All-time hits leader Pete Rose dies at 8321193
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 To answer your question, no, this is not where the comics go to die.
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| Pete Rose Dies | ||
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| Yeah when I was growing up baseball was my favorite thing there was. I knew every record and his was one of the unbreakable records. He was the most pure hard playing man to probably ever step on the field. He loved baseball more then almost anyone. It's too bad he loved gambling even more somehow. Some dudes have flaws but were just awesome at something. | ||
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| Rest In Peace Pete Rose. | ||
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 You can't get good wood on the ball every time.
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| RIP. Put the man in the hall of fame. | ||
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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| RIP....just read the link from the OP. I was unaware of a lot of the stuff he did...maybe his permanent ban is warranted. | ||
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| Like him or hate him, the man could hit the ball! RIP Pete Rose.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by GAC Sadly it was warranted. You can't ever bet on sports you have involvement in. It's literally the one thing that can't happen. He was a mega gambler and those people will always cheat to make money. |
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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Quote:Originally Posted by HotKeyComics Here here! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HotKeyComics Agreed. |
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| Gambling on baseball is the one rule in every clubhouse on every wall. No player is confused by the consequences. He chose to be banned for life. He gambled probably a lot on baseball games he managed maybe played in. | ||
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| ....there's actually a more disturbing accusation in the link the OP posted of when he was in Cincy....unsure if true, but if so....yeeeeesh!! | ||
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| As a baseball player he was incredible. A true gift to the game. Almost every other part of his life including managing baseball he seems like he was a degen. I'm not sure how many people know a mega gambler but I would argue it's as bad as any habit that there is. | ||
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| It used to be so much easier to root for most people before we knew all there business. Now being a fan of almost anyone is actually hard. You have to do work because so many of these people are really bad. It starts with the highest profile to the low. Even authors of books I like you read a little about them and it seems like they are scum. It sucks because it used to be about what you knew now it's disheartening. I get sometimes why people are like who cares what they did. | ||
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 I got screwed six ways to Sunday.
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| R.I.P I played blackjack with him at the table in the Sands years ago. Only the two of us. Pete sucked at BJ. He lost about $80K in an hour on bad choices. I made $5400. He got pissed and left the high stakes table. Still, it was a cool experience! I know nothing about sports BTW |
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 Beaten by boat oars
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| Pete has a complicated legacy for sure. I vaguely remember when Pete agreed to his permanent ineligibility. Not a lifetime ban, but a permanent one. If we separate the art from the artist so to speak, he was hands down one of the greatest baseball players to ever step foot on the field. His appearance at the 1999 World Series as part of the All Century Team was a great public outpouring of support for the player he was. His grit, determination, and hustle made him an icon. On the other hand, he is a classic example of the type of player who was royalty on the field and a not good person off of it. The gambling, the statutory allegations, the lying. Pete brought a lot of problems on himself. Had he been upfront with MLB back in 1989, and went on some half-assed reconciliation tour to discuss the pitfalls of gambling, and not being a turd, he'd more than likely be in the Hall of Fame. But, he fought it for years until he could make money off it in a book. This isn't to absolve MLB either. MLB wants nothing to do with him unless they can make money off him being there. Not to mention, MLB's love affair with the sports books now. The Hall is no different. His memorabilia can be there, but he can't. He would have been eligible for the Hall, had the voters not passed a rule to not allow induction to permanently ineligible players in what would have been Pete's first year. Why the rule? It never stopped the Hall from not allowing Shoeless Joe in. Should he be in the Hall? I absolutely think so if only for the on-field accomplishments as a player to include 3x WS champ, 1975 WS MVP, 1973 NL MVP, 17x All Star at five different positions, and all time MLB hits leader. Based on the way he conducted himself off the field and as a manager, I understand why he isn't. He broke the big rule and then spent the next 15 years behaving like he was a victim. He is definitely one of the most polarizing sports figures I can think of. He is beloved in Cincinnati but reviled in many other places. The last thing I will say that a friend of mine bumped into him in Vegas around 2007, and when Pete found out he grew up near Sedamsville, they talked for 15-20 minutes and that Pete couldn't have been more polite to him. |
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