 | oscargamblesfro (76)
04/08/2006 | Seems pretty evenly distributed IMO, a fairly equal amount of supporters and detractors. I'm in the latter camp. While the situations are not exactly similar, I have a hard time understanding how some will condemn the 1919 White Sox and yet laud Rose. That he was an excellent hard nosed player is beyond dispute, but the fact is, he broke a long established rule, I think a big part of people's admiration of Rose is that Rose gave his all despite being far from the most naturally gifted guy on the field. That's commendable in and of itself, but the fact is, the same standard must be upheld for all players.
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 | jagman28782 (5)
03/10/2004 | I have met Pete on many occassions at Grand Casino Gulfport and he is a great person. Sure he gambled, but who doesn't? As I have stressed before, a HOF without Rose is like a HOF without Ted Williams or Mickey Mantle, it doesn't work. I would also like to add if your banned for life for betting, then steroid boys like Barry Bonds should also be banned for life including a strip of their records.
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 | irishgit (138)
03/07/2004 | Boy does this ratbag ever have some fans on RIA. He is, with his most recent book, a man who has admitted repeated violating the contractual agreement he had with major league baseball not to bet on the game or on his own team. His actions clearly hurt the game, all of them done with the aim of personal gain or aggrandizement and he has never shown an ounce of remorse. Yet there are folks on here who will take up the cudgels on his behalf with the fury of a Irish fishwife. They are proof of the adage that there are none so blind as those who will not see.
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