Report: MLB hit king Pete Rose dies at 83

[Faygo Kid]

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Source: Yahoo News

Longtime MLB star Pete Rose died on Monday afternoon, his agent confirmed to TMZ.
He was 83. Specifics surrounding his death are not yet known.

Rose spent 24 years in Major League Baseball, and he retired as the league’s all-time hits leader, among other things. The Cincinnati native got his start with the Reds in 1963, and he spent the first 16 seasons of his career with the organization. He won a pair of World Series titles in 1975 and 1976, which marked the club’s first championships in 35 years.

Read more: https://sports.yahoo.com/report-mlb-hit-king-pete-rose-dies-at-83-231616652.html

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. As despicable a person as Rose was, he deserved to be in the HOF.

RIP Pete.

[onecaliberal]

4. I agree with you.

Not a fan, but he should have gotten in based on his record. The people who drugged aren’t blackballed for life.

[lastlib]

6. He should be there.

I don't think he should've been banned for the rest of his life---ten years maybe was fitting, but not forever. I hope MLB sees fit to put him in now.

[Doc Sportello]

9. No he didn't deserve to be in the HOF

The number Cardinal rule in baseball is no betting. He knew it, as all players do, and repeatedly violated the rule. It is not the same as doing drugs. He lied about it repeatedly when found out, continued to lie and even bet on games he was managing.

[maxsolomon]

2. RIP to an important part of my childhood in Cincy

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I can still name the Big Red Machine's starting lineup in '75.

That's how I'm going to remember him. As a player, before he left in Free Agency (for a measly million bucks a year - how he offended so many then).

[JoseBalow]

3. I knew Pete Rose, and his wife

They were both rude jerks.

[lastlib]

7. When the Phillies played in the World Series and came to KC...

My brother took my two-year-old nephew to one of the games. Nephew called him "Pee-pee Rose." The name stuck for a long time at their house.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. A great ball player. Maybe now they will give him a spot in the

Hall of Fame.

[NoRethugFriends]

8. A despicable human being. And he bet on baseball you know

[maxsolomon]

10. Yes, we know.

As the Reds Manager/Player, in the stupid Marge Schott ownership era. Not sure if he ever bet against the Reds. He paid dearly for that, to a degree few others in the checkered past of MLB have.

Now gambling has saturated all professional sports.

[wolfie001]

11. I'm not clicking on the article but Pete earned a third WS ring with the Phillies.

The way the article is presented here, leaving out 33% of one's WS rings is kind of a big deal. Most reading this wouldn't click on the link and will go around swearing he only had 2 rings.

[Emile]

12. Locking after an alert to the hosts.

This is a duplicate of an earlier post on the same news story.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143315582