. Maybe not a nice guy but then how many of them are ?????
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Posted by xmgmike
2 years ago

when i was a kid and he told me to go to the show tomorrow and pay for his autograph when im standing there face to face with him before the game, hope he never makes it in the hall and still looking forward to the day when i bump into him in vegas.
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"Walktheline you are onto something and I am in total agreement it is laughable. Might I add disgusting makes me want to puke."

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